Your Rights Eastgate is a program of the Stark County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. Eastgate provides free educational and support services for children with special needs as well as for their families. Children may be referred to Eastgate by family members, doctors, hospitals, other agencies, and by Stark County's seventeen local school districts. This program is for infants and toddlers, birth through 36 months of age, who are at risk or who display developmental delays. Home-based early intervention services are available.
Typical peers serve as great role models for socialization purposes.
Eastgate offers full or partial day classes. Stark MRDD transportation may be available. Eastgate provides parent training classes, support groups, Case Management, and Family Resource Services. Among the areas included are physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech and language services, nursing services, nutritional counseling, daily living skills, physical education, play and socialization activities, gross and fine motor skills, psychological services, behavior assistance, music, and computer education. Eastgate staff also assists families in the referral process to other agencies for services.