County Contacts

Sayegh Pediatrics services Lehigh, Northampton, Carbon-Monroe-Pike, Wayne, Schuylkill, and Luzerne counties for Birth-3 year old services. PA is one of 6 states that fully funds their Early Intervention Services.

If your child qualifies for EI services, (Birth to 3 years old), your child is also eligible for Medical Assistance benefits.

In Early Intervention your child will have an Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP).

Early intervention assesses your child’s development in the following areas:

Physical Development-Ability to move, see, and hear

Speech and Language Development-Ability to talk and express needs

Social/Emotional Development-Ability to relate to others

Self Help/Adaptive Development-Ability to eat, dress, and take care of oneself

Cognitive Development-Ability to think and learn

Standardized tools are used for all evaluations.

There are three ways to qualify for EI services:

1. Your child exhibits a 25% delay in one or more areas of development.

2. A specialist’s determination that there is a delay even though it doesn’t show up on the assessment (called informed clinical opinion).

3. Your child has a known medical condition which have a high probability for developmental delays.

Children can also qualify for tracking services if they are of low birth weight (under 3.5 lbs), in the NICU, born to a chemically dependent mother, seriously abused/neglected, have dangerous level of lead poisoning, or if the child is experiencing homelessness.

EI services are family and routine based and should be provided in the child’s natural environments (home and community based). EI staff should help to coach and empower caregivers to enhance their child’s learning and growth. Staff will use what is in the child’s environment to foster this growth. EI services can include: Service Coordination, Family Training, Special Instruction (Teacher), Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, Physical Therapy, Vision Supports, Hearing Supports, and Others specified by Law.

IF YOUR CHILD NEEDS EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES AND YOUR CHILD IS BETWEEN BIRTH AND AGE 3, PLEASE USE THE BELOW INFORMATION TO ACCESS YOUR COUNTY'S PROGRAM.

Lehigh County: 610-782-3200 https://www.lehighcounty.org/departments/human-services/early-intervention

Northampton County: 610-559-3270 https://www.northamptoncounty.org/HS/EI/Pages/default.aspx

Carbon-Monroe-Pike County: Call: 570-992-0879 https://cmpmhds.org/

Wayne County: Cynthia Matthews cmatthews@waynecountypa.gov 570-253-9200

Schuylkill County: Samantha Weisbeck sweisbeck@sam-inc.org 570-573-3369

Luzerne County: Amy Tomkoski@luzernecounty.org