Support for families in promoting their child's optimal development;
Support for families in assisting their child's participation in family and community activities;
EI providers embed intervention strategies into family routines;
Parents provide the real early intervention by creatively adapting
their child care methods to aid the development of their child while
balancing the needs of the rest of the family;
Cooperative relationships between families and providers;
Develop family goals that are family-centered, functional and measurable;
Building outcomes around the family routines with written home activity programs to support family participation on a daily basis;
Monitor periodically to assure strategies are successful in achieving outcomes.
Early Intervention Services
EI services are developed and designed to meet an infant's and toddler's developmental needs in any one or more of the following areas:
Physical development (how your baby moves and explores)
Cognitive development (how your baby learns)
Communication (how your baby lets you know what he/she needs)
Social or emotional development (how your baby engages with you and shows feelings)
Adaptive development (how your baby uses new skills)
Developmental Services Include
Assistive technology devices
Early identification and assessment
Family training, counseling and home visits
Health services necessary to enable the infant or toddler to benefit from other EI services
Medical (only for diagnostic or evaluation purposes)
Nursing
Nutrition
Occupational therapy
Physical therapy
Psychological
Service coordination
Social work
Special instruction/developmental therapy
Speech language pathology and audiology
Transportation
Vision
Services Are Provided As
Direct services are one-on-one interactions with a child and family to provide parent education, intervention, and environmental support to a family.
Services are provided by qualified personnel whom the Department of Human Services, Bureau of Early Intervention credentials and enrolls within the EI system.
Family therapists
Nurses
Nutritionists
Occupational therapists
Optometrists
Orientation and mobility specialists
Pediatricians and other physicians
Physical therapists
Psychologists
Social workers
Special educators (child development specialists)
Speech/language pathologists and audiologists
The individualized Family Services Plan (IFSP) determines what services
a child will receive based on a child's and family's needs.