- If the family and child lives in Colorado
- The child is birth to 3 years old
- The child is determined eligible based on one of the following criteria:
1) Developmental Delay
A child may be determined eligible because the child has a significant delay in one or more of the following developmental areas as determined by a comprehensive, multidisciplinary evaluation: thinking and learning skills (cognitive development); moving, seeing, and hearing (physical development); understanding and using sounds, gestures, and words (communication development); responding to and developing relationships with other people (social-emotional development); taking care of one’s self when doing things like feeding or dressing (adaptive development).
2) Diagnosis
A child may be determined eligible because the child has been diagnosed with a physical or mental condition that has a high probability of resulting in a significant developmental delay or disability as the child gets older, even though the child may not currently have an observable delay or disability. A list of conditions that will qualify a child for early intervention services in Colorado is available at Early Intervention Colorado within the family section.
3) Parent has a Documented Developmental Disability
A child may be eligible for developmental intervention and parent education services if the child’s parent/s have a documented developmental disability.
