Early Intervention Services

Infants and toddlers up to age 3 are eligible for services under Part C of IDEA. Each family should receive an Individualized Family Service Plan(IFSP) within forty-five days of the initial determination of eligibility for services. You should be assigned a service coordinator who will be responsible for coordinating all the services your child is deemed eligible for. If you suspect your child has a developmental delay, this includes speech and language delay, you may ask that your child be evaluated. This can be done by contacting your doctor, hospital, local health department, or your governor's office to obtain the necessary referrals and contacts.
Writing IFSP's Individualized Family Service Plan. These are to be individual to each families needs and goals for their child. Specifics to Whatcom County residents can be found here.

IDEA '97-final regulations for Early Intervention(Part C)
The National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities NICHY is the national information and referral center that provides information on disabilities and disability-related issues for families, educators, and other professionals. Our special focus is children and youth (birth to age 22).
Preschool Grants Program -- Section 619 of Part B of IDEA
What is Early Intervention ZERO TO THREE presents the Young Explorers
Accessing Programs for Infants, Toddlers and Preschoolers
Where do we go from Hear? Early Education an Auditory-Verbal (AV) Primer
NAEYC Online National Association for the Education of Young Children
Preschoolers: Learning and Other Disabilities
(NICHY)Parent Guides
(NICHCY) News Digest Assessing Children for the Presence of a Disability
Educational Evaluation of Deaf Children
SKI*HI Institute Developers of early intervention programs which are used throughout the United States.
Hope, Inc. Publishers of SKI*HI Programs, and many other useful books, videos, programs etc. Good one!!

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