Are you concerned that your child is not talking, walking, moving, seeing, or learning like other children? If so, you may want contact Early Intervention. Early Intervention is provided at no cost.
Early Intervention services promote a child’s growth and development. This may include speech, physical, occupational, and developmental therapy. Services are provided in settings that are a part of the family’s natural routine. These settings include their home, play group, child care center or preschool program.
Early Intervention is much more than just services. Early Intervention can also provide:
• Information on how children develop.
• Services to help your child move his or her body.
• Ideas for how you can help your child at home and the community.
• Ideas for how you can help your child grow and learn.
Pennsylvania’s Early Intervention Program is an entitlement program, which was created to provide services to children with developmental delays and their families. The County Mental Health/Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities programs are responsible for coordinating these services to children from birth through three years of age.
If you are interested in learning more about Early Intervention, contact the following:
If you live in Cumberland or Perry County and your child is between birth and three, please contact:
Cumberland/Perry Early Intervention Program
16 West High Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
717-240-6320
Toll Free: 1-866-240-6320
If you live in Dauphin County and your child is between birth and three, please contact:
Dauphin County Early Intervention/ Case Management Unit
1100 South Cameron Street
Harrisburg, PA 17104
Harrisburg Office: 717-232-8761
Elizabethville Office: 717-362-1212
If you live in Dauphin, Cumberland or Perry County and your child is between the ages of three and five, please contact:
Capital Area Intermediate Unit
55 Miller Street
Enola, PA 17025
717-732-8400
If you live in any county in PA, you can find your county’s Early Intervention Program by contacting CONNECT Helpline at 1-800-692-7288. The CONNECT Helpline assists families by locating resources and providing information about child development for children ages birth to age 5.
