Early Intervention For Disabled Children

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Early Intervention is a term that describes special services for very young children specifically from birth to age 2. Early intervention is focused on informing and empowering families to access resources and advocate for their children with developmental delays. Early intervention brings social services, professionals, parents and doctors together in planning intervention programs at home and school. [pg 329 textbook] Early intervention leads to many services that can help to provide and to protect the needs of disabled children. The three legal implications that can permit a student with special needs into an early childhood setting. The first legal implication that is known as IEP which can meets the needs of a child and can help parents,

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