Making sure eligible children have a multidisciplinary evaluation. Making sure children and families get the early intervention services in their IFSPs. Safeguarding child and family rights under the Early Intervention Program. This means that all children under three years of age who may need early intervention services must be referred to the Early Intervention Official. In practice, Early Intervention Officials have staff who are assigned to take child referrals.
Parents are usually the first to notice a problem.
Sometimes, someone else will be the first to raise a concern about a child's development. New York State public health law requires certain professionals to refer infants and toddlers to the Early Intervention Official if a problem with development is suspected. However, no professional can refer a child to the Early Intervention Official if the child's parent says no to the referral. There are two types of service coordinators in New York State an initial service coordinator and an ongoing service coordinator. Your initial service coordinator will be appointed to you by your Early Intervention Official.