The Early Childhood Intervention program of Special Care & Career Services is accepting proposals from contract occupational therapists northwest Dallas service areas.
ECI of SCCS works together with families to provide comprehensive, coordinated services in the natural environment for children age birth to three years old with developmental delays or disabilities. Natural environments include home and community-based settings.
The estimated quantity of services will be based on service needs. Contract providers may be used to cover on-going therapy or caseload overflow due to maternity leave, etc., and are called in on an as-needed basis. The anticipated start and end dates of the contract are December 1, 2009 – August 31, 2010.
All contract providers are required to have the following:
· CPR/First Aid training
· Criminal background check conducted by Special Care & Career Services
· Current Texas licensure/registration
· Proof of current professional liability insurance (minimum $1,000,000 coverage)
· References
· Pediatric experience with birth to three year olds with developmental delays and disabilities
In addition, contract service providers are required to submit progress notes which include service time and billing information and assessment reports. Contract providers may also be required to participate in Individualized Family Service Plan meetings and help write appropriate outcomes.
Interested parties should submit a résumé and a letter of interest. The letter of interest should include the hourly fee, services included in your fee, and qualifications regarding previously stated requirements. If you are a Historically Underutilized Business (HUB), please include your HUB number on your letter of interest. See www.window.state.tx.us/procurement/prog/hub/hub-certification/ for more information.
Please mail, fax or email proposal materials to:
Marnie L. Stone, Vice President & ECI Program Director
Special Care & Career Services
4350 Sigma, Suite 100
Dallas, TX 75244
Fax: 972-991-6361
Early Childhood Intervention
We include parents and caregivers in the sessions to foster a better learning environment for the child and to teach the parents how to continue intervention between sessions. In addition to including parents in the sessions, all intervention is conducted in the child’s home or daycare facility – locations that are familiar to the child and prove to be the most effective environments in which to help children learn, play and grow.
Our specialists use toys, games and songs to help the children work on their weak areas. Specialists may use games that require the child to exercise arm and back muscles, thereby strengthening them. They may also use naming games and songs to develop verbal and listening skills. Parents are taught these activities so the child continues to progress between visits.
There are several print materials thathave been developed by the State ECI Office and by ECI of Special Care & Career Services. Click here for the Order Form if you would like SCCS to send you any of the materials at no charge.
Programming is funded through the United Way and community contributions. With permission, Special Care & Career Services bills families' private insurance, Medicaid, CHIP, or Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCS). Families may also pay a portion of the costs of the services, through Family Cost Share. Find out more about Family Cost Share here.
Link to: DARS Division for Early Childhood Intervention Services or call the DARS Inquires Line at 1-800-628-5115.
Special Care & Career Services' ECI program is an Affiliate of Texas Early Childhood Intervention.
