Get Started | Happy Talkers · Integrated Early Childhood Development

Accepting new patients

Most major insurance — not Kaiser only

RCEB vendorized

Scholarship support available

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Family intake · Takes about 3 minutes

Let’s find the right support for your child.

Answer a few questions and we’ll identify which services fit your child’s needs, confirm insurance coverage, and connect you with our intake team — all before your first appointment.

No diagnosis needed to start

No commitment required

We contact you within 1 business day

Insurance verified before first visit

Your progress

Concerns

Child info

Insurance

Contact

Your plan

Step 1 of 5

What brings you here today?

Select everything that applies. You don’t need to have the right words — just tell us what you’re noticing.

Speech or language delays

Not talking yet, limited words, hard to understand, or struggles to express needs

Behavior or emotional regulation

Meltdowns, difficulty with transitions, rigid routines, or aggressive behavior

Social connection

Trouble making or keeping friends, prefers to play alone, or difficulty reading social cues

Sensory or motor challenges

Sensitivity to sounds, textures, or movement; clumsiness; difficulty with fine motor tasks

Autism or developmental evaluation

Pediatrician recommended evaluation, or you want an ADOS diagnostic assessment

Infant or early development

Child is under 3 — concerns about milestones, feeding, motor, or overall development

Not sure? That’s okay — select your best guess or describe in the next step.

Step 2 of 5

Tell us about your child.

This helps us match your child to the right age group and services.

Child’s first name

Date of birth

Age range

Birth – 12 mo

1 – 2 years

3 – 4 years

5 – 6 years

7 – 8 years

Not sure

Has your child received any prior evaluations or diagnoses? (optional)

Anything else you’d like us to know? (optional)

Step 3 of 5

How will services be covered?

We accept most major commercial insurance, RCEB, and offer scholarship support. Select what applies — we’ll verify coverage before your first appointment so there are no surprises.

Commercial insurance

Anthem, Blue Shield, Aetna, United, Cigna, and others

Most plans accepted

Kaiser Permanente

Authorization accepted where applicable

Verify with intake

RCEB / Regional Center

Vendorized for Speech/OT (PB1225), IDP (HB0732), Social Skills (PB4768)

Vendorized

Medi-Cal

Managed care plans accepted

Verify with intake

Self-pay / scholarship

Scholarship support available — ask intake about eligibility

Available

Not sure

We’ll help figure it out — just bring your insurance card

We’ll sort it out

Insurance provider name (optional)

Member ID (optional)

Your insurance information is used only to verify coverage before your first appointment. We will contact you with results — you will never receive a bill before we confirm what’s covered.

Step 4 of 5

How should we reach you?

Our intake team will contact you within 1 business day to review your child’s needs and schedule next steps.

Your name *

Relationship to child

Phone number *

Email address *

Preferred contact method

Best time to reach you

Were you referred by a provider? (optional)

Your information is kept confidential and used only to coordinate your child’s care. We do not share your information with third parties.

Step 5 of 5 · You’re all set

Here’s what we recommend for your child.

Based on your responses, here are the services that are likely the best fit. Our intake team will confirm and refine this when they contact you.

Recommended starting point

Integrated developmental evaluation

Our intake team will review your responses and contact you within 1 business day to confirm which services are the right fit and what’s covered by your insurance.

What happens next

Intake team contacts you within 1 business day

Someone from our team will call or text — whichever you preferred. They’ll review your child’s needs, answer questions, and confirm which services are available.

We verify your insurance

We handle the coverage check before scheduling anything. You’ll know exactly what’s covered — and what isn’t — before your first appointment.

Intake evaluation is scheduled

Your child meets with the relevant clinician(s). This is where we assess current skills and build the actual care plan tailored to your child.

Services begin — coordinated across disciplines

If your child needs more than one service, our clinical team coordinates goals together. One point of contact for the whole picture.

A confirmation has been sent to your email. If you need to reach us before we call: (925) 829-9555 or happy@schoolofimagination.org

Prefer a different way to connect?

Call or text us directly

Talk to our intake team now

Prefer to speak with someone? Call or text our intake line and we’ll walk you through the same process by phone.

(925) 829-9555

For referring providers

Your provider can refer directly

If your pediatrician, school psychologist, or RCEB case manager is referring your child, they can submit directly through our provider hub.

Provider referral hub →