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Identifies and refers families with children prenatal to 8 years old and providers that serve them.

Develops resources in areas of need regarding early childhood mental health (ages 0-5).

Provides training when other training resources can't be found.

Free resource and referral services for the region.

Referrals for social and emotional screenings for children ages 0-5 years.

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Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays

Works with primary care providers who identify social/emotional or developmental concerns, family stressors, or caregiver depression during well child medical exams. If a condition is identified, the family is referred to a support specialist who provides care coordination. Specialists may provide referrals for developmental screening, mental health or behavioral health services, or other needs, and will monitor the family's progress.

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Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Mental Health Evaluation

Works with primary care providers who identify social/emotional or developmental concerns, family stressors, or caregiver depression during well child medical exams. If a condition is identified, the family is referred to a support specialist who provides care coordination. Specialists may provide referrals for developmental screening, mental health or behavioral health services, or other needs, and will monitor the family's progress.

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Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Mental Health Evaluation
Provides service coordination, nutrition services, and health assessments for children 0-3 years old enrolled in Early ACCESS (Early intervention for infants and toddlers).
The Autism Care for Toddlers (ACT) Clinics are community outreach programs. The clinics provide early intervention services using applied behavior analysis (ABA), which is a research-supported treatment for autism spectrum disorders. The clinics offer one-on-one services for toddlers with autism and a caregiver-training program.

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Autism Therapy
Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Works with primary care providers who identify social/emotional or developmental concerns, family stressors, or caregiver depression during well child medical exams. If a condition is identified, the family is referred to a support specialist who provides care coordination. Specialists may provide referrals for developmental screening, mental health or behavioral health services, or other needs, and will monitor the family's progress.

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Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Mental Health Evaluation
The Early ACCESS program for children birth to age 3 provides evaluations to identify children with special needs. Children ages birth to 3 years old with special needs are connected to early intervention services. In addition, Early Childhood Special Education services are available for children ages 3 to 5 who are identified as needing special education services.

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Early Identification Programs
Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Pediatric Developmental Assessment
Assists individuals in developing or maintaining life skills and community integration. Programming is coordinated on-site and in the community to enhance opportunities to learn in a variety of environments. Day Habilitation services are designed to assist young adults to successfully transition to adulthood by increasing community integration and life skills.

In Ames, Day Habilitation is only offered in the summer.
In Johnston, Day Habilitation is offered year-round.

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Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Speech Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Pediatric Developmental Assessment
Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals With Developmental Disabilities
Physical Therapy
Inpatient Rehabilitation
Audiological Evaluations
Preschool and Head Start program.

Service coordination and home visitation program.

Developmental testing, speech and language pathologist, occupational and physical therapists, and vision and hearing consultants.

Parent support groups.

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Early Childhood Education
Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Special Education
Pediatric Developmental Assessment
Parent Support Groups
The Autism Care for Toddlers (ACT) Clinics are community outreach programs. The clinics provide early intervention services using applied behavior analysis (ABA), which is a research-supported treatment for autism spectrum disorders. The clinics offer one-on-one services for toddlers with autism and a caregiver-training program.

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Autism Therapy
Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays

Works with primary care providers who identify social/emotional or developmental concerns, family stressors, or caregiver depression during well child medical exams. If a condition is identified, the family is referred to a support specialist who provides care coordination. Specialists may provide referrals for developmental screening, mental health or behavioral health services, or other needs, and will monitor the family's progress.

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Mental Health Evaluation
Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
The School District Office provides the administration of the public school services for all students in the school district. Services include: Child-find services which assess pre-school children to identify any developmental concerns as well as the child's readiness for kindergarten, Early intervention services for pre-school children (beginning at 3 years old) with identified developmental delays providing special preschool services, therapies, or other needed supports for the child, Creating with the parents an Individual Education Plan (IEP) for children with special education needs and ensuring that the services required by the plan are provided for the student, and Student counseling services, including counseling and guidance for all students in the district in the areas of personal, social academic, and career concerns. The school district also provides a Homeless Liaison, who coordinates the necessary services and support for any student in the district who is homeless (this includes providing transportation to and from school as well as other support that may be needed by the student).

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Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Homeless School Transition Programs
Early Identification Programs
Student Counseling Services
School Districts
Provides service coordination, nutrition services, and health assessments for children 0-3 years old enrolled in Early ACCESS (Early intervention for infants and toddlers).

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Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Parents as Teachers services Marion and Jasper County - a home visiting program providing developmental screening, resource education and parental supports.

