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Early Childhood Intervention

PO Box 509

Agency Village, SD 57262

605-698-4400 Ext: 300

ecip@venturecomm.net

Your Child is Important to Us!


  

 

 

 


 

Clientele Assistance

 Policy

 

COMPLETED APPLICATIONS 

 MUST

 BE RECEIVED ONE (1) WEEK IN

 ADVANCE OF YOUR CHILDS

 APPOINTMENT -NO EXCEPTIONS

 

  •  Children birth to 5 years of age and are enrolled at the Early childhood intervention Program And are up to date on screenings are eligible for assistance to medical or dental appointments outside the Sisseton and Agency Village area.

  • A mandatory appointment slip or referral card will be required to process cliental assistance.

  • Parent / Guarding Must fill out application fully including denial letters from districts as well as Elderly affairs 

  • The completed Verification of visit form must be signed by personnel at the appointment site( Doctor or Dentist) The completed form must be returned to the Early Childhood Intervention office one week after the appointment,

                                  

 

EARLY CHILDHOOD

 INTERVENTION

 PROGRAM

 

Tel: 605-698-4400   

EXT. 300  

 

 

 

 

FOR INFORMATION, CONTACT:

EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION

 PROGRAM

605-698-4400

EXT.  300

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 IMPORTANT TO US!!”

 

 

 

 

 “YOUR CHILD IS IMPORTANT TO US!!”  

 


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First-time Clients with Early Childhood Intervention must read and fill out the following forms. Forms can either be opened to view or saved to your computer. To save the file (word) right click and save as:

 

Assistance Policy

 

Assistance Form


Children with Developmental Delays or Disabilities often have difficulties in one or more of the following areas:

  • Cognitive/Mental               

  • Emotional                           

  • Fine Motor Development    

  • Gross motor Development

  • Social Behavior                  

  • Language and Speech      

Early Childhood Intervention helps families and children receive all the early intervention services necessary for normal growth and development from birth through five (5) years of age. 

Early Childhood Intervention works with you to find the appropriate educational services to care for your child!

 

 


Early Childhood Intervention coordinates with other agencies such as, Head Start, Early Head Start, Child Protection, Enemy Swim FACE Program and Healthy Start to assure delivery of needed services.


 

 

ECIP Staff:  

 

Phone 698-4400

 

 

Receptionist 

Sierra Wolcott Ext. 300

 

Program Coordinator

 Terri Crawford     -Ext:307   ecip@venturecomm.net

 

 

Early Childhood Professional/Asst. Coordinator

Dr. Welsonia Magat      -Ext:305    ecip@venturecomm.net

 

 

Tracking

Carole Adams      -Ext:302         

 

 

Intervention Specialist

  Sylvanus Flute     -Ext:303          

 

 

Screening/Intake

Crystal DeCoteau    -Ext: 304     

 

 

Intervention Specialist

Renae Kampeska      -Ext: 301        

 

 

   

 

 


The Family Structure in America

Then and Now

By: Sonia J. Magat, D.O., Ph.D.

 

The “nuclear” or traditional family consists of two parents, a mother, father and children. The American family structure has been undergoing huge transformations within the last 3 to 4 decades. The changes are seen as: (Reports from Wikipedia.org/wiki/American_family_structure and Children’s Defense Fund)

 

1.       The percentage of married –couples with children below 18 years of age have been declining from about 45% in 1960 to 23% in 2000.

2.       Single-parent families have increased 3 times from 1950 to the present. Twenty three % of all children are currently living with mother only. Marriage is not considered a “permanent” institution, with more individuals leaving marriage more readily. Furthermore, unwed- parents  household is becoming the trend. More and more children are being born to never-married couples, from only 4% in 1960 to about 42% in 2001. In the U.S., cohabitation (unwed partners) has become more popular in today’s generation. Cohabitation rose 10 times from 400,000 people in 1960 to 5 million in 2005.

3.       Same-sex partners amounted to 11.1% of all unmarried-partners families. There are currently 66% female same -sex couples and 44% male same- sex couples living with children under 18 years old.

4.       Although the husband has been the historical “breadwinner”, by 2001, in one third of married households where the wife worked, wives earned more than their spouses, according to the New York Times. There are now 105,000 stay-at-home dads. These are fathers with children under 15 years of age, who are not participating in labor market. These dads are taking care of 189,000 children.

5.       Adopted children are given up at birth, abandoned or have parents who are not able to care for them. About 50,000 children were adopted in 2001. There are 4.1% of all children living with neither parent in 2010.

6.       An estimated 940,000 children are being raised by grandparents. About 20% of these grandparents are living in poverty.

7.       Step-families are becoming more popular with rising divorce and remarriage rates. With divorce rates at 75%, 1300 new families are formed each day in America.

8.       Extended families consisting of grandparents, aunts, uncles and other relatives are increasing in number, with elderly parents moving in, or relatives taking the place of absent parents.

 

The traditional family with 2 married individuals providing care for their biological off springs is now being erased and alternative family forms have evolved. What are the consequences of these changes in family structure to children’s lives and well-being?

 

·         The stability impact of the traditional family structure, involving availability of emotional and financial resources, is decreasing and placing children at risk. Approximately 15.5 million children (one in every 5 children in the U.S.) are now living in poverty. Many children are born without health insurance and each day in America, 80 babies die before their first birthday. The 2-parent family structure has often been referred as an anti-poverty program.

·         With divorcing couples, the arrangements, also called “nesting” are usually managed to minimize the impact of the divorce on the children. Some arrangements are done between parents to prevent the kids from “shuttling” between parents or leaving the home that the children have always known to provide stability. Rules are set on who or what are allowed in the shared homes of the parents who are called the “latchkey parents” according to writer, Belinda Luscombe (Latchkey Parents, TIME,September 26, 2011). “The extent that children of divorce differ from children in stable 2-parent families may not be due to the divorce itself, but to circumstances before, during and after the actual undoing of the marital bond”, commented Arlene Skolnik, at Santa Clara University, in “Politics of Family Structure”. What is important is that there is a close relationship with at least one parent.

·         A child’s well-being is enhanced by good emotional health and behavior and his relationship at home and with his peers. In 2009, 5% of children age 4-17 years and 8% of children living below the poverty level were reported to have serious emotional and behavioral problems (www.childstats.com).

 

The changes in American family life and structure within the last 3 to 4 decades raise questions whether these transformations are due to moral decay, sexual relationships outside of marriage and between partners of the same sex, the dis-institutionalization of marriage and the impact of economic hardships on families. There are no easy solutions to the problems accompanying the changes in the family structure today. The present concern is how to adapt to the new family structure formed in order to reduce the threat to children’s well-being and development. The parents need to consider first that children need to be in a safe, permanent and loving family environment.

 

This is one of a series of articles written for the Early Childhood Intervention Program. Your questions and comments are welcome.

 

 

  

 



 

 

 

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