6 - Before SIX Months of Age: Early Intervention
Early intervention
Provide the appropriate referrals:
- South Dakota Department of Health (SD DOH)
- South Dakota Department of Education (SD DOE) Birth to Three Early Intervention Program
- Other specialists if needed such as otolaryngologists, ophthalmologists, cardiologists, nephrologists, geneticists, etc. (per NCHAM)
Appropriate services must begin as soon as possible, preferably before six months of age, so speech and language development is not delayed. These delays can negatively impact a child's social and emotional growth and academic achievement.
Resources
- Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- American Society of Deaf Children
- Better Hearing Institute
- Harvard Medical School Center for Hereditary Deafness
- National Cued Speech Association
- MedlinePlus
- My Baby's Hearing
- National Association of the Deaf
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
- South Dakota Department of Education (SD DOE) Birth to Three Early Intervention Program
- South Dakota Department of Human Services (SD DHS)
- South Dakota Department of Social Services (SD DSS)
- South Dakota Parent Connection
- South Dakota School for the Deaf (SDSD)
- University of South Dakota (USD) Center for Disabilities
- University of South Dakota (USD) Department of Communications Sciences and Disorders
Above are links to agencies, organizations, and other websites that provide information, services, and resources of interest to the deaf and hard of hearing and to their families. The South Dakota Department of Health exercises no control over the content of these sites and provides the links for informational purposes only. This information is not a substitute for medical care.