Evaluation
Children are usually referred directly to ECI without this preliminary step.
What is screening?
This occupation is most often addressed in ECI.
What is play?
What is another source of reimbursement in some states besides IDEA Part C?
School District Funding
This assessment tool is used to evaluate a child's motor skills.
What is the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales (PDMS-3)?
Whether its peek-a-boo, building blocks, or playing with toy animals, this activity is at the heart of ECI?
What is play?
In this setting, screenings are typically not performed by the therapist directly, but rather through an agency that refers clients for services.
What is direct referral process?
Therapists working with children under 2 in this practice typically see clients once a week for this length of time.
What is 1 or 2 hours?
This federal program reimburses some of the costs associated with early childhood intervention services.
What is Medicaid?
In this practice, documentation must be written at this educational level to ensure parents can easily understand it.
What is a 4th grade level?
When a child gets better at stacking blocks, finger-painting, or tying shoelaces, ECI is building these skills.
What are fine motor skills?
Some states get an automatic ____ for ECI for premature births or certain developmental conditions
What is referral?
This scheduling frequency is common for children with developmental delays.
What is 2 hours weekly?
Apart from the state and federal government, this other system is sometimes used by states to fund ECI services.
What are school districts?
Evaluations in ECI are often based on referrals instead of this process?
What is screening?
This is the federal law that guarantees early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities.
What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part C?
Gross motor, fine motor, and adaptive delays are the top 3 diagnosis for ECI. This percentage of delay qualifies the child for ECI services.
What is 25%?
ECI interventions not only focus on the child but who else?
Who are caregivers?
These individuals, who handle both reimbursement and referrals, are often referred to as this in early childhood intervention settings.
What are the "gatekeepers"?
This type of note is commonly used in therapy settings, standing for Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan.
What is SOAP Note?
Making sounds with musical instruments or hearing caregivers sing helps children explore this type of sensory input.
What is auditory (hearing)?
This commonly used assessment in ECI has an age range for children 0 to 5 years of age.
What is Peabody Developmental Motor Scales 3rd Edition?
This type of approach helps children respond to touch, movement, and other physical sensations?
What is sensory based?
Where can ECI occur and be reimbursed?
What are home and community settings?
This federal program is a major funding source for ECI services?
What is IDEA part C?
Taking a first step, saying a first word, or even giving a first wave hello- these are all examples of what ECI helps kids reach.
What are developmental milestones?