Serving families with babies and young children is top priority for the highly trained professionals in the Early Intervention Program.  This service is designed to enhance the family’s ability to understand the developmental status of their child who has sensory disabilities.  The Early Intervention professionals help the family advocate for their child.

          The school’s Early Intervention Program serves children ages birth to six and is available to families statewide. Information, education and an array of services are offered at no charge to the family. Services are individualized for each
family.

• Provides families with information about professional services pertinent to their child’s development, empowering each parent or guardian to participate in the selection of services for their child who is sensory disabled;
• Assists the family in development of a family-centered service plan that serves as a contract between the family and the providers to ensure provision of necessary services;
• Provides knowledge and referrals for services, specialists and local community resources;
• Implements transition services to public education and other community preschool programs;
• Provides educational materials for families.

• Offers a curriculum-based developmental assessment;
• Meets and visits with the family and child in their natural environment;
• Provides education to enhance the child's development in the areas of gross and fine motor skills, social skills, communication, cognition, and vision and hearing development;
• Presents age-appropriate activities to encourage the child's total development through daily routines;
• Observes the child's development.
   

For more information, contact:

Early Intervention Director
South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind
Midlands Regional Outreach Center
101 Executive Center Drive, Suite 120, Saluda Building
Columbia, SC 29210
Toll-Free: 1-800-984-4357 Voice/TTY
Phone: 803-896-9789 Voice • 803-896-9844 TTY
Fax: 803-896-8279 E-mail: outreach@scsdb.org
 

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