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What is ADEP (Autism Diagnosis Education Project)?

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What is ADEP (Autism Diagnosis Education Project)?

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Early Intervention is a statewide system that provides coordinated services to parents of young children with disabilities and developmental delays.

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Early Intervention (EI) is a Coordinated System

EI services support parents of infants and toddlers with disabilities. EI is grounded in the philosophy that young children learn best from familiar people in familiar settings. That's why your local EI team, which includes a service coordinator and service providers, works with you in your home or other places you and your family spend time to develop a coordinated plan.

EI Is Built on a Developmental Approach

EI builds upon and provides supports and resources to assist parents and caregivers to enhance children's learning and development through everyday routines. It is a collaborative, home and community-based system where you and a team work together to provide ongoing support to your child.

The Role of the Family

Recognize the critical role you and other caregivers play in in your child's development.

Share your interests, priorities, needs and questions with your early intervention service coordinator or primary service provider

Set goals based on how your child's progress fits with what is important to your family

Learn from the team so you can work with your child during your family's everyday routines between visits from the interventionist

The Role of the Intervention Team

Use child and family interests as the foundation for intervention.

Gather information to determine your child's eligibility and need for early intervention services

Provide service coordination to ensure the protection of family and child rights, promote advocacy, and coordinate services

Partner with parents and other caregivers to support children as they learn and grow

Focus on enhancing child participation in existing and desired family, community, and early childhood experiences

Work together so that each team member's expertise will be used to help parents meet the goals they have for their child's development

Help families find answers to their tough questions

Principles of Early Intervention

1. Infants and toddlers learn best through everyday experiences and interactions with familiar people in familiar contexts

2. All families, with the necessary supports and resources, can enhance their children's learning and development

3. The primary role of a service provider in early intervention is to work with and support family members and caregivers in children's lives

4. The early intervention process, from initial contacts through transition, must be dynamic and individualized to reflect the child's and family members' preferences, learning styles and cultural beliefs

5. IFSP outcomes must be functional and based on children's and families' needs and family-identified priorities

6. The family's priorities, needs and interests are addressed most appropriately by a primary provider who represents and receives team and community support

7. Interventions with young children and family members must be based on explicit principles, validated practices, best available research, and relevant laws and regulations

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The Autism Diagnosis Education Project (ADEP) was founded upon the idea that families needed access to a local, timely, standardized comprehensive evaluation when they suspected their child of having an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). As a result of this need, ADEP launched in Ohio in 2008 with five community-based diagnostic partnerships, and would subsequently add 48 counties between 2010 and 2015. These community-based diagnostic partnerships would form unique teams between primary care practices and professionals providing early intervention and early childhood services, primarily through Ohio Early Intervention.

The underlying goals were, and still are, to decrease wait times for families, decrease the average age of diagnosis, and equip and support local pediatric providers in their understanding of ASD and their abilities to accurately diagnose, particularly in the birth-to-three population. Under the current leadership of the Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities (DODD), Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence (OCALI), Akron Children's Hospital (ACH), and the Family Child Learning Center (FCLC), ADEP continues to make the early diagnosis of ASD a priority for young children in Ohio. The project's work aligns with the Ohio Autism Recommendations, which emphasizes the importance of early identification and diagnosis of autism.

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How to be REFERRED for Early Intervention Services? 

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How to be REFERRED for Early Intervention Services? 

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Making a referral to Help Me Grow is the first and easy step for parents who have questions or concerns about their infant or child. One referral to Help Me Grow opens the door to many programs that support families including Early Intervention, Home Visiting, Moms and Babies First, and the WIC Program.

If you are not the child's parent, you may still make a referral. Help Me Grow will first contact the child's parent before proceeding.

Referral Source

Who is making the referral:

How did you hear about Help Me Grow?

Caregiver Contact Information

Primary Caregiver First Name:

Primary Caregiver Last Name:

Primary Caregiver Relationship to Child(ren):

Preferred Contact Method:

Primary Language Spoken in the Home:

Primary Caregiver is Currently Pregnant?

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Child(ren) Information

To which service(s) are you interested in making a referral?

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Home Visiting

A service for pregnant or new parents seeking a little extra support to ensure a healthy pregnancy, and to help their child off to the best possible start in life.

Early Intervention

Early Intervention is a statewide system that provides coordinated early intervention services to parents of eligible children under the age of three with developmental delays or disabilities.

WIC

WIC provides nutrition education and breastfeeding support; supplemental, nutritious foods and iron-fortified infant formula; and referrals to health care and other programs for income eligible pregnant and breastfeeding women, women who recently had a baby, infants, and children up to five years of age.

Additional Information

Please briefly tell us why you are seeking Help Me Grow Support:

After completing the required information above, please click the "Send Referral" button. You will receive a confirmation message and a link to obtain additional information. If you do NOT receive the message, please try again using a different browser. If you still do not receive the message, please contact 1-800-755-GROW or email hmgreferrals@helpmegrow.org to complete the referral process. Thank you.

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Making a referral to Help Me Grow is the first and easy step for parents who have questions or concerns about their infant or child. One referral to Help Me Grow opens the door to many programs that support families including Early Intervention, Home Visiting, Moms and Babies First, and the WIC Program.

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What Early Intervention Service Look Like?

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What Early Intervention Service Look Like?

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Fayette County Preschool Spreadsheet

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Outpatient Therapy vs. EI Therapy Services

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Outpatient Therapy vs. EI Therapy Services

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