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These resources provide more detailed information about the Illinois Early Intervention Program, as well as about further resources related to early intervention, child care, and legal and advocacy assistance.
Illinois Department of Human Services:
Bureau of
Early Intervention
State of Illinois Publications
- A Family’s Introduction to Early Intervention (PDF)
- State of Illinois Infant/Toddler & Family Rights under IDEA for the Early Intervention System (PDF)
- When I’m 3, where will I be? A Family's Transition Workbook (PDF)
- Annual Performance Report - Reporting Period: July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008 (01/09)
- State Performance Plan - 2005-2010 - Revised 02/09
EI Clearinghouse Publications
- EI Notes:
- Early Intervention Newsletter
Illinois Organizations and Projects
To find national organizations on any of these topics, please visit the organizations page of the National Center for Dissemination for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY) at http://www.nichcy.org/babies/Pages/Default.aspx.
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD)
A list of Illinois Chapters of Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorders (CHADD) is available at the following Web site: http://www.communityresources.net/childrenadultschadd.html
Autism
- Autism Project
http://www.theautismprogram.org - Autism Society of Illinois
http://www.autismillinois.org - Autism Speaks
http://communities.autismspeaks.org/site/c.ihLPK1PDLoF/b.4182989/k.9324/HomeLocal_News.htm - Autism Spectrum Institute at Illinois State University
http://www.autismspectrum.ilstu.edu/ - Illinois Autism/PDD Training and Technical Assistance Project
http://www.illinoisautismproject.org - Illinois Spectrum Connection
http://www.ilspectrumconnection.com/
Blindness/Visual Impairments
- Illinois Association for Parents of Children with Visual Impairments
http://www.ipvi.org - Illinois KidsZone
http://ilkidszone.info
Cerebral Palsy
- United Cerebral Palsy of Illinois
http://www.ucpillinois.org
Deaf-Blindness
- Project Reach: Illinois Deaf-Blind Services
http://www.project-reach-illinois.org/
Deafness/Hearing Impairments
- see Hearing Impairments/Deafness
Down Syndrome
- Central Illinois Down Syndrome Organization
http://www.cidso.org/ - Heart of Illinois Down Syndrome Association, Inc.
http://www.hoidsa.org/ - National Association for Down Syndrome (serves Chicago)
http://www.nads.org/ - UPS for DownS - United Parent Support for Down Syndrome
http://www.upsfordowns.org
Early Literacy
- Baby Talk
http://www.babytalk.org - Hug-a-Book: An Early Literacy Initiative of Family Focus, Inc.
http://www.family-focus.org/programs/hug_a_book/
Epilepsy
- Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago
http://www.epilepsychicago.org - Epilepsy Resource Center of Central Illinois
http://www.siumed.edu/neuro/epilepsy/erc/
Family Support and Parenting
- Family Resource Center on Disabilities (FRCD)
http://www.frcd.org - Family Matters Parent Training and Information Center
http://www.fmptic.org - Family Support Network of Illinois
http://www.familysupportnetwork.org - Fussy Baby Network
http://www.fussybabynetwork.org - Illinois Family Partnership Network
http://www.ilfamilypartnershipnetwork.org - Illinois Fatherhood Initiative
http://www.4fathers.org - Illinois Organization of Mothers of Twins Clubs, Inc.
http://www.iomotc.org - IllinoisParents.org
http://www.illinoisparents.org - La Leche League of Illinois
http://www.lllofil.org/ - Parenting 24/7
http://parenting247.org - Parents Anonymous in Illinois
http://panetwork.parentsanonymous.orgasp/a2u/state.asp?State=IL - Strengthening Families Illinois
http://www.strengtheningfamiliesillinois.org - Urban Programs Resource Network
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/
General Early Childhood
- Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative
http://ecap.crc.uiuc.edu - Illinois Division of Early Childhood
http://idec.crc.uiuc.edu/ - Illinois Early Intervention Clearinghouse
http://www.eiclearinghouse.org - Illinois Early Learning Project
http://www.illinoisearlylearning.org - Lekotek (toys and play for children with special needs)
http://www.lekotek.org/lekotek.asp?selState=Illinois - Ounce of Prevention Fund
http://www.ounceofprevention.org - Project Choices
http://www.projectchoices.org - STARNET (Support and Technical Assistance Regionally)
http://www.isbe.net/spec-ed/html/sped_early_child.htm - Voices for Illinois Children
http://www.voices4kids.org
General Health and Health Care
- All Kids (formerly Illinois KidCare)
http://www.allkidscovered.com - American Academy of Pediatrics, Illinois Chapter
http://www.illinoisaap.org - Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition
http://www.ilmaternal.org
Hearing Impairments/Deafness
- Illinois Families for Hands & Voices
http://ilhandsandvoices.wordpress.com/ - Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association
http://www.ishail.org - Illinois Sound Beginnings
http://www.illinoissoundbeginnings.org - Hearing Loss Association of America: Illinois Chapters
http://www.hearingloss.org/chapters/chapterlist.asp?state=IL
Intellectual Disability (formerly Mental Retardation)
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The Arc of Illinois
http://www.thearcofil.org
Learning Disabilities
- Illinois Branch of the International Dyslexia Association
http://www.readibida.org - Learning Disabilities Association of Illinois (LDA)
