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Special services from Kern Regional Center

Kern Regional Center is a social service agency. It provides support and services to people with special needs. Some of the services offered are:

Counseling.
Help with family support.
Autism screening.

The Kern Early Start program is also offered through this agency. It serves children from birth until age 3. This program provides services for children who have special needs. These include:

Problems due to premature birth.
Major learning or muscle tone problems.
Down syndrome.
Cerebral palsy.

Kern Early Start also helps children who:

Have been seriously ill.
Have a developmental delay in areas such as walking or talking.
Have parents needing help due to their own special needs.

Kern Early Start will work with you and your child. The goal is to increase the child's skills and development. There is no cost to take part.

To learn more about these special services, please call 800.479.9899.