{"id":14159,"date":"2015-12-17T09:00:41","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T13:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=13471"},"modified":"2016-08-31T13:58:21","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T17:58:21","slug":"identifying-children-who-need-early-intervention-or-special-ed-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/identifying-children-who-need-early-intervention-or-special-ed-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Identifying Children who Need Early Intervention or Special Ed Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Identifying%20Children%20who%20Need%20Early%20Intervention%20or%20Special%20Ed%20Services\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; float: right; margin-left: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/images\/bs\/ei.dr.baby.mom.jpg\" alt=\"Mother with young daughter and pediatrician.\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" \/>In December 2015, The American Academy of Pediatrics has published a <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http:\/\/pediatrics.aappublications.org\/content\/136\/6\/e1650\">Report<\/a><\/span> that highlighted the role pediatricians have in identifying children who need early intervention (EI) or special education services.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The pediatric health care provider has a critical role in supporting the health and well-being of children and adolescents in all settings, including early intervention (EI), preschool, and school environments.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is estimated that 15% of children in the United States have a disability.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act entitles every affected child in the United States from infancy to young adulthood to a free appropriate public education through EI and special education services.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These services bolster development and learning of children with various disabilities. This clinical report provides the pediatric health care provider with a summary of key components of the most recent version of this law.&#8221;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Guidance is also provided to ensure that every child in need receives the EI and special education services to which he or she is entitled.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Children with disabilities, currently estimated as 15% of US children, have been entitled to a <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/fape.index.htm\">free appropriate public education (FAPE)<\/a><\/span> since 1975 when the US Congress mandated public special educational services for those with special needs through the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, later renamed the <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/idea\/index.htm\">Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)<\/a>.<\/span>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Developmental surveillance and screening performed in the medical home by the primary care provider often lead to the identification of children with disabilities who require further evaluation to determine the need for appropriate <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/ei.index.htm\">early intervention (EI)<\/a> <\/span>or special education services.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http:\/\/pediatrics.aappublications.org\/content\/136\/6\/e1650\">The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) for Children With Special Educational Needs<\/a><\/span>, by Paul H. Lipkin, Jeffrey Okamoto, the COUNCIL ON CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES and COUNCIL ON SCHOOL HEALTH<\/p>\n<p>Published in <em>Pediatrics: Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics<\/em>, December 2015, VOLUME 136 \/ ISSUE 6<\/p>\n<p>Download <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http:\/\/pediatrics.aappublications.org\/content\/pediatrics\/136\/6\/e1650.full.pdf\">Report in PDF<\/a><\/span> format<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have you visited the main Wrighslaw website for more answers to questions about Early Intervention?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What is early intervention?<\/li>\n<li>What does it include?<\/li>\n<li>Does my child qualify?<\/li>\n<li>What should I do if I am not happy with evaluations, programs or services?<\/li>\n<li>What is Part C?<\/li>\n<li>Is it the same as Part B but for younger children?<\/li>\n<li>Is an IFSP different from an IEP?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On our main site will find information, articles, and resources, as well as a link to this Report, on the <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/ei.index.htm\">Early Intervention (Part C)<\/a><\/span> page at https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/ei.index.htm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In December 2015, The American Academy of Pediatrics has published a Report that highlighted the role pediatricians have in identifying children who need early intervention (EI) or special education services. <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/identifying-children-who-need-early-intervention-or-special-ed-services\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[102,35],"tags":[1264,1428,1427],"class_list":["post-14159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-child-find","category-eligibility","tag-early-intervention","tag-journal-of-the-american-academy-of-pediatrics","tag-pediatric-health-care"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18240,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14159\/revisions\/18240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}