http://www.ldail.org - Chicago North LDA
http://www.chicagonorthlda.org
Mental Health
- Illinois Association for Infant Mental Health
http://www.ilaimh.org - Illinois Children's Mental Health Partnership
http://www.icmhp.org - Mental Health America of Illinois
http://www.mhai.org - National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) Illinois
http://il.nami.org - Say It Out Loud
http://www.mentalhealthillinois.org
Speech and Language Impairments
- Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association
http://www.ishail.org
Spina Bifida
- Illinois Spina Bifida Association
http://www.sbail.org
Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Injury Association of Illinois
http://www.sci-illinois.org
State Agencies
- Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
http://www.state.il.us/dcfs/index.shtml - Illinois Department of Healthcare & Family Services
http://www.hfs.illinois.gov - Illinois Department of Human Services
http://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx - Illinois Department of Public Health
http://www.idph.state.il.us/home.htm - Illinois State Board of Education
http://www.isbe.state.il.us - Illinois State Board of Education Illinois Early Intervention Resources
http://www.isbe.net/spec-ed/html/sped_early_child.htm - ISBE Division of Early Childhood
http://www.isbe.state.il.us/earlychi/ - State of Illinois Developmental Disabilities
http://www.dd.illinois.gov/Parents_Children.cfm
Traumatic Brain Injury
- Brain Injury Association of Illinois
http://www.biail.org
Violence Prevention/Child Abuse Prevention
- Chicago Safe Start
http://www.chicagosafestart.net - Fight Crime: Invest in Kids Illinois
http://www.icvp.orginvestinkids.asp - Illinois Violence Prevention Authority
http://ivpa.org - Parents Anonymous in Illinois
http://panetwork.parentsanonymous.orgasp/a2u/state.asp?State=IL - Prevent Child Abuse Illinois
http://www.preventchildabuseillinois.org - First Signs, Inc.
http://www.firstsigns.org
Local Offices
Click here to access a Web page where you can find the Child and Family Connections (CFC) office serving your county or zip code. The 25 CFC offices serve as the local contacts for the Illinois Early Intervention Program. Call the office in the region where you live to get started.
Early Intervention Podcasts
- Infants and Hearing Aids. (Episode 15).
May 2009. Time: 27:10. Size: 15.5MB. Transcript available.
American Speech-Hearing-Language Association.
http://podcast.asha.org
Researcher Mary Pat Moeller, PhD, and a parent discuss why consistency of use is so important and other valuable information and tips that can help parents help their baby and themselves adjust when the child wears hearing aids.
- The Value of Early Intervention for Late Talking Children. (Episode 13).
September 2008. Time: 12:41. Size: 14.5MB. Transcript available.
American Speech-Hearing-Language Association.
http://www.asha.org/podcast/Podcast13Transcript.htm
Speech-language pathologist Rhea Paul and child psychologist Leslie Rescorla discuss recent research on the persistence of language weaknesses at age 17 years in late-talking children. Principles of early intervention from ASHA's recent policy documents are highlighted, and Dr. Rescorla's recent article in the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research is discussed.
- Speech-language pathologist Ann Kummer and child psychologist Leslie Rescorla discuss language delay in young children. (Episode 12).
September 2008. Time: 19:40. Size: 22.5MB. Transcript available.
American Speech-Hearing-Language Association.
http://podcast.asha.org
Kummer and Rescorla provide expert advice to parents of "late talkers" or toddlers between 24 and 31 months old. - Amy Wetherby discusses the importance of early autism detection. (Episode 10).
July 2008. Time: 15:59. Size: 18.3MB.
American Speech-Hearing-Language Association.
http://podcast.asha.org
ASHA fellow and speech-language pathologist Amy Wetherby discusses how early diagnosis and intervention can make a dramatic difference in treating children with autism. Dr. Wetherby is the Laurel Schendel Professor in the Department of Communication Disorders at Florida State University and Executive Director for the Center for Autism and Related Disabilities. - Early Hearing Detection and Intervention: Can Your Baby Hear?
June 25, 2007. Time: 10:46. Size: 7MB.
Centers for Disease Control
http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/player.asp?f=5834
This podcast discusses how important it is that every child receives a hearing screening as soon as possible after birth. It also gives specific ways that parents and health providers can find out if a child has a possible hearing loss and where to get further information. - Conversation with Nancy Wiseman, Author of First Signs. (Episode 80).
April 17, 2009. Time: 51:51. 24MB.
Autism Podcast
http://www.autismpodcast.org/?tag=early-intervention
Shannon Johnson of Foggyrock.com and Michael Boll talk with Nancy Wiseman author of Could It Be Autism?: A Parent’s Guide to the First Signs and Next Steps and, her latest book The First Year: Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed Child. - Better Speech and Hearing
May 15, 2009. Time: 3:21. 2MB.
Centers for Disease Control.
http://www2c.cdc.gov/podcasts/player.asp?f=11622
Hearing loss is the number one birth defect in America, affecting approximately 12,000 newborns every year. John Eichwald discusses the importance of early intervention in newborns.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign