Early Intervention: Automatic Qualifiers, part III

This is the last in a three-part series on typical automatic qualifiers for early intervention programs.

DIAGNOSIS/CONDITIONS LIST

12. Abnormalities of Metabolism
a. Amino Acid

• Maple Syrup Urine Disease
• Untreated PKU

b. Carbohydrate

• Infantile Gaucher Disease
• Methylmalonic acidemia

c. Lipid

• Niemann-Pick Disease
• Tay-Sachs Disease

d. Purine/Pyrimidine

• Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome

e. Thyroid

• Untreated Hypothyroidism

f. Mucopolysaccharidosis

• Hunter Syndrome
• Hurler-Scheie Syndrome
• Sanfilippo Syndrome
• Sly Syndrome

13. Ventilator Dependent

14. Congenital Infections
a. Cytomegalovirus
b. Herpes
c. HIV
d. Rubella
e. Syphillis
f. Toxoplasmosis

15. Failure to Thrive

16. Environmental Agents
a. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
b. Fetal Valproate Syndrome
c. Fetal Hydantoin Syndrome

17. NICU Graduate with one or more of the following conditions:

• NG or G tube feedings required either full or partial to maintain adequate nutrition
• Unable to take 100% of nutrition by mouth
• Difficulty pacing and/or coordinating suck-swallow-breathe, especially if 38-40 weeks or older
• Long, difficult time to learn to eat
• Unusually high tone
• Unusually low tone
• Significant tremors when at rest
• Fluctuating tone: such as, low tone when resting and high tone when over stimulated
• Inconsolability not attributable to typical premature irritability, GER, or other medical conditions
• Neurologically based significant irritability
• Unable to come to a quiet-alert state, persisting throughout hospitalization
• Severe sleep disorder—unable to maintain deep sleep for 2 hours or more

This list is not all-inclusive. New disorders are being identified all of the time. The following procedure allows a child’s diagnosis to be considered for inclusion:

• Document information from a diagnostic work-up including physician reports and recommendations.
• Include supportive data from research journals, text information, etc., which supports that a child has a diagnosed physical or mental condition that has a high probability of resulting in developmental delay.

Every state has some variance, and this list can and does change from time to time. If you feel like your child fits any of the above and you would like services for your child, contact your local Early Intervention Program or your county health services for more information.

Please see the previous two posts in this series.

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