Services

Early Intervention Services

Infant Toddler Early Intervention During COVID-19 Tele-Intervention services are now available Services can be provided by phone or video. Early Interventions is a free, voluntary program that can help families who have concerns about a child’s development, learning, and behavior.

After a referral is made, a virtual Multidisciplinary Evaluation will take place. If found eligible for services, the family will be part of a team that develops an individualized family service plan.

To get started email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 215-685-4646.

We are focused on quality care for all participants and ensuring organizational preparedness, including our employee’s health and wellness. We are continuing to provide services to our clients and are ensuring extra preventive and precautionary measures are in place based on guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Philadelphia Department of Public Health. If you have a specific question about CHILDLINK services, please contact 215.731.2100.

All children are different and each develops individually at his or her own pace. Some children experience delays in development and need extra help. A child might need early intervention services if he or she is experiencing a delay in development or sensory functioning.

Delays may occur in:

• Understanding
• Muscle movement
• Vision
• Hearing
• Social development
• Speech
• Communication skills
• Self-help skills

Early intervention services include, but are not limited to:

• Service Coordination
• Special Instruction
• Speech and Language Therapy
• Physical Therapy
• Occupational Therapy
• Social Work Services
• Psychological Services
• Hearing Services for the deaf and children with hearing loss
• Vision services
• Nutrition services

ChildLink also provides linkages and referrals to:

• Nursing and other health services
• Family training, counseling and home visits
• Assistive technology and devices
• Transportation
• Audiology services

ChildLink is a program of Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC), one of the largest and most diverse nonprofit public health institutes in the country. Through PHMC, ChildLink staff has access to a wide array of resources and programs that can comprehensively support the health and wellness needs of the children we serve and their families. To learn more about PHMC, visit www.phmc.org.

Philadelphia Early Intervention For Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families from ChildLink on Vimeo.

At-Risk Tracking Program

Some children are not eligible for early intervention services but qualify for at-risk monitoring based on the following criteria: born with low birth weight, spent time in the neo-intensive care unit (NICU), experienced homelessness, born to a chemically dependent mother, experienced serious abuse or neglect, or suffered from increased lead levels.

At-risk coordinators complete periodic Ages and Stages questionnaires with the family. The questionnaires help monitor developmental progress and when concerns arise the child is scheduled for an evaluation to determine if he or she is in need of services to address developmental delays.

Interpretation and Translation Services

At ChildLink, we speak your language. Literally.

ChildLink is committed to serving Limited English Proficient (LEP) families and households in their own language. All phone calls and in person appointments will include an interpreter. All written correspondence and documents will be made available in the family's requested language. In addition, all translations are done by certified translators, not by online automatic translation programs. Our commitment is rooted in two federal laws: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Executive Order 13166, "Improving Access to Services for persons with Limited English Proficiency."

To date, ChildLink has provided interpreting and translation services to participating LEP families in more than 20 languages, including, but not limited to: Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Cantonese, French, Hatian Creole, Hindi, Indonesian, Khmer, Korean, Mandarin, Pashto, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, Ukranian, Urdu and Vietnamese.