FAQs • Frederick County Health Department, MD • CivicEngage

What happens during an assessment?: An assessment will be scheduled to look at all areas of a child’s development. The assessment team will come to your home to meet and play with your child. The reasons for the assessment are to find out if your child is eligible for early intervention services and to gather facts about your child’s strengths and needs that will help guide decisions about services.

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FCDC Infants/Toddlers

1. What is the Infants and Toddlers Program?: The Frederick County Infants and Toddlers Program provides early intervention services such as speech therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy and special instruction to infants and toddlers. We also provide service coordination and support services for the family. FCITP can help you and your family support and promote your child's development.

2. Who can participate in the Infants and Toddlers Program?: A child must be between the ages of birth to three and meet eligibility criteria such as having a delay in meeting developmental milestones or a medical diagnosis that places them at risk for a delay. Infants and Toddlers service providers will talk with the child’s family to hear about their concerns for their child and to learn about the child’s early health and development. A developmental assessment will be completed.

3. Who can refer a child to the Infants and Toddlers Program?: Most referrals come from families and pediatricians but anyone who is concerned about the development of a child can make a referral by calling our Single Point of Entry at 301-600-1612.

4. Is there a cost to participate in the Infants and Toddlers Program?: Services through the Infants and Toddlers Program are provided at no cost to children and their families who reside in Frederick County.

5. What happens during an assessment?: An assessment will be scheduled to look at all areas of a child’s development. The assessment team will come to your home to meet and play with your child. The reasons for the assessment are to find out if your child is eligible for early intervention services and to gather facts about your child’s strengths and needs that will help guide decisions about services.

6. Where are services provided?: That depends on the child and the family. Most children receive their services in their home, or the location where they spend most of their day including childcare centers, your neighborhood park or anywhere else the family chooses.

7. What happens when a child reaches his or her third birthday?: Frederick County Infants and Toddlers Program provides early intervention services until a child reaches the age of three. Based on their needs, some children may continue to receive services through Frederick County Public Schools when they turn three.