{"id":12,"date":"2024-09-05T13:54:19","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T13:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/hcbei\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-05-01T21:57:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T21:57:38","slug":"on-track","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/hcbei\/on-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Your Infant or Toddler on Track Developmentally?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Children learn and grow at their own pace. It is important to watch for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidcentraltn.com\/development.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">early childhood milestones<\/a>. Even though infants and toddlers develop at their own pace, every child should do certain things in specific developmental areas by a certain age. The specific developmental areas fall into five main categories: gross motor (crawling and walking), fine motor (stacking blocks or coloring), language skills (speech and comprehension), thinking skills, and social interaction. &nbsp;The experiences children have from birth to three are important for developmental foundation skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Early Intervention is provided at&nbsp;<em>no cost<\/em>&nbsp;to children and families who qualify for service through TEIS.&nbsp;If you are concerned about the development of a child from birth to three, call&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tn.gov\/education\/teis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tennessee\u2019s Early Intervention System (TEIS)<\/a>&nbsp;to talk with someone or refer the child for a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/stateoftennessee.formstack.com\/forms\/teis_referral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">developmental evaluation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video aligncenter\" style=\"margin-right:0;margin-left:0\"><video height=\"480\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 720 \/ 480;\" width=\"720\" controls preload=\"none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/hcbei\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2024\/09\/IMG_3238.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The experiences children have from birth to three are important for making sure they are heading in the right direction for success in school, work, and life!<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tn.gov\/education\/early_learning\/TEIS.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"81\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/hcbei\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2024\/09\/TEIS.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13\" style=\"width:254px;height:auto\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Children learn and grow at their own pace. It is important to watch for&nbsp;early childhood milestones. Even though infants and toddlers develop at their own pace, every child should do certain things in specific developmental areas by a certain age. The specific developmental areas fall into five main categories: gross motor (crawling and walking), fine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/hcbei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/hcbei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/hcbei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/hcbei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/hcbei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/hcbei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/hcbei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/hcbei\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}