Therapeutic Pre-school (EIDT)

Early Intervention Day Treatment (EIDT) is designed for children aged 0-6 and offers a comprehensive range of services. This includes evaluation, as well as therapeutic, developmental, and preventative services. Our clinic is licensed and operated by early childhood specialists.

In order to receive EIDT services, a child must:

  • Have Medicaid

  • Have a documented developmental disability or delay, as shown on the results of an annual comprehensive developmental evaluation that shows:

    • For ages 0-36 months, a score of 25% or greater delay in at least two areas: motor, social, cognitive, self-help/adaptive, or communication

    • For ages 3-6, a score of at least two standard deviations below the mean in at least two areas: motor, social, cognitive, self-help/adaptive, or communication on the Battelle Developmental Inventory test (BDI) and 25% or greater delay on the criterion-referenced test

    • The same two areas of delay on both the BDI and the criterion-referenced test.

  • Have a documented need for at least one of the following, as shown on a full evaluation for that service:

    • Physical therapy

    • Occupational therapy

    • Speech therapy

    • Nursing services

  • Have a written prescription from a physician, valid for one year

  • Be provided as written in an individual program plan (IPP)

Early Intervention Day Treatment encompasses a wide range of services, including diagnostic, screening, evaluation, preventive, therapeutic, palliative, rehabilitative, and habilitative services. This includes speech, occupational, and physical therapies, as well as any medical or remedial services recommended by a physician to improve or maintain the client’s condition.

Each child who enters the EIDT Program will have a written individual treatment plan (ITP) developed from evaluations, and services provided must be based on the goals and objectives of the client’s ITP.

  • Habilitative services include instruction in areas of cognition, communication, social/emotional, motor, and adaptive skills, including self-care. They may also reinforce skills learned and practiced in occupational, physical, or speech therapy. Habilitative services are available for children before they reach school age, including those aged 5-6, if the kindergarten year has been waived.

  • Nursing services are available for children who are medically fragile, have complex health needs, or both, if prescribed by the child’s physician.

  • The EIDT child’s primary care physician (PCP) or attending physician must refer a child for assessment for occupational, physical or speech therapy services.