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Rep. Carson outlines task force to boost early intervention for young children with disabilities
Summary
Representative Melissa Carson introduced legislation to create a time-limited task force to study early identification and interventions for young children with disabilities, seek roughly $250,000 in startup funding, and deliver interim and final reports with implementation recommendations.
Representative Melissa Carson introduced House Bill 5164 on Feb. 6 before the Rhode Island House Committee on Education, proposing a task force to improve early identification and services for children with developmental disabilities.
Carson said the bill is intended to “map out a plan for early intervention” so children are identified and receive services earlier, which she described as both developmentally important and cost-saving. “I really do believe that this is the way that we should be looking at special needs children,” Carson said, describing the first five years of life as “the most formative years” and urging earlier evaluation and services such as speech and occupational therapy.
The bill would create a…
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