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India Hedman holds her daughter, Kaia, who has Down syndrome and is getting teletherapy from Janet Rosenberg, who is holding a doll she uses to show parents how to position their young children.

As early intervention goes virtual, families and therapists improvise

Brett Dahlberg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1NauLa6Mb4 India Hedman’s daughter, Kaia, is sleeping. It’s Wednesday afternoon, and the 14-month-old is down for a…

Edna Colón, center, holds 3-year-old Royal Person, left, and her 1-year-old son, Jeycob.

Arts & Culture

Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul announces $40.2 million for early childhood care in NY

Noelle E. C. Evans

Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul announced an over $40 million federal grant to improve prekindergarten and child care services over the next three years. Hochul.…

Arts & Culture

Connections: How voters and candidates can prioritize children's issues in the upcoming election

Evan Dawson

Election Day is just over three weeks away. Voters have a wide range of issues that they prioritize. This hour, our guests are asking you to think about…

Connections

Connections: Discussing the reimbursement rate for preschool special education services

Evan Dawson

Providers of preschool special education say Monroe County went back on its promise to raise the reimbursement rate for services across the board by 15…

Advocates, therapists and Monroe County officials say New York state needs to increase reimbursement rates for early intervention therapists to address a growing list of children who qualify for those services but can't find a provider.

Pay increase for early intervention providers passes state Assembly

Brett Dahlberg

The budget proposal approved Wednesday by the New York state Assembly includes a pay increase for therapists who work with the state’s youngest…

Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo announces a proposal to raise reimbursement rates for preschool special education providers.

Pay hike proposed for preschool special education providers

Brett Dahlberg

Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo proposed an increase in pay Tuesday for special education providers who haven’t seen one in almost a…

Three-year-old Collin plays with a train set at home in Irondequoit, as his mother, Bridget, and twin brother, Connor, watch in the background. Both boys have been approved for early intervention therapies but have gone without them for months because they can't find providers with openings.

Children wait months for legally required therapy as waitlists grow longer

Brett Dahlberg

When Monroe County scrapped aplanned waitlist for families looking to get their children evaluated for developmental delays late last year, advocacy…

Connections: Dialogue on Disability - An update on early intervention services in Monroe County

Evan Dawson

We continue our Dialogue on Disability Week with an update on the state of early intervention (EI) services in Monroe County. In early December, county…

Monroe County legislators hear testimony from parents of children receiving early intervention and the people who provide that intervention at Thursday's ways and means committee hearing.

County cancels planned waitlist for early childhood intervention

Brett Dahlberg

Monroe County has averted running afoul of state and federal law -- at least temporarily -- by reshuffling employees in the public health department and…

Pia Stampe works with a child at Step by Step Pediatric Therapy Center in Rochester. Her business is in jeopardy because of low state reimbursement rates and a new Monroe County waiting list for the evaluations that result in children being referred to her therapy practice, she says.

Monroe County ‘a canary in the coal mine’ for looming state crisis in early childhood therapy

Brett Dahlberg

Pia Stampe is unsure how long she’ll be able to stay in business.“If we don’t get referrals, then we can’t operate,” Stampe said. “We were better paid in…

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