ECI Evaluation in California

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Hi Has anyone had ECI evaluation done for their kid in California ? Please help me with some information like how to contact them, what paperwork needs to be done, any insurance paper work, how soon they can come and evaluate the baby etc,.I am getting desperate to get some help .The clinician at CT told me that my son had tort. My PED never noticed it. :-((( I am trying to find a pediatric physical therapist in Irvine, CA from past 4 weeks. Thanks Chanda

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Hi

Chanda –

To

get information on California’s EI program (Early Start) check out this

website:

http://www.dds.ca.gov/EarlyStart/Home.cfm

In

Irvine, contact the agency directly:

The

Regional Center of Orange County

http://www.rcocdd.com/default.htm

South

Area Office

46 Discovery, Suite 200

Irvine, CA 92618

Telephone: (714) 796-4060

24

Hour Telephone: (714) 796-5100

Fax: (949) 585-9366

When

we called our office in Northern California it took us a good week or more to

hear back from them. Begin by telephoning the local branch office and

asking for the On Duty (OD) person for an " Inquiry. " The OD

collects basic information. Then the branch manager arranges an appointment for

the referring persons to meet face-to-face with a service coordinator to

complete an assessment for eligibility.

When we had

our EI evaluation (as part of California's Early Start program) two people came

to our house - a Physical Therapist who physically worked with Nicolas and a

Service Coordinator who talked to me and filled out the paperwork (an

Infant-Toddler Developmental Assessment (IDA)). They were probably over

for about 30-45 minutes.

They

evaluated the following:

* Physical

& Motor Development (Current Health Status, Vision & Hearing, Gross

Motor Skills (body movement), Fine Motor Skills (hand use))

*

Communication (speech & language)

*

Cognition/Problem Solving

* Self Help

A

couple of weeks later I had another meeting with the Service Coordinator where

she provided me with a copy of their evaluation - a two page write up by the PT

and the official Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) which basically

stated that we did not qualify for Early Start services. The IFSP

summarized Nicolas' level of development in the above mentioned

categories. At the time of the evaluation he was 7 months old and

everything he was doing was at the 4-7 month level with the exception of Self

Help where he was functioning at the 8.5-10 month level, as defined by the IDA.

If I can find it I can fax a copy of the report if

you are interested in seeing it.

The whole process took about a month. In the meantime we

were receiving PT services through our insurance company. Hopefully this

helps!

Molly

Novato, California

Nicolas, 2.5, tort & plagio, STARband (CIRS Oakland)

4/24/06-9/12/06, Graduate!

, 5.5

, 8.5

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Hi

Has anyone had ECI evaluation done for their kid in California ? Please help

me with some information like how to contact them, what paperwork needs to be

done, any insurance paper work, how soon they can come and evaluate the baby

etc,.

I am getting desperate to get some help .The clinician at CT told me that my

son had tort. My PED never noticed it. :-((( I am trying to

find a pediatric physical therapist in Irvine, CA from past 4 weeks.

Thanks

Chanda