If your child qualifies for Kids On The Move early intervention services, he or she may receive a variety of services based on their individual needs. Not all children in the program receive every service since Early Intervention services are determined by the child’s individual developmental needs. If your child qualifies for services, you may be charged a family fee based on a sliding fee scale. The cost ranges from $0-$100 per month. Depending on your child’s needs his, or her early intervention services may include the following services.
Early Intervention — Services
Comprehensive Initial Evaluation
Finding out what your child does well and what concerns there are is the first step in helping your child develop new skills. We tailor the initial evaluation to meet your family needs. We will look at all areas of development including health, hearing and vision. The evaluation typically includes administering a nationally accepted test, observation of your child in your home and with your permission we may ask to collect relevant information from other professionals, such as your doctor.
Developmental Specialist
A credentialed Early Intervention Specialist is trained to address all areas of development with an emphasis in social-emotional, thinking and learning skills. They will work with you and your child to optimize your child's development.
Floortime
This parent class meets once a week (1 1/2 hours) for 3 weeks. Parents learn how to enhance communication between parent and child through play and social interactions with an emphasis in problem solving and complex communication strategies.
Great Beginnings
This parent class meets once a week (1 1/2 hours) for 3 weeks. Parents learn about their child’s communication, hearing, and language development. Class also includes training in basic strategies to promote language development and how to work these strategies into daily routines at home.
Home Visits
Certified and licensed professionals come to your home and together you will plan learning experiences and activities to support your child's growth and development.
Individualized Family Service Plan
Parents develop a plan that lists child and family goals as well as the services and supports needed to reach the goals. Goals can include things such as helping a child meet a developmental milestone, improving interactions with siblings, finding parent support, or interaction with other parents. The plan is reviewed and updated every 6 months.
Infant Massage
A one-time class (1 1/2 hours) taught by a Certified Infant Massage Instructor (CIMI). Parents bring baby with them as they learn and practice massage techniques and sequences established by Loving Touch Foundation. Infant massage cultivates love, compassion, respect and well-being for infants and children through touch.
Occupational Therapy
A licensed Occupational Therapist will help you work on your child's fine motor, sensory, self-help and feeding skills.
Parent-Child Playgroups
The child is accompanied by a parent or caregiver in a social environment which supports the parent-child relationship in ways that are tailored to the particular learning needs of the children and parents in the group.
Physical Therapy
A licensed Physical Therapist will help you work on your child's motor development, strength, coordination, balance and functional abilities.
Positive Discipline Class
This parent class meets once a week (1 1/2 hours) for 3 weeks. Parents develop skills to manage their child’s difficult behaviors and solve problem behaviors in a positive way.
Service Coordination
Service Coordinators will assist the family in finding and getting needed services by linking to other resources in the community and implementing your child’s Individualized Family Service Plan.
