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Who Can Receive Services from the Infant-Toddler Program?

Your child and family may receive services if:

• your child is younger than age 3, and
• one of the following three categories describes your child.

I. Developmental Delay

Children who have developmental delay show a delay in one or more areas:

• thinking and learning skills (cognitive development)
• moving, seeing and hearing (physical development)
• understanding and using sounds, gestures, and words (communication development)
• responding to and developing relationships with other people (social-emotional development)
• taking care of one's self when doing things like feeding or dressing (adaptive development)

II. Atypical Development

Children with atypical development may be developing differently from other children their age. There may be concerns related to the child's behavior such as hyperactivity, extreme fearfulness or distress, or lack of interest in other children or adults.

III. High Risk

Children at high risk may not have a specific delay or disability, but might be eligible if:

• there are at least three concerns with the child or family that could result in a delay or disability at some time. Examples of such concerns include premature birth, low birth weight, breathing problems at birth, or a mother who is very young

or

• the child has a condition known to result in a delay or disability as the child gets older. Examples include genetic disorders or vision or hearing loss.

The above descriptions are summaries and not the complete definitions of the eligibility categories. You can get more information by asking your Child Service Coordinator.

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