Children who are delayed in one or more of these area of development:

• Cognitive, such as limited interest in the environment, playing and learning
• Motor, such as gross, fine and oral
• Communication, such as limited understanding or responses in communicating with others
• Social-emotional, such as attachment problems, limited parent/ family interactions or behavior concerns
• Self-help skills, such as feeding

Children who may perform within their appropriate age range on test instruments, but whose patterns of development are different from their peers.

• Atypical sensory-motor development, such as muscle tone, reflex or postural reaction/ responses, oral-motor skills and sensory integration
• Atypical language or cognition, such as state regulation, attention span, perseveration, information processing, learning & memory, preverbal or presymbolic patterns, symbolic or representational thought
• Atypical emotional or social patterns which may involve, but are not limited to social responsiveness, affective development, attachment patterns, and self-targeted behaviors

Children who have a medically diagnosed condition that has a high probability of resulting in developmental delay are automatically eligible for ECI services. To see a list of conditions, please click here.