I agree with the importance of a tiered system.
Some examples from when I was thinking of early access.... Sometimes early access means a child who is starting to get some anxiety going to school, so it's being able to learn what that is, how that feels in their belly when they can't go to school and then some coping strategies around it.
That's a fairly quick intervention if we catch it early. If you wait too long, that child will have full school refusal. They may start engaging in withdrawing and become depressed because of isolation and withdrawing. If we can catch some of those things early, we have some amazing early intervention programs for children with developmental disabilities.
Getting speech therapy early on is crucial when we look at outcomes from a behavioural point of view and academic success. It's ensuring that when we need it, we can get it and with the appropriate person. A kid starting to get anxiety and a sore belly going to school definitely does not need to see Dr. Black. They need to learn some coping strategies.