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Early Intervention

Empowering Families: Early Intervention for Developmental Delays

Early Intervention (EI) is a state wide system that provides coordinated early intervention services to parents of eligible children under the age of three with developmental delays or disabilities. EI is grounded in the philosophy that young children learn best from familiar people in familiar settings. Click on the video below to learn more about how Early Intervention can help.

To submit a referral online, click here: https://ohioearlyintervention.org/referral 

To speak to a local EI representative, call 740-732-1775

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Address: 44069 Marietta Rd. Caldwell, OH 43724
Phone: (740) 732-4958

Supporting And Coaching Families To Help Their Children Learn And Grow

Using Technology to Enhance Early Intervention Practices in Ohio

Produced in partnership with families and practitioners in Ohio, the videos on this page illustrate how video, video conferencing, and related technologies can improve access to, and the quality of, supports for families as well as better enable teams to practice evidence-based early intervention services.

An Overview of Using Technology to Support Families in Early Intervention

This video provides on overview to the series of videos on this page. Holly, the administrator of three early intervention teams, describes the decision to use technology and illustrates the many ways that her program is using technology to expand services and better support families.

Using Instant Messaging and Video for Just-In-Time Support

Lauren, a parent, and Ginger, her daughter’s speech-language pathologist, illustrate how Lauren shares video with Ginger via text messaging for “just-in-time” feedback and coaching.

Using Video and Video Conferencing to Enable Team Meetings over Distances

This video illustrates a number of ways that video and video conferencing are being used to enhance supports for families and team functioning.

Using Facetime to Enhance Team Collaboration

Kate, a physical therapist, and Lori, a developmental specialist, illustrate how video conferencing is being used to help practitioners who work in different locations better collaborate to support families.

A Virtual Home Visit with Liam’s Family

This video illustrates how Jaime, a speech-language pathologist, makes a virtual home visit from her office to join Beth, her son Liam, and Peggy, a developmental specialist.

A Virtual Home Visit With Straton's Family

This video illustrates how Kate, a physical therapist, makes a virtual home visit from her office to join Tammy, her son Straton, and Peggy, a developmental specialist.

HIPAA and FERPA Compliance for Help Me Grow Service

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and all personally identifiable information regarding children and families receiving Ohio Help Me Grow services is protected from unauthorized disclosure under FERPA. Personally identifiable information protected by FERPA is specifically exempted from HIPAA privacy standards. FERPA prevents the disclosure of personally identifiable information without parental consent except in limited circumstances, requires notice to be provided to the child’s family regarding their privacy rights, requires providers to keep records of access to child’s records and contains complaints and appeal procedures which apply to disputes over records in possession of Ohio Help Me Grow providers among other provisions. All Ohio Help Me Grow providers shall comply with these procedures.

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Department Info

Address: 44069 Marietta Rd. Caldwell, OH 43724
Phone: (740) 732-4958