First Steps: About
| Indiana's First Steps System provides early intervention for families which have infants and toddlers with developmental delays or who show signs of being at-risk to have certain delays in the future.
The goal of First Steps is to help Hoosier families make sure their infants and toddlers receive services now to help them in the future.
Indiana's First Steps is a family-centered, coordinated system to serve children from birth to age 3 who have disabilities and/or who are developmentally vulnerable.
First Steps brings together families and professionals from education, health and social service agencies. By coordinating locally available services, First Steps is working to give Indiana's children and their families the widest possible array of early intervention services.
Families who are eligible to participate in Indiana's First Steps System include children ages birth to 3 years old who:
- have a diagnosed condition that has a high probability of resulting in a developmental delay
- are experiencing developmental delays.
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Children and families
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WHAT SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE?
- Special instruction
- Vision serices
- Assistive technology
- Pyschological services
- Transportation
- Physical therapy
- Social work services
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Diagnostic services
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Nursing services
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Audiology
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Nutrition services
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Occupational therapy
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Speech pathology |
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ABOUT DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY
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Disabilities due to developmental delay:
Developmental delay means a delay in one or more of the following areas of childhood development as measured by appropriate diagnostic instruments and standard procedures.
Areas of assessment include:
- Cognitive development
- Physical development, including vision and hearing
- Communication development
- Social and/or emotional development
- Adaptive skills including eating skills, dressing and toileting skills, and other areas of personal responsibility
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Physical or medical conditions which have a high probability of resulting in a developmental delay:
- Chromosomal abnormalities or genetic disorder
- Neurological disorder
- Congential malformation
- Sensory impairment, including vision and hearing
- Severe infectious disease
- Atypical developmental disorder
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