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Early Intervention/ Early Childhood Special Education Services for Hood River School District
What we are
Early intervention (EI) and early childhood special education (ECSE) are
part of a statewide system offered through Hood River County. We provide
services to children with special needs, ages birth to five years old.
We provide services to children who have some type of difficulty in the
area of speech, language, motor, learning, hearing, vision, self- help
and or socialization.
What services are provided to children and their families?
- We conduct free evaluations and screenings in the areas of the possible disability.
- We do developmental education
- Parent Education
- Physical and Occupational Therapy services
- Speech services
- Assistive technology services
Who needs our services?
If you think a child may have difficulty with vision (example: difficulty
seeing objects), hearing ( example: the child does not respond to sound
like most children do), speech and language ( example: you have difficulty
understanding the child when they talk ), Motor ( example: has difficulty
holding objects, sitting or standing), socialization ( example: hard
to quiet down, does not have eye contact), and learning ( example: you
have done the same thing over and over with your child and they still
have not picked it up)
Who can make a referral for services?
A family, day care provider, preschool, friends, physician or any community
agency can refer a child for services. This must be done by phone. We can
not take in emailed referrals.
What happens with a referral?
Once a phoned in referral is taken by our office, the family is contacted
by our team. No evaluation or screening may be done without the consent
of the child’s legal guardian.
Once signed consent has been give by the guardian, the child may receive
a developmental screening and / or be recommended for a developmental evaluation.
Trained staff complete observations, conduct diagnostic evaluations and gather
information from parents. Once the evaluation is completed the team will
go over the results with the family.
You can contact us at 541-387-5077.
