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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 Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Pediatric Developmental Assessment
Special Education
Early Childhood Education
Parent Support Groups

Offers a central point of contact and directory for children with disabilities and specialized needs, their families, their service providers and other members of the community. Also connects families to family support services and parent education groups. IFSN provides information and referrals to community-based services through a website, an online searchable resource directory and a toll-free telephone service.

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Disability Related Parenting Programs
Pediatric Developmental Assessment
Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Entry point for all children ages 0 to 3 who are suspected of having a delay in their development. A service coordinator assists families in procuring appropriate services determined by the child's special needs. Children are linked to any of 16 needed services which include physical, occupational, and speech therapy.

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Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Pediatric Developmental Assessment

Services for special health needs, vision impairments, hearing impairments, delays in intellectual development, delays in speech and language development, and delays in motor development.

Early childhood special education.

Occupational, physical, and speech therapy.

Support services for parents include referrals for financial and housing assistance and family support and counseling for ages 0-3 years.

Referrals for child care and respite care. Information and referral for medical needs.

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Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Children's Services are provided to people under the age of 21. Supports may include residential services, supported/intermittent, host home, day services, transitional services, special education or early intervention.

Children's Extensive Services focus on supporting families by providing respite care and community connector services to children living within their family home.

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Special Education
Children's In Home Respite Care
Group Homes for Children and Youth With Disabilities
Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays

Provides supports and services for families to help their children meet developmental milestones.

Provides an early intervention program. Services are designed to improve a child's growth in the areas of language, speech, motor coordination, self-help skills, and social development. Developmental, physical, and speech therapies are available as part of the comprehensive overall early intervention program. Parental involvement is an integral part of the program. This approach is designed to teach parents how to incorporate these skills into their child's daily routines.

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
Early Identification Programs
Homeless School Transition Programs
Student Counseling Services
School Districts

Provides 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).

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

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

Offers developmental screenings to identify delays. Therapists work closely with parents and other family members to teach them how to help their young child learn the skills they need to develop as they grow such as rolling over, sitting up, picking things up with their hands, walking, and talking.

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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Pediatric Developmental Assessment
Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Early Identification Programs

Assists families with children, from birth to age 3, 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.


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.

The Early Development Network service coordination is 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.

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School Districts
Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Early Childhood Education
Special Education
Early intervention for children ages birth to three who are experiencing any developmental delay or have high medical needs.

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Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Pediatric Developmental Assessment
Early intervention for children ages birth to three who are experiencing any developmental delay or have high medical needs.

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Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Pediatric Developmental Assessment
Provide leadership for school improvement, student learning and living. Serves all children in need of speech-language, school social work, special education nursing, audiology and hearing, physical and occupational therapy. Leadership provided through services to its districts by working in school-community planning, professional development, curriculum instruction assessment, school management, and school technology.

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Educational Testing
Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays
Special Education
Provides services for infants and children who have been exposed to drugs before birth. DEC is dedicated to protecting Iowa's children through a multi-disciplinary collaboration of services. Early identification and intervention for children exposed to drugs is the emphasis, so they can live a healthier life.

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Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays

Collects information to identify and refer children with health problems to the High-Risk Infant Follow-up that will ensure the healthy development of infants born with a high-risk medical condition.

Provide leadership for school improvement, student learning and living. Serves all children in need of speech-language, school social work, special education nursing, audiology and hearing, physical and occupational therapy. Leadership provided through services to its districts by working in school-community planning, professional development, curriculum instruction assessment, school management, and school technology.

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

Works with families to get them enrolled in the 1st Five Healthy Mental Development Initiative. 1st Five program builds partnerships between physician practices and public service providers to enhance high-quality well-child care. 1st Five promotes the use of developmental tools that support healthy mental development for young children during the first five years. By using a tool for all children that includes social-emotional development and family risk factors, providers are able to identify children at risk for developmental concerns that, if left untreated, would play out later in life.

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Mental Health Evaluation
Early Intervention for Children With Disabilities/Delays

Works with families to get them enrolled in the 1st Five Healthy Mental Development Initiative. 1st Five program builds partnerships between physician practices and public service providers to enhance high-quality well-child care. 1st Five promotes the use of developmental tools that support healthy mental development for young children during the first five years. By using a tool for all children that includes social-emotional development and family risk factors, providers are able to identify children at risk for developmental concerns that, if left untreated, would play out later in life.

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Mental Health Evaluation
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

Provides pediatric therapy services through the Parent, Infant, and Child Education (SPICE) program.

Services include:
- Speech and language therapy
- Occupational therapy
- Physical therapy (land-based, aquatics, and HIPPO)
- Developmental therapy
- Social work support with behaviors and counseling
- Early intervention
- Parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT)
- Feeding therapy
- Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)

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