Eligibility for Early Intervention Services in the State of Kansas

Children are determined eligible for early intervention services in the state of Kansas after a comprehensive evaluation conducted by two therapists from different disciplines.  Therapists, or providers, will evaluate up to multiple areas of development – cognition, language, motor, social-emotional, and self-help skills.  Eligibility will be determined based on: a 25% delay in one area of development; a 20% delay in two or more areas of development; and/or professional judgment (used when there are no tests that address the area of concern or there is a discrepancy between the test results and the child’s actual performance of an task.  There are certain conditions that may also qualify a child for early intervention in the state of Kansas.  Please use this link for more information:

http://www.ksits.org/download/Eligibility_Criteria_for_Infants_and_toddlers.pdf.