March is recognized as National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, a time to promote understanding, acceptance, and support for individuals with developmental differences. This month provides ...

The Alaska Senate approved a bill on Wednesday that would expand eligibility and services provided by early intervention ...

Oregon: Contact easacommunity.org/programs/ to find your county’s Early Assessment and Support Alliance program or email the statewide group at easa@ohsu.edu. The ...

AT PEACE Study supports providers who coach parents of children with autism on how to implement therapy strategies into their daily routines. Dr. Melanie Pellecchia is an Assistant Professor of ...

Accessing early intervention services like speech, occupational, physical or behavioral therapy in the first years of life can lead to more than developmental gains, new research suggests. Children ...

AMHERST, N.Y. (WKBW) — Health care providers, politicians and parents are raising concerns that programs for children with developmental disabilities could close if proposed federal funding cuts ...

In late winter, Jeff Bridges got word that state-funded therapy for his 1-year-old son, who was born prematurely, would be slashed by half starting in July. Bridges was upset. But he had a better ...

In this file image, Rhode Island mother Naiommy Baret is pictured with her then-3-year-old son, who was receiving early intervention services for epilepsy and a speech delay. Nationwide, there are ...

A more than $1 billion deficit in the Colorado budget has state lawmakers scrambling to figure out where to make cuts. Last week, cuts to Early Intervention Services were among those being considered.

After her daughter turned 1 year old, Nat Choran started to notice a problem. Her toddler didn’t know many words. The family tried many things but the biggest difference, Choran said, came after they ...

Only about half of infants and toddlers approved to receive early intervention services receive them in the recommended timeframe in New York. The most active stage of brain development is during the ...