EVALUATION SERVICES - [Children]
Comprehensive developmental evaluation services are available at no cost to parents for children, birth to five years of age, with known or suspected developmental disabilities or delays. A developmental evaluation is the initial step in determining eligibility for services through guidelines set by the Department of Health (birth to three years of age) and the State Education Department (three to five years of age). Happiness House has a birth to five interdisciplinary evaluation team consisting of: the director of evaluations, speech therapists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, psychologists and special education teachers. The child's primary area(s) of need determines the type of evaluation provided. Evaluations are provided in Ontario, Seneca, Wayne and Yates Counties. Happiness House offers evaluations at its Geneva, Canandaigua and Waterloo sites, as well as in a child's home or in a preschool / child care setting if possible.