Early Intervention
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Early Intervention
Asked by J.V. from Chicago
on October 18, 2011
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Is early intervention free? Who pays for it? how does it work?
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- taxpayers; you, your neighbors, your mailman, your bank teller, hair dresser, sales clerks, etc...............your are right NOTHING IS FREE
- I think that anyone with "mommy worry" can call to inquire early intervention services. Many times a pediatrician will refer based on their own observations. Your ...
- Yes, it is free for children 0-3 then it transitions to the school. It is government and privately funded. You just contact the local program in your area and ask fo...
Early Intervention
Asked by A.L. from Philadelphia
on May 31, 2007
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I've seen quite a few things about early intervention and I was wondering if anyone had the number for Bucks County. My son was born 8 weeks early and is 6 months now,...
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- Dear Aimie ... I definitely believe that you should at least have your son evaluated..... I am a mother of 2 children I have a typical 14 yr old boy & a 13 mont...
- Hi my name is D. and I have 3 children, my youngest who is now 2 was 7 1/2 weeks premature. The NICU never gave us any help with what to do if he was delayed either. B...
- Hi A., I got the information for the EI program in Montgomery county for my son thru his pediatrician. I don't know if it will be any differnt in Bucks County but I...
Early Intervention
Asked by W._. from Harrisburg
on July 27, 2009
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Good Morning - My son has been receiving Early Intervention Services for Speech and I really don't see what this is doing to help him...I do the same thing...anybody e...
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- you are suppose to do the same thing, called practice. Speech is like any type of growth, slow times and then poof great improvement. Talk to the therapist a...
- Are you saying you want to stop the speech therapy? Maybe he's getting near the end of his therapy and there's been improvement and you don't see the need now? Y...
- May I ask what all of your children have needed this therapy for? My son is about to turn 3 and I think he may need some as well. He understands pretty much everythi...
Early Intervention
Asked by R.B. from Philadelphia
on May 26, 2007
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Has anyone on here ever used early intervention before? My daughter is 10 months old and is not crawling, pulling herself up or putting herself in the sitting position...
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- R., Hi. My 21 month old daughter has hypotonia (low muscle tone) as well. The goood/bad news is, most cases really never have a cause. Anyway, we have been in physi...
- My 3 yr old has been involved with EI for almost 2 years. There services are wonderful! He has made a lot of progress with much more to go.Best of luck
- You and your doctor know your child best, but my daughter did not crawl until she was nearly 11 months old. She pulled up shortly afterward and walked at 13 months. Sh...
Anyone Have Any Experience with Early Intervention?
Asked by D.F. from New York
on December 27, 2010
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My son is just about 24 months old and only says mama and dada. I was thinking about early intervention and was wondering what to expect. Any experiences?
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- Early intervention staff will come to your house to evaluate the child. Once this is done they will refer you to a therapist who comes to the home.
- Hi D., My son only said about 3 words, didn't even babble. I called Early Intervention when he was around 20 mos. The therapists came to the house and evaluated him. ...
- My daughter had speech/feeding therapy, as well as OT through our local EI. She received services in our home from 16 mos. of age until 2 1/2. The therapists we ended ...
Early Intervention for Language Development
Asked by S.M. from Boston
on September 6, 2007
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Hello, my 15mo old isn't saying much. Her pediatrician recommended Early Intervention to do an language assessment. Have any of you had this done? I'm wondering if y...
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- I used to work in the preschool setting before I had my children and we worked with EI all the time. It helps a lot. I know that it is also covered by insurance. And t...
- Hi S., YES - I can't recommend EI enough. My son was 22 months and not saying much at all. Maybe 5-10 words. If that. I had him evaluated, and he was 8 months de...
- I actually had early intervention for my son... I thought that instead for helping him they were parenting me....I thought they were digging into my personal life...M...
Has Anyone Done Early Intervention?
Asked by L.M. from Syracuse
on May 10, 2008
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My son is 21 months old now and he doesn't have a very strong vocabulary. He has quite a few things that he says, but probably not everyone who is around him all the ...
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- My now 6 year old was in early intervention at your child's age. She was not speaking at all, though she understood everything that was said to her. These days she...
- My daughter had ALOT of speech problems at that age and it continued at age 3. I had gone to pediatrician, speech specialists, psychiatry, etc. with no help until I r...
- We did early intervention with my grandson that I have custody of. It helped him tremendously!(Does your son have a binky? Get rid of it!) The early intervention team ...
Early Intervention for Speech
Asked by M.G. from New York
on March 25, 2011
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Has anyone used Early Intervention to help with your child's speech development? What are your experiences? My insurance doesn't cover it and suggested that this would...
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- My son received EI starting at 23 months. He, too, said few words, but understood simple and complex directions. He also had his hearing evaluated and it was fine. EI...
- Call and get an appointment. Check your insurance benefits, sometimes the evaluation is covered when thearpy is not, and you could benefit from having that evaluation...
- My daughter has some speech issues, she is too advanced for the program or we would have started it too. I was told that the program is for seriously delayed speech pr...
How Does Early Intervention Work?
Asked by M.M. from Chicago
on February 1, 2012
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Hi all,
My DD is about to turn 18mos, and mostly, she's not talking. She uses Mama, Dada and Kitty regularly.
Apart from that, nothing. She HAS words. I have heard h...
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- speech therapy and working with her a lot at home. No magic pills :( My cousins baby was speech delayed at 18 months. It was mostly just going in to a speech therapist...
- Usually 18 months is when pediatrician's begin talking about EI. Do you have any other children? They take their milestone's into consideration as well. My pediatri...
- Even if your pediatrician doesn't recommend it, I'd call early intervention. It will take a little while to get scheduled, have a meeting and get started. It is only ...
Early Intervention
Asked by J.C. from New York
on October 13, 2008
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Recently at my son's 24 month checkup, his pediatrician reccomended EI for speech. he's hit his other milestones, but his expressive speech is not "normal". What can...
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- Hi J., I just went through this with my 2 yr old son too. He is getting a combination of speech and Occupational Therapy. My world was turned upside down when t...
- My son is only 8 months and he is visually impaired which is different than the delay you are having with your son's speech. I just wanted to encourage you - my son h...
- When my daughter was 18 mos old, I became concerned about her speech. I called the county health department and set up an appointment with EI. I felt silly and over r...
