Have Concerns About a Child?
Have Concerns About a Child?
The ELC offers early intervention services and support to early care and education providers and the families they serve.
These services, through developmental, health and behavioral screenings, help detect developmental and behavioral delays early. Early identification of children who may need additional support or early intervention services is critical to ensuring that child receives the best education possible.
The services the ELC provides includes developmental, hearing and vision screenings for children and the Warm-Line, which assists early care and education providers with health, developmental, disability, and special needs issues of the children they are serving.
Warm-Line Services
The Warm-Line (F.S. 402.3018) is a service providing assistance and consultation to early care and education providers regarding health, developmental, disability, and special needs issues of the children they are serving.
Warm-Line services are available to any child in an early care and education setting. Children are not required to receive School Readiness or VPK services to be eligible. A permission form is required before any services can be provided to a particular child. All services provided by the Warm-Line are voluntary and free of charge.
If you are a provider and have concerns for a child in your care, please contact 850-385-0504 ext. 326 or 1.866.390.1851.
Forms for Warm-Line services:
- Warm-Line Flyer (pdf 55.25 kB)
- Warm-Line Permission Form (pdf 55.88 kB)
- Behavioral Log (pdf 10.56 kB)
