It is the result of a partnership between TECH, the Reno County Health Department and Hutchinson Hospital. The Special beginnings team is notified immediately after the birth of an infant who may be at risk for normal development. The team works with the child's family and physician to coordinate services for the child and monitor development. Homebased Services provide motor therapists, developmental therapists and language development specialists who meet with the child and his or her family in their home. Toddler Talk serves children between 13 and 30 months who have a delay in spoken language.
Children learn more during the first five years of life than at any other time.
As a result, early detection and treatment of developmental delays is critical. The early Education Center has a staff of educational, developmental and health professionals to provide in those early years. The following services are provided to children from age 3 through 5. An arrangement between TECH, Hutchinson Public Schools and the Reno County Education Cooperatives makes a unique preschool environment available to the children of Reno County. By integrating children without disabilities into the classroom, children learn more about accepting, playing and working with individuals who may seem different from themselves.