Early Intervention Services
E
arly Intervention (EI) Services and Supports, which are also referred to as Birth-to-Three Services, are intended to:
- Help your family build knowledge and skills to meet the developmental and health needs of your child, birth to three years old, with special needs;
- Offer your family opportunities to meet other families, to support one another, discuss problems, share information and resources;
- Help your family with the practical and emotional challenges that may come with having a child with special needs;
- Help your family learn more about using community resources, services and connecting to the community;
- Support your family as your child transitions from EI into other community based programs.
Services available include:
- Assistive technology devices and services
- Audiology
- Early Identification, screening and evaluation services
- Family training, counseling and home visits
- Medical services for diagnostic or evaluation purposes only
- Nursing services which might be required for developmental services
- Nutrition services
- Occupational therapy
- Physical therapy
- Psychological services
- Services Coordination (Family Resource Coordination)
- Social Work Services
- Special Instruction
- Speech-Language Pathology
- Transportation costs necessary to enable a child/family to receive services
- Vision Services
A brochure is available for further details about program services and logistics
by clicking on
www1.dshs.wa.gov/iteip/Publications.html
(external) and selecting "A Family's Guide to Early Intervention in Washington
State." This brochure is available in PDF format in English, Cambodian, Chinese,
Korean, Lao, Russian, Spanish and Vietnamese.
