ABOUT US

ICEC is a nonprofit organization that serves over 600 special needs children and their families on an annual basis. We are primarily funded by the State of California through the Regional Center of Orange County. Additional funding, which is necessary to support our programs, is generated from corporate and foundation grants, parent/family donations, and fundraising activities.

Our mission is to assist each developmentally delayed child in achieving optimum developmental potential. This is accomplished by providing global therapy and intervention designed for each child's abilities, while offering emotional support and training to the entire family.

Our History

The founding director of ICEC, herself a parent of a child with special needs, began a small group program for toddlers with developmental delays in 1976. Her approach focused on a parent participation program in which the therapist works with the child while, at the same time, teaches the parent how to work on the therapies with the child at home.

By 1980, the program had experienced significant growth and was incorporated into a nonprofit 501 (c) 3 organization under the name Irvine Children's Education Center . In 1990, the Board of Trustees elected to change the name from the Irvine Children's Education Center to the Intervention Center for Early Childhood (ICEC) in order to more appropriately reflect the scope of services provided by the Center. Today, we serve over 200 children daily in our existing programs and over 600 on an annual basis.