Early Intervention Support

Diagnosis for Children with Special Needs

 

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Mother & Baby 

Find Early Intervention Support contacts in your State.  If you have a question or comment for us, please visit our Contact page.

Learn More About Your Child's Diagnosis

 

Maybe your child has just been diagnosed with a medical condition and your mind is spinning with questions.

Or, perhaps you have concerns and want to learn about a specific condition to discuss with your child's doctor.

Here's a starting point to find easy-to-understand descriptions of numerous conditions.

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I |J|K|L|M|N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

A

Aicardi Syndrome
Angelman Syndrome
Apraxia of Speech
Asperger's Syndrome
Attachment Disorder
Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder
Autism

B

Brachial Plexus Injuries
Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

C

Cerebral Palsy
Congenital-Glycosylation
Congenital Limb Defects
Cortical Visual Impairment
Cytomegalovirus

D

Developmental Language Disorder
Diabetes
Down Syndrome
Dysgraphia (Handwriting)
Dyslexia
Dyspraxia

F

Failure to Thrive
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Fragile X Syndrome

H

Handwriting (Dysgraphia)
Holoprosencephaly
Hurler Syndrome
Hydranencephaly

I

Intraventricular Hemorrhage (IVH)

J

Juvenile Diabetes
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis

K

Klinefelter's Syndrome

L

Learning Disabilities
Lissencephaly
Low Birth Weight

M

Microcephaly
Minor Head Injury
Mitochondrial Disease

N

Noonan Syndrome
Nystagmus

O

Optic Nerve Hypoplasia

P

Periventricular Leukomalacadia (PVL)
Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Pervasive Developmental Disorders - Not Otherwise Specified
Prader-Willi Syndrome
Pragmatic Language Disorder
Premature Newborn

R

Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
Rett Syndrome
Rheumatoid Arthritis

S

Scoliosis
Sensory Processing Disorder
Shaken Baby Syndrome
Shunt
Spasticity
Spina Bifida

T

Tay-Sachs Disease
Torticollis

V

Very Low Birth Weight

 

 

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Therapy Options

Thankfully, there are many ways to deal with childhood developmental delays and behaviors. These include in-home services, outpatient (you take your child to a clinic), inpatient (following injury or surgery) and school based services. Which type of therapy should you choose?

Visit our Therapy Options area to learn more.

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