Birth to Three (Early Intervention)

Ready for a snapshot of your child’s development? WithinReach offers the Ages and Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) to families in Washington State. Complete it online when it is convenient for you. It only takes 10-15 minutes to complete. There is also a screening tool for social and emotional skills.

Providing resources and tools for families to celebrate and support their baby's early learning and nurture the development of language and success in school...and in life.

Your Baby's First Hearing Test and some things a baby with normal speech, language, and hearing should be able to do.

Guidance from the CDC: Talking to the doctor is the first step toward getting help for your child if you are concerned about his or her development (how your child plays, learns, speaks, acts, or moves). Don’t wait. Acting early can make a real difference!

Si le preocupa el desarrollo de su hijo (la forma en que juega, aprende, habla, actúa o se mueve), el primer paso para darle ayuda es hablar con el médico. No espere. ¡Reaccionar pronto puede marcar una gran diferencia!

Parent to Parent provides emotional support and information to families of children and adults with special needs in Washington State. Local county coordinators organize parent volunteers (Helping Parents) who also have children with special needs.

The Walla Walla Center for Children & Families provides birth-to-five services for youth and parents as a coordinated and comprehensive community learning hub. From parenting education and support to infant care and early learning, the center is far more than just a preschool. Its services will address and help overcome the staggering access gap for many Walla Walla youth and families, promoting an inclusive community resource that encourages integration, engagement and opportunity for all.

Watch this video! Navigating Your Way Ages Birth to Three provides a bird’s eye view of services, supports and resources for every stage of life. Raising any child is hard work. However, if you add in special health care needs or developmental disabilities, there is even more to learn—whole systems of supports, services, transitions, and terminology.

ESD 123 provides services to children birth to age 3 who have disabilities or developmental delays. Eligible infants and toddlers and their families are entitled to individualized, quality early intervention services in accordance with the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Part C.

(pdf file) Serving children and families from birth to three years of age. Requirements: If a child demonstrates a delay in one or more developmental areas they may qualify (motor, problem solving, communication, social, or self help.) Services are developed around priorities and needs of child and family. These services are provided in the home.

This helpful pdf will give you an overview and explanation of the services available for children ages 0-3 years in our area.

Early intervention services are designed to enable children birth to 3 with developmental delays or disabilities to be active and successful during the early childhood years and in the future in a variety of settings—in their homes, in child care, in preschool or school programs, and in their communities. Services are provided through ESD 123.

The starting point for supports and services in Washington is the Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA). Learn what this means and how to apply.

The main door to services for individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities in our state is the Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA). It’s where people go to get help for in-home, out-of-home, and community-based services.

A goldmine of information - everything you wanted to know about resources, services, advocacy, planning ahead, and development of your child age 0 to 3 years.

Early detection and early intervention can have a lifetime impact for children. What matters most, is the time you have between intervention sessions — you can make a bigger difference in your child’s success than an interventionist who only has an hour or even a few hours a week. (pdf)

Resources to help you find local quality childcare.

CSHCN Coordinator, Walla Walla County Health Department, 314 West Main Street, Walla Walla. (509) 524-2650

Walla Walla Family Resource Center offers programs to assist with early learning as well as counseling and family support.

Music Together® is a music program for babies, toddlers and preschoolers, from birth to 5 years, and the grown ups who love them. In our classes, music is learned through playful, fun activities that are developmentally appropriate and research-based.

Seattle Children’s Neurodevelopmental Program cares for children who have special needs because of a condition with their nervous system that they’ve had since birth or that was caused by disease or trauma. These issues with their nervous system, which includes the brain, can cause developmental disabilities or delays. Our team works together with families and others to care for, advocate for and enhance the lives of children with developmental delay.

Research has shown that teaching sign language to young children is beneficial to all children, whether they have speech and language delays or not.

Since 1954, the Washington Elks Therapy Program for Children has provided home-based occupational or physical therapy to children with developmental delays or physical disabilities. Services are provided at no cost to the family served.

Serving children ages birth to age 5 in the following counties: Baker, Grant, Morrow, Umatilla, Union, and Wallowa counties.

The Oregon Department of Education contracts with local agencies to provide a statewide system of free services for young children with developmental delays and disabilities and their families.