Columbia
Montour
Snyder
Union
Counties
of Central Pennsylvania
Service System
Early Intervention Service Coordination
Early Intervention Service Coordination is a collection of supports and services that promote opportunities for parents/caregivers to enhance their competencies to help their child grow and develop. This is done within the context of the family's and child's routines and activities that occur in everyday life.
Early Intervention Service Coordination can also include: providing information on how children develop, early childhood education, and intervention which helps your child grow and learn. Early Intervention services are based upon the strengths and needs of the child and family. This means that services and supports are family centered.
Supports and services provided use a variety of Early Intervention approaches. Decisions about which approach to use is based on the kind of support a child needs in order to learn and achieve an outcome. Approaches could include, but are not limited to, modeling, direct instruction, and consultation and collaboration.
Some of the supports and services included in the Early Intervention Program are:
*Connection to other agencies and community resources as desired
*Developmental specialist
*Assistive technology
*Speech and language
*Occupational and physical therapy
*Vision services
*Audiological services
*Psychological services