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Early Steps

Here are a few centers in South Florida that offer early intervention services for children birth to 3 years of age, who have developmental delays or a condition that might lead to a developmental delay either in language or speech or in any other developmental area:

Gold Coast Early Steps

• Children's Diagnostic & Treatment Center
  1401 South Federal Highway
  Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316-2619
  (754) 321-2204 - Referral Line - Child Find
  (954) 728-1083 - General Information

North Dade Early Steps

• Mailman Center for Child Development
  1601 NW 12th Ave. Room 5013
  University Of Miami - Dept. of Pediatric
  Miami, FL 33136-1005
  (305) 243-6660
  (305) 243-3501 - Fax

Treasure Coast Early Steps

• Child Development Center
  5325 Greenwood Avenue Ste. 201
  West Palm Beach, FL 33407-2452
  (561) 882-6426 - Referral Line
  (800) 879-4083
  (561) 881-2822 - Local

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Florida Diagnostics and Learning Resources System (FDLRS) - Child Find Services

The following centers in South Florida offer early intervention services for children 3 years of age or older:

Broward County

• http://www.broward.k12.fl.us/studentsupport/ese/html/FDLRS.html
• FDLRS/REACH - Child Find
  600 SE 3rd Avenue, 9th floor
  Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
  (754) 321-2204 - Referral Line
  (754) 321-2205

Miami-Dade County

• http://fdlrs-south.dadeschools.net/cf/cf.html
• FDLRS-South
  Main Campus
  5555 SW 93rd Avenue
  Miami, FL 33165
  (305) 274-3501 - Main Line
  (305) 598-7752 - Fax
  (800) 995-8771 - (TTY/VCO) Florida Relay Service
• FDLRS-North Satellite
  Horace Mann Middle School 9-PAC
  8950 NW 2nd Avenue
  Miami, FL 33150
  (305) 754-4081 - Main Line
  (305) 754-4875 - Fax

Palm Beach County

• http://www.palmbeach.k12.fl.us/ESE/fdlrschildfind.htm
• FDLRS/ALPHA - Child Find
  
• For more information about this center, contact:
  Dana R. Wilcox, Child Find Specialist
  School District of Palm Beach County
  Department of Exceptional Student Education
  (561) 434-8299 - Office
  (561) 357-7644 - Fax

If you would like to refer your preschool-aged child to FDLRS/ALPHA in Palm Beach County, call one of the referral lines at:

• (561) 434-7337 (Boynton Beach north to Jupiter, and Wellington/RPB/Loxahatchee area)
• (800) 734-9707 (Delray Beach, Boca Raton and the Glades area)

The first physical contact parents have with Child Find staff is at a screening appointment in one of their area offices (depending on where the family lives). Please contact a referral line in order to schedule an appointment at a particular center.

University Clinics

Florida Atlantic University - Boca Raton Campus

• http://www.coe.fau.edu/csd/clinic.htm

For more information about this clinic, please contact:

• Cynthia Core, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
  Assistant Professor of Speech-Language Pathology
  Communication Sciences & Disorders
  College of Education
  777 Glades Road
  Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991
  (561) 297-1138 - Office
  (561) 297-2268 - Fax
  ccore@fau.edu

Nova Southeastern University

• http://www.schoolofed.nova.edu/slp/clinic/clinic.htm

• http://www.nova.edu/msi/pplace/services.html