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Margaret Conrad, Director
Early Childhood Programs Division
245 Valley Road
Xenia, Ohio 45385
Ph: 937-562-6779
Fax: 937-562-7539 |
Early Intervention:
The Early Childhood Programs division provides early intervention services to
infants and toddlers (birth to three) with disabilities and/or developmental
delays, or who are at risk to develop delays. Services are family-centered and are
provided by specialists trained in early intervention, physical, occupational,
and language therapies. The most frequently requested services are developmental
programming, nursing, sign language, counseling, behavioral supports, speech,
and physical, and/or occupational therapy.
Children are evaluated to determine eligibility and then receive ongoing
comprehensive assessments. Families may choose to receive services at one of the
centers located in Beavercreek, Bellbrook, Fairborn, or Xenia, or they may
decide they want the services provided in their homes. Some children may also
receive intervention services in child care settings.
All services are based on a developmental/educational model and are designed
to meet the needs of the child and his/her family. Appointments for evaluations
to determine needed services and eligibility may be made by contacting us at the
address given above.
Help Me Grow:
Help Me Grow is a state initiative integrating several "birth to three"
children's programs into one consolidated system. The early intervention
program as a component of Help ME Grow, provides Service Coordinators who help parents obtain the
services and assistance they need for their infants and/or toddlers with
disabilities and or/developmental delays and their families.
Families receive home or community site visits from the service coordinator
to help in identifying available service providers, to coordinate with medical and other
service providers, to provide information on parenting and medical topics of
interest, to coordinate evaluations and assessments, and to facilitate
the development of Individualized Family Service Plans (IFSP).
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