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Contact Information:

Center for Disabilities
Pediatrics - Sanford School of Medicine of The University of South Dakota
1400 West 22nd Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57105
phone: 605-357-1439
phone2: 1-800-658-3080 (V/TTY)
fax: 605-357-1438
cd@usd.edu

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Last Modified: 08/23/06

birth to 3 connections

The state of South Dakota participates in a federal program called the Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities (Part C of The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997, Public Law 105-17).  In South Dakota, this program is called Birth to 3 Connections.

South Dakota Birth to 3 Connections is a program of the Office of Educational Services and Support an office of the South Dakota Department of Education.  Birth to 3 Connections works with other agencies to support families with children birth to three years of age with identifying needs and accessing community services.

Birth to 3 Connections services are available to any family with a child birth to three years of age who has:
     ~ difficulty learning, growing or behaving like other children in their age group, or
     ~ a medical condition which doctors feel may need special attention, or
     ~ questions about development or interest in a no-cost developmental screening
         and/or evaluation.

The Center for Disabilities' Birth to 3 Connections is responsible for providing service coordination activities for early intervention services to the citizens of Davison, Hanson, McCook, Minnehaha, Sanborn and Turner counties in South Dakota.

For more information contact:
Birth to 3 Connections
Center for Disabilities
Department of Pediatrics
Sanford School of Medicine of The University of South Dakota
1400 West 22nd Street
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57105
Phone - (605) 357-1439 or 1-800-658-3080 (Voice/TTY)
E-mail - cd@usd.edu