Family Navigation Programs

Our family navigation programs are designed to strengthen and empower families through support, connection and education to facilitate their success at every stage of life. Research has demonstrated that early identification and intervention, as well as high expectations, are the best strategies for future success. These programs are built around enhancing the social determinants of health, including education, health/ healthcare access, and social & community context. UCF supports families through:

Unicorn Connection Center​™

​Unicorn Connection Center will serve as a one-stop shop where community members with special needs can connect, foster relationships, build community, and enhance their health and well-being by offering programs, activities and events in an inclusive setting.

​Early Start Denver Model Parent Training
​for Low Income Families 

​ The Early Start Denver Model (ESDM) is an individualized, evidence-based developmental intervention for children with autism between the ages of 12-48 months, based on the methods of applied behavior analysis (ABA). In this comprehensive, empirically tested intervention, parents are empowered with tools and strategies that can be incorporated into everyday routines, activities, and places that build positive and fun relationships and result in improved language, social and cognitive skills for their child.

​Virtual Hub

​The virtual hub is a public, comprehensive and centralized web-based ‘hub’ that provides resources and links to community-based programs and services to create a more efficient and effective information and referral source within Palm Beach County. As the content is fairly universal, Unicorn is embarking on plans to collaborate with other communities to expand this valuable resource and enhance its regional usefulness.

​​Unicorn Children's Foundation Clinics at NSU

​211 Special Needs Hotline

​Mobile Developmental Clinic

​Respite Education & Support Tools (REST)
​Companion Training 

​Navigate Your Journey Conference

The conference is designed for self-advocates and families to meet them where they are at and help them organize their dreams, goals, and ambitions and create a roadmap that includes the supports and  strategies they need to achieve their vision.

Parent Chats

Providing an informal opportunity for parents of similar-aged children to socialize, share challenges, and exchange tips and strategies.

​Charting the LifeCourse™

Using nationally-recognized curriculum developed by the University of Missouri–Kansas City Institute for Human Development, Missouri’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research and Services (UCEDD), UCF helps individuals with disabilities and families at any age or stage of life think about what they need to know, identify how to find or develop supports, and discover what it takes to live the lives they want to live. The full curriculum includes support for early development and late life milestones; however, UCF is currently focused on delivering and improving access to the Daily Life & Employment portion of the program.
 
The Daily Life & Employment six-module series is designed to help individuals seeking employment and those who support them to think through the questions to ask, things to do, and resources that can help lead them to a job, career, volunteering, college or continuing education, and ultimately, the lives they want. This series provides questions to ask or think about, and strategies to get the answers and move closer to the desired result. It is not intended to be all inclusive but is a starting place for youth and families to individualize it to meet their own unique needs. The surveys, materials, modules, and supplemental videos in the Daily Life & Employment series are facilitated by a trained professional through UCF, with the ultimate goal of helping our clients find real jobs with real wages.

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