Educational Testing/Assessment

Navajo Nation Early Intervention Program
The Navajo Nation Growing In Beauty program (GIB) meets the needs of Navajo children with delays or disabilities from birth to five years of age while honoring the unique culture and language of the Navajo people.

The Growing In Beauty staff provides service coordination and direct services, which include:
Receiving and processing referrals from pediatricians, health care professionals, and other service providers.
Providing developmental assessment and evaluation for at-risk children along with GIB Partnership Program staff from Northern Arizona University-Institute of Human Development (NAU IHD), St. Michaels Association for Special Education (SMASE), and University New Mexico Center for Development and Disability (UNM CDD) - Growing and Beauty Developmental Services.
Making referrals and ensuring that support and services are provided via a Team-Based approach by Early Intervention specialists.
Providing transition supports into appropriate early childhood settings or preschool programs.
Providing ongoing developmental screening and family support.
Providing advocacy and training for families.

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Growing In Beauty’s mission is to assure that all Diné children with a developmental delay or disability, between the ages of birth to five, grow into beautiful individuals.

We are a therapist-run organization that began in July of 2005 to serve children and families’ needs through early intervention.

Today we have teams with speech-language, occupational, physical, and family therapists. We also have a nurse, nutritionist, family services coordinators, developmental instructions, infant massage therapists, and pediatric specialists. Our mental health clinicians specializing in play therapy interventions, MDMR, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and more. Our Autism program has 16 Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBA) and about 50 Registered Behavior Therapists (RBT).

Amplified Therapy is a New Mexico Family Infant Toddler provider in Catron, Grant, Hidalgo, and Luna Counties. The NM FIT program provides early intervention services and supports to families of children aged birth to three who have or who are at risk for developmental delays or disabilities.

In addition to working with the FIT program, ATI also provides occupational and speech-language pathology services to various school districts in southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona.

Child Find screenings (ages 3-5), IEPs, Special Education (ages 5+).
Child Find: (505) 855-9930 / Request Diagnostic Technician. There are 3 Diagnostic Centers families may be assigned to for screening: SE/SW, NW or NE.
Special Education: (505) 855-9900 / Contact Main Receptionist for Specialist Education.

For specific District Services, visit: https://www.aps.edu/special-education/district-services.