Are you concerned about your child?
Do you worry that your child may not be meeting his/her early developmental milestones in speech or language development, sensory or fine motor abilities, gross motor abilities, play skills, or self-help skills?
Are you concerned about the number of words that he/she uses?
Do you wonder why your child is not talking as much as his/her peers and may have a speech delay?
Are you worried that your baby is not yet crawling, sitting up, walking, or responding to their name?
Do you question if your child needs an Early Intervention evaluation?
How do I get an Early Intervention (EI) evaluation for my child?
Each child is different and every child develops at his or her own pace.
If your child has not reached the milestones listed below, you should discuss this with your pediatrician. Your child’s rate of development may be perfectly normal for him or her, or your doctor may have shared some concerns about your child’s development. You may decide that your child should be evaluated.
Evaluations of children birth through 3 years of age who reside in Nassau County may be provided though the Nassau County Early Intervention Program. Evaluations are performed in your own home at no cost to you, regardless of your income, race, religious or cultural beliefs. The evaluation will include an examination of your child’s skills in each of five critical developmental domains:
communication skills (includes language comprehension and expression)
cognitive skills (thinking and reasoning skills)
adaptive skills (self-help)
physical skills (gross motor and fine motor skills)
social emotional skills (how your child relates to others)
Evaluators are professionals who are experienced in evaluating very young children. An evaluation of your child’s skills in each of these five domains creates a profile of your child’s strengths and weaknesses, and helps to determine if your child has significant delays in one or more of these five areas. If your child demonstrates a significant delay in one or more developmental domains, he or she may be eligible for services through the Nassau County Early Intervention Program.
Checklist for Growing Children
Here’s what you can expect your child to be doing from birth to age three. If you have concerns about your baby’s development, and wish to discuss those concerns, feel free to call us at Children’s Speech and Rehabilitation Therapy to discuss your child’s development and your concerns.