Our goals: Empowering Parents, Engaging Children, Encouraging Hope
Developmental Care Network (aka DCN) is a registered 501©3 Non-profit organization that caters to families and children with given diagnosis, infant-maternal mental health, or developmental disability, by helping with resources or coping mechanism so caretakers are empowered as their children with (autism, degenerative disorders or severe social emotional disturbances) thrive.
The goal is to promote relationship-focused practice through the relevance and significance of early detection and treatment in infant/toddler, promote the importance of early childhood intervention, address childhood trauma through mental health awareness, establish positive outcomes of embracing required integrated treatment that readily provides support to both child and family, connect them with available resources for individualized treatment, advocate for inclusion and access to various relevant community engagements and care-network outreaches that encourages overall well-being.
Yinka (Anthonia) Gansallo-Lawrence is a ‘Michigan Institute for Infant Mental Health Endorsed Infant-Family Mental Health Associate (IMH-E), a licensed TLLP child and family Psychologist, Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network- Child Mental Health Professional (CMHP); Qualified Behavioral Health Professional (QBHP); certified Early Childhood Education/ABA/Curriculum & Education Policy Advocate with Michigan Parent, Advocate & Attorney Coalition (MiPACC), a statewide group focused on student-centered advocacy.
She is also the founder of Developmental Care Network, Inc. A thriving licensed 501©3 non-profit organization based in Michigan, USA.
She oversees and coordinates yearly outreach and awareness programs to promote and educate various community networks with families about the importance of Early Childhood Mental Health, Autism Awareness, Social Emotional Disturbances, Developmental Disabilities, Post Diagnosis Treatment, Child and Family Mental well-being, and Cancer Awareness Initiatives, while also offering a support group for families.
She also supports and reinforces parents’ ability to seek appropriate care, advocates for mother-child bonding through each parent’s strengths, and embraces any emerging parenting competencies by introducing positive parent-infant/child interactions.
Her education initiatives aim to educate families of children with special educational needs on specific topics relevant to their advocacy efforts, which also include access to equitable opportunities; educational benefits while also driving systemic change.