There’s an App for That: How Two Rural Counties Reached More Kids with Developmental Delays
June 14, 2019
By: Ann Schimke
Source: Chalkbeat
A decade ago young children who missed key developmental milestones — like walking or talking — too often fell through the cracks in northern Colorado’s Grand and Jackson counties.
Some were never screened for delays as babies or toddlers. Others were screened, but not referred to the right place for a full evaluation. Many parents didn’t know that their children should be screened or that they could receive free therapy if significant delays were discovered.
In short, the local early intervention system was a mess.
Today, that’s changed because of a regional effort to get doctors, child care providers, therapy providers, and school officials on the same page as they work to meet a federal mandate requiring early intervention for children with developmental delays.