Early Intervention
Early Intervention Specialists provide support and assistance to parents and young children from 0-3 years old. After a child is diagnosed with hearing loss, parents are referred for a language development assessment and preparation of an Individualized Family Service Plan. Family training, counseling and home visits address a wide variety of topics relevant to acceptance of the child’s hearing loss and appropriate early childhood development. We serve families in Central Ohio: Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, and Union counties.
Overview of services
- Intervention visits:
- Takes place in the child’s natural environments (home, childcare location, etc.)
- Tailored to the unique needs of children who are deaf or hard of hearing
- Provides training and counseling to the families to offer tools for success
- Evaluations/Assessments
- Participates in child and family assessments
- Administers appropriate assessment tools to determine areas of need
- Provides informed clinical opinion
- IFSP development/support
- Attends all IFSP meetings as a core early intervention team member
- Offers suggestions and insights for establishing outcomes
- Adapts intervention visit to support IFSP outcomes
- Team Meetings
- Provides expertise and consultation to core early intervention team
- Acts as primary service provider or secondary service provider
- Develops transition reports and other documents for team as needed
To refer a child or for more information contact:
Vickie Walker, Early Intervention Director at vickiew@dsc.org or call 614-841-1991.