Refer to Services
- SEAS: Anyone can call or contact the SEAS Navigators to get information or connect to services to support children and parents with a child birth to 21 who needs additional support. SEAS Navigators are skilled in local resources to support parents, child development and support families to find resources to support children’s language, behavior, social-emotional development, cognitive development and physical development. SEAS is the entry for Early Intervention Services and maintains up-to-date resource lists for evaluations, therapies, and ABA providers.
Applied Behavior Analysis
ABA therapy applies our understanding of how behavior works to real situations. The goal is to increase behaviors that are helpful and decrease behaviors that are harmful or affect learning. ABA Therapy can increase language and communication skills, improve attention, focus, social skills, memory, and academics and decrease problem behaviors
- Information on ABA
- Local ABA provider list
- Local single intake forms
- ABA Parent Guide
- Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) How to Access Medicaid ABA (PDF) (Amharic) (Somali) (Spanish) (Vietnamese)
- Applied Behavior Analysis, Health Care Authority Medicaid
- Medicaid-enrolled clients seeking ABA services Healthcare Authority
- What is ABA? toolkit Autism Speaks
- ABA for 21 and over
- ABA advocacy if denied by insurance Washington Autism Alliance & Advocacy (WAAA)
Childcare and Respite
- Local childcare options
- Childcare Aware
- Local Super Sitters
- WWU student employment
- Community First Choice Personal Care
- Community First Choice and respite
- Overnight Planned Respite
- Child Care Options for Children with Autism (PDF)
- Lifespan Respite
- Respite Resource Guide The Arc of King County
- How to become and individual provider
- Home Care Referral Registry
- Childcare supports and services
Early Intervention Services
- Early Intervention/Early Support for Infant and Toddlers (ESIT)
- How to make and ESIT referral
- Early Intervention Services
- Services for children under 5
- Why not wait and see
- Birth to 3 timeline
- Navigating your way Birth to 3
- Transition, what happens when your child turns 3
- Early Intervention for deaf and hard of hearing
- DDA, Why apply
Parenting Resources
- Aha! Parenting
- Center of the developing child
- AAP parenting
- APA Parenting
- Center for children with special health care needs
- Parenthelp 123
- Parent Trust-local resource listing and other services in Washington
- Mindfulness resources
- Special Care for Infants with Special Needs
- Infant Massage
Parent Support/Peer Support
Developmental Disabilities Administration
Down Syndrome
- Welcome Letter to Family
- Learning Your Child has a Disability
- Congratulations on Your New Baby
- Down Syndrome Resources DOH
- Down Syndrome resource for families
- Tips for talking about resources
- What can I do to help my baby at home
- People first language
- Breastfeeding Resources
- True Colors, shining through
- Resource for families
- National Down Syndrome Society
- Health Notes
Screening & Evaluations
- Within Reach – Washington Help Me Grow, ParentHelp123 Within Reach provides free developmental screening, connections to early learning and family support services, referrals to early intervention for developmental delays, and family support in English and Spanish to families across Washington.
- SEAS Line: SEAS Navigators can provide local information to families and providers about how to access screenings and supports and SEAS is the entry point for ESIT (ESIT screen and support children Birth to 3).
- Local Evaluation Wait Time: A local and regional listing of information about evaluations and wait times
- Why Developmental Screenings Matter
- CDC Developmental Monitoring, Screening and Evaluation
- Information for providers
- Seattle Children’s
- Mental Health Evaluations and Resources
- Depression screenings in primary care
- Mental Health Referrals for Washington State
- Evaluation and therapies
- Waitlist tips