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Well Baby Care
Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Mental Health Evaluation
Pediatric Developmental Assessment
Early Development Network service coordination, a free service for families and children ages birth to three who have developmental delays, difficulties with speech and language, health issues, fine and gross motor difficulties, behavior issues, need to access community resources, and other concerns.

Provides a wide variety of services to member schools, including professional development opportunities, digital learning and internet services, and student supports for individuals with special needs.

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Early Childhood Education
School Districts
Special Education
Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Hotline to answer education related questions for infants birth to age 21 with disabilities.

Connects families of infants and children with disabilities with local contacts to provide information and referrals to hearing and developmental screenings as well as services coordination.

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Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Specialized Information and Referral
Pediatric Developmental Assessment
Disease/Disability Registries

Works with primary care providers who identify social/emotional or developmental concerns, family stressors, or caregiver depression during well child medical exams. If a condition is identified, the family is referred to a support specialist who provides care coordination. Specialists may provide referrals for developmental screening, mental health or behavioral health services, or other needs, and will monitor the family's progress.

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Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Mental Health Evaluation
Community Circle of Care (CCC) is a regional System of Care program providing care coordination for community-based services and supports to non-Medicaid children and youth with serious behavioral or mental health needs in northeast Iowa. CCC serves children and youth up to 21 years old. The CCC program provides wraparound services to ensure that youth and families are connected to: assessment and diagnosis, care coordination, and social supports.

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Wraparound Facilitation/Community Support
Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Provides service coordination, nutrition services, and health assessments for children 0-3 years old enrolled in Early ACCESS (Early intervention for infants and toddlers).
Assists families with children, birth to three years, with disabilities or special needs to access community services. Families are linked with developmental evaluations through the schools, Nebraska Health and Human Services programs, health resources, parent-to-parent support, and other supports and services as identified by the families' priorities.

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Pediatric Developmental Assessment
Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
The School District Office provides the administration of the public school services for all students in the school district. Services include: Child-find services which assess pre-school children to identify any developmental concerns as well as the child's readiness for kindergarten, Early intervention services for pre-school children (beginning at 3 years old) with identified developmental delays providing special preschool services, therapies, or other needed supports for the child, Creating with the parents an Individual Education Plan (IEP) for children with special education needs and ensuring that the services required by the plan are provided for the student, and Student counseling services, including counseling and guidance for all students in the district in the areas of personal, social academic, and career concerns. The school district also provides a Homeless Liaison, who coordinates the necessary services and support for any student in the district who is homeless (this includes providing transportation to and from school as well as other support that may be needed by the student).

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Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Student Counseling Services
Homeless School Transition Programs
Early Identification Programs
School Districts
Provides service coordination, nutrition services, and health assessments for children 0-3 years old enrolled in Early ACCESS (Early intervention for infants and toddlers).

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Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Provides service coordination, nutrition services, and health assessments for children 0-3 years old enrolled in Early ACCESS (Early intervention for infants and toddlers).

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Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Provides services for youth (birth to age 21) with disabilities and their families. The agency also provides general educational services and media services to 53 public school districts and 31 approved private schools in central Iowa. The agency screens students for hearing, vision and speech loss, as well as emotional, psychological and behavior issues. Services are provided at school or at the child's home. In most cases Heartland AEA staff works closely with the staff of the school the child attends. Parents or others may refer children by calling any of Heartlands AEA's offices throughout the agency's 11 county area, or parents may contact their local school for more information about Heartland AEA.

EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Children who are at risk for developmental delays or who have a handicapping condition are entitled to an evaluation. This includes children with birth defects, vision or hearing concerns, language delays, autism, head injury, behavior problems, gross or fine motor delays, and feeding difficulties. After an evaluation, they may qualify for service coordination and a written Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP). Under this plan the following services may be provided: assistive technology, audiology, communication, family education and support, health , nursing, nutrition, occupational and physical therapy, social work, psychology, medical diagnosis and evaluation, home based instruction, transportation, and vision.

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Educational Testing
Special Education
Pediatric Developmental Assessment
Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Education assistance to area schools in areas of early intervention, special education, career awareness, math and science coalition, computer instruction/training, curriculum development, and nursing services.

Early Intervention Program serves infants and toddlers (birth-3 years) with disabilities. Services include screening, testing, referral, services, coordination of services, and implementation of Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP).

Autism support and training for parents, caregivers, teachers, therapists, grandparents, or anyone that is affected by autism.

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Pediatric Developmental Assessment
Special Education
Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Disease/Disability Information