Early Intervention for Children with Disabilities/Delays

Provides early intervention services to children with developmental delays and/or disabilities and their families.

Provides early intervention services to children with developmental delays and/or disabilities and their families.

Provides early intervention services to children with developmental delays and/or disabilities and their families.

Provides early intervention services to children with developmental delays and/or disabilities and their families.

Provide family-centered, community-based services such as speech therapy, physical therapy, among others, for all Nevada’s eligible infants and toddlers with disabilities, delays, or special needs and their families. Early intervention focuses on helping infants and toddlers learn the basic and brand-new skills that typically develop during the first three years of life.

Provides therapy services including vision, nutrition, physical therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, feeding therapy, service coordination, special instruction, and intensive behavior therapy to qualifying children birth until three years old.

Child Find is a department that offers an evaluative process to address the federal mandate to locate, evaluate, and identify children who may have a disability of delay and are eligible for services as identified in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).The objective is to identify students who are not currently enrolled in public school and who may be eligible for special education services. These students include preschoolers, students attending private or parochial schools, or students receiving home-schooling.

Advocates and researches strategies to support early intervention and special educational needs of children with exceptionalities. Website shows the latest information about special education research and development throughout the United States. Effects public policy and makes federal budgetary recommendations.