Early Intervention is a program for Franklin Country’s newborns, infants, and toddlers providing health and developmental services so that children start school healthy and ready to learn. Services are designed with the family’s concerns and goals in mind. This program helps families decide what would be most helpful to their child and gives them someone who will listen and care.
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Young Children (0-3 years) sometimes need help early in life because of premature birth, health problems, or a diagnosed delay. They may have trouble seeing, hearing, talking, thinking, playing, or moving. Parents are entitled to an evaluation at no cost to see if their child is eligible for Early Intervention Services. If a family needs a Service Coordinator, they will help find the services that the child needs and connect them to resources, therapies, and family support.
Eligibility
To be eligible for the Early Intervention program, the child must be evaluated through the Early Intervention Program and found to have a delay in at least one of five areas of development (adaptive, social-emotional, cognitive, gross and fine motor, or receptive and expressive communication), or have a medical diagnosis that can lead to a delay in development.
Once eligible, the child will be linked to a Service Coordinator that will map out the family’s goals through an Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP). The Service Coordinator will also help the family access a variety of services such as speech therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and an early intervention specialist. Because parents and caregivers play the primary role in providing learning opportunities for their children, the therapy services are also developed to coach them to support their children’s developmental needs.