Don't you have a case manager in the hospital that can liason with the Early Steps program and family. Also, you need to start educating families that Early Steps is only for developmental therapies. With program changes, children and famiies will not be getting as much therapy as they have in the past and so, must seek out more medical interventions on their own. I'd love to discuss this with you, I'm the developmental disabilities chair of the Florida Occupational Therapy Association.
Elizabeth H. Thiers, OTR/L FECTS [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 6:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OTlist] early intervention birth to three I work in a NICU setting in Florida. The majority of our babies are premature and spend weeks to months in the hospital. Once they are discharged it takes about three months before early intervention gets involved with their case ( I have been told this by the case manager/EI liason). After that it can be several days to weeks before the infant is actually seen by any therapist. This is crazy! Shouldn't someone from EI be working with the NICU staff to begin services immediately after discharge? Amy -- -- Unsubscribe? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Help? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
