What is the Early Intervention Program (EIP) App?

Working with families of young children who need early intervention services? The Early Intervention Program App is designed specifically for clinics that provide comprehensive developmental support to children from birth to age 3. This App gives you specialized tools for team-based care, family-centered planning, and developmental tracking.

Let's understand how the EIP App works

Here's what makes the EIP App different from standard therapy workflows.

Early intervention is unique because it involves multiple providers working together with families to support a child's development. The EIP App is built around this collaborative approach, so your Service Coordinators, therapists, and specialists can all contribute to each child's care while staying aligned on goals and progress.

What this means for your EIP team:

• Service Coordinators can see the complete picture across all providers working with a family
• Multiple therapists can collaborate on the same child's care with shared access to goals and progress
• Developmental screening tools are integrated right into your workflow
• Family-centered documentation keeps everyone focused on both child outcomes and family priorities

Good to Know

• The EIP App is enabled at the organization level when you sign up, so if your clinic provides early intervention services, you'll have access to these tools from day one
• EIP works as a department type, so you'll set it up just like you would for OT or Speech Therapy
• Children can be enrolled in both EIP and other therapy departments if they receive multiple types of services
• All EIP documentation is designed to meet typical state and federal reporting requirements for early intervention programs

Related Topics

• What are Apps in Metanoa?
• How do I add an EIP department?
• How do I add EIP team members?
• How do I generate progress reports for EIP?

Common Questions

• Do I need the EIP App if we only do traditional therapy? Nope! The EIP App is specifically for clinics that provide early intervention services. If your clinic focuses on traditional therapy like OT, Speech, or ABA, you won't need this App.
• Can we use the EIP App for children over age 3? The EIP App is optimized for birth to age 3 since that aligns with most Early Intervention program requirements. For older children, you'd use the standard therapy departments like OT or Speech.
• How do I get the EIP App enabled for my clinic? If your clinic provides early intervention services and you don't see the EIP option when setting up departments, contact Metanoa support and they'll enable it for you.

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How do I set up EIP for my clinic?

Ready to start using Metanoa for your early intervention services? Setting up EIP is just like adding any other department, with a few special features that make team-based care easier. Once it's set up, your Service Coordinators and providers can start working with families right away.

Let's set up your EIP department

Here's how to get Early Intervention Program running in your clinic.

1. Make sure you're viewing the right Branch by checking the Branch name in the top right corner
2. Go to Settings from the main menu
3. Click on "Departments" to see your current departments
4. Click "Add Department" to create a new one
5. Choose "Early Intervention Program" from the department type options
6. Give it a name like "EIP Services" or "Early Intervention"
7. Click "Save" and your EIP department is ready to go

Now you can assign Service Coordinators and providers to this department and start enrolling families.

Good to Know

• Each Branch needs its own EIP department if you provide early intervention at multiple locations
• You'll need to add team members to the EIP department before they can work with EIP families
• Service Coordinators should be assigned to the EIP department so they can coordinate services across all providers
• The EIP department works independently from your other therapy departments, which helps keep early intervention workflows organized

Related Topics

• How do I add Departments?
• How do I add team members?
• Practice, Branch and more

Common Questions

• Can the same person work in both EIP and therapy departments? Absolutely! Just assign them to both the EIP department and any therapy departments where they provide services.
• Do we need separate therapists for EIP or can our regular therapists work with EIP kids too? Your existing therapists can absolutely work in the EIP department. Just add them to the EIP department in addition to their regular therapy departments.
• How is EIP different from adding a child as a regular therapy client? EIP has specialized features for team coordination, developmental screening, and family-centered planning that align with early intervention requirements. Regular therapy departments are designed for traditional one-on-one therapeutic services.

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How does team coordination work in EIP?

Got multiple providers working with the same family? EIP makes team coordination simple by giving everyone involved access to shared goals, progress updates, and family plans. Service Coordinators can see the whole picture, while therapists focus on their specific interventions.

Let's understand EIP team coordination

Here's how team collaboration works in the EIP App.

When you assign multiple team members to an EIP client, everyone gets access to the child's profile, goals, and progress. This means your Speech therapist can see what your OT is working on, and your Service Coordinator can track how all the pieces fit together. Updates made by any team member are visible to everyone else working with that family, which keeps the whole team aligned without endless email threads or meetings.

How team access works:

• All providers assigned to an EIP client can view and update that child's goals and progress
• Service Coordinators see all families enrolled in EIP across all providers
• Progress notes from different providers appear together in the child's profile
• Family meetings and IFSP reviews can pull information from all team members automatically

Good to Know

• You control who works with each family by assigning team members when you enroll the child
• Team members only see EIP families they're actively working with, not every child in the EIP department
• Service Coordinators get broader access so they can fulfill their coordination responsibilities across all families
• Changes made by one team member appear in real-time for everyone else working with that family

Related Topics

• Add your team
• Roles & Permissions
• Progress Reports
• Staff Management

Common Questions

• Can I limit what one provider sees about another provider's work? Right now, all providers assigned to an EIP client can see each other's goals and progress notes. This transparency is designed to support the collaborative nature of early intervention.
• How do Service Coordinators access all the families in our program? Service Coordinators are assigned at the department level, which gives them visibility across all EIP families so they can coordinate services effectively.
• What if we want to add a consultant or outside provider temporarily? You can add them as a team member and assign them only to the specific EIP families they're consulting on. When their involvement ends, you can remove their access to those families.