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Screening - process used to measure the child's developmental status to indicate what type of evaluation, if any, is warranted.

SEIT - Special Education Itinerant Teacher

Service Coordinator - a person who works in partnership with the family to provide support and services that help the family to coordinate and obtain their rights under the Early Intervention Program and services agreed upon on in the Individualized Family Service Plan

Service Model Options - services may be provided to a child and family such as individual home and community-based visits, facility-based individual visits, parent-child groups, developmental groups or parent training

SNAP - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Social Work Services - family-directed services including counseling, parent training and support

SLP - Speech and Language Pathologists

Special Education / Instruction - designing learning environments and activities that promote the child's development, providing families with information, skills and
support to boost the child's development

Special Needs - a phrase used to describe a child who has a disability or developmental delay and is eligible for special services

Speech Language Pathology - services for children with delays in communication skills or with oral motor difficulties

Surrogate Parent - a person who is appointed to act in place of a parent when parents are not available to participate in making decisions about their child's participation in the Early Intervention or Committee on Preschool Special Education
programs. A parent may voluntarily appoint a surrogate parent.