Early Intervention

Early Intervention (EI) at St. Mary's Healthcare System for Children is an integrated program designed to help children at risk for developmental delay maximize their potential by addressing their psychological, cognitive, and developmental needs.

Populations We Serve
We treat children from infancy to 3 years of age who face developmental, social, emotional, or cognitive delays. Children must be residents of New York State, but do not need to have United States citizenship and service eligibility has no relationship to income level.

Programs and Services We Offer
The EI program offers comprehensive service coordination and planning in both English and Spanish with a family-centered focus. An interdisciplinary team develops an individualized plan for each child and arranges for all aspects of care and related therapies. EI services are provided in:

St. Mary's facilities - center-based classrooms
child's home
daycare center or nursery schools

Services include:

		assistive technology, including evaluation for seating systems			nutritional services
					physical and occupational therapy
		audiological evaluations			speech language pathology
		augmentative communication evaluations			vision services (provided by a certified special educator)
		core and supplemental evaluations
		service coordination			social work
		group support (parent and child; bilingual available)			special education

Service Areas: All five boroughs of New York City and Westchester, Nassau, and Suffolk counties.

For more information about our early intervention services
or to make a referral, please contact:

Telephone: (718) 281-8627 or (800) 270-2478
Fax: (516) 861-3800
info@stmaryskids.org

The EI program is funded and regulated by the New York State Department of Health and by the New
York City Department of Mental Health and Hygiene, Westchester Department of Health, Nassau
County Department of Health and Suffolk County Department of Health.