03-Birth To 3 Connections
Project Description:
South Dakota Birth to 3 Connections is a program of the Office of Educational Services & Supports, South Dakota Department of Education. Birth to 3 Connections works with other agencies to support families with children who are age birth to three identifying needs and to assist them with accessing community services.
Birth to 3 Connections services are available to any family with a child birth to three years of age who has:
- difficulty learning, growing or behaving like other children in their age group, or
- a medical condition which doctors feel may need special attention, or
- whose family has questions about development or interest in a no-cost developmental screening and/or evaluation.
Service Area
The Center for Disabilities' Birth to 3 Connections is responsible for providing service coordination activities for early intervention services to the citizens of Davison, Hanson, McCook, Minnehaha, Sanborn and Turner counties in South Dakota.
Keyword(s):
Mental/Behavioral Health – Autism, Clinical Care, Developmental Disabilities, Early Childhood – Developmental Health (including developmental screening), Early Childhood – General, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Health Care Transition, Health Equity, Life Course Approach, Maternal Health – General, Early Childhood – Newborn Screening, Preventive Services, Social Determinants of Health, Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults with Special Health Care Needs, Birth to 3, Early Intervention, Developmental screening and evaluation
Core Function(s):
Training Trainees, Performing Direct and/or Demonstration Services, Continuing Education/Community Training, Other Direct/Model Services
Area of Emphasis
Education & Early Intervention, Child Care-Related Activities, Health-Related Activities, Quality of Life, Other - Leadership
Target Audience:
Students/Trainees (long or intermediate trainees), Community Trainees / Short term trainees, Professionals and Para-Professionals, Family Members/Caregivers, Children/Adolescents with Disabilities/SHCN
Unserved or Under-served Populations:
Racial or Ethnic Minorities, Disadvantaged Circumstances, Limited English, Geographic Areas, Rural/Remote, Urban
Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:
Mulit-County, State
COVID-19 Related Data:
N/A
