EARLY INTERVENTION
Services Offered
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The speech / language program at Children’s Developmental Services provides screening, evaluation, and remediation to children who demonstrate delays in developing speech and language skills. These may appear as unusual or odd speech patterns.
Services are provided based on the individual needs of the child, which may include the following types of therapy:
Community preschools
Individual
Small group
Within the regular preschool classroom
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Occupational and physical therapy services are provided to those children in need of such services. Consultation and direct therapy services are utilized as supports to the early intervention program. Goals are focused on improving motor development, sensory skills, and self-care skills. Services are provided at the child's home, community preschool or childcare center.
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The Children’s Developmental Services co-chairs the Inter-agency Coordinating Council. The council consists of agencies that are involved in the provision of early intervention services to children in the community. The council’s main function is to assist in the coordinated effort and non-duplication of services to children with disabilities from birth to age 5.
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Federal and State laws mandate that the State of Wyoming provide early intervention services for all children birth through five who qualify as developmentally disabled.
* P.L. 101.476 34CFR.300.190
* W.S. 21-2-701-705
Fourteen Child Development Centers contract with the Department of Health Division of Developmental Disabilities to provide Early Intervention Preschool Developmental Disabilities Services.
Least Restrict Environment
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