Early Intervention Services

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 Early Intervention Services are designed to prevent or intervene early in the process of mental illness and/or intellectual disability, specifically enhancing the development of or at-risk infants and toddlers. These services are intended to improve functioning or change behavior in those individuals identified as beginning to experience problems, symptoms, or behaviors that, without intervention, are likely to result in the need for treatment. Services are generally targeted to identified individuals or groups. Early Intervention Services include Infant and Toddler Intervention, which provides family-centered, community-based early intervention services designed to meet the developmental needs of infants and toddlers and the needs of their families as these needs relate to enhancing the child's development. These services prevent or reduce the potential for developmental delays and increase the capacity of families to meet the needs of their at-risk infants and toddlers. Infant and toddler intervention is delivered through a comprehensive, coordinated, interagency, and multi-disciplinary services system. 

 
Services may include:
  • family training
  • counseling and home visits
  • health screenings
  • medical screenings
  • nursing services
  • nutrition services and education
  • occupational therapy
  • physical therapy
  • special instruction
  • psychological evaluation
  • speech-language pathology
  • vision screening
  • transportation services