Code of Colorado Regulations
1400 - Department of Early Childhood
1405 - Early Intervention Colorado Program
8 CCR 1405-1 - EARLY INTERVENTION RULES AND REGULATIONS
Section 8 CCR 1405-1-5.114 - EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES

(1) Functional evaluation of the developmental needs of the infant or toddler in their usual environments;

(2) Selection, acquisition, modification, or customization and maintenance of assistive technology devices;

(3) Coordinating and using other therapies, interventions, or services with assistive technology devices, such as those associated with existing intervention plans and programs;

(4) Training or technical assistance for professionals providing early intervention services or other individuals identified as providing early intervention services to, or are otherwise substantially involved in the major life functions of, an infant or toddler on the use of assistive technology devices;

(5) Training or technical assistance for an infant or toddler receiving early intervention services or, if appropriate, the child's family; and

(6) Any item, piece of equipment, or product system, whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified or customized, that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional, developmental capabilities of an infant or toddler in their usual environments.

(1) Loss and communication functions, by use of audiological evaluation procedures;

(2) Auditory training, aural rehabilitation, speech reading and listening devices, orientation, and other training to increase functional communication skills;

(3) The determination of the need for individual amplification, including selecting, fitting and dispensing an appropriate listening and vibrotactile device, and evaluating the effectiveness of the device;

(4) Referral for medical and other services necessary for the habilitation or rehabilitation of an infant or toddler with a disability which is an auditory impairment;

(5) Family training, education, and support provided to assist a parent or guardian or other caregivers of a child eligible for services in understanding the special needs of the infant or toddler as related to audiology and aural rehabilitation services; and

(6) The provision of services for prevention of hearing loss.

(1) The design or adaptation of learning environments, activities and materials to enhance developmental and learning opportunities that promote the infant or toddler's acquisition of skills in a variety of developmental areas, including cognitive processes and social interaction;

(2) Curriculum planning, including the planned interaction of personnel, materials, and time and space, that leads to achieving the outcomes in the child's Individualized Family Service Plan;

(3) Working with the child to enhance the child's development; and

(4) Family training, education and support provided to assist a parent or guardian or other caregivers in understanding the special needs of the child related to enhancing the skill development of the child.

(1) Assessment to determine the health status and special health care needs that will impact the provision of other early intervention services;

(2) Services such as clean intermittent catheterization, tracheostomy care, tube feeding, the changing of dressings or colostomy bags, and other health services; and

(3) Consultation by a health care professional with a parent or guardian or other service provider regarding the impact of the infant or toddler's health status on the provision of other early intervention services.

(1) Services that are:

(2) Devices necessary to control or treat a medical condition, or that are medical or health services routinely recommended for all infants and toddlers.

(1) Nursing care, including the identification of patterns of human response to actual or potential health problems;

(2) Nursing care to prevent health problems, restore or improve functioning, and promote health and development; and

(3) The administration of medications, treatments, and regimens prescribed by a licensed physician.

(1) The assessment of the nutritional history, dietary intake, body measurements such as height and weight, and feeding status;

(2) Consultation to develop, implement and monitor appropriate plans to address the nutritional needs;

(3) Referral to appropriate community resources to carry out nutritional plans; and

(4) Family training, education and support provided to assist a parent or guardian or other caregivers in understanding the special needs of the child related to nutrition and feeding and enhancing the child's development.

(1) Intervention strategies to address the functional developmental needs, including oral motor functioning of an infant or toddler, minimizing the impact of initial or future impairment, and delay in development or loss of functional ability;

(2) Consultation to adapt the environment to promote development, access and participation in everyday routines, activities and places;

(3) The selection, design, or fabrication of assistive and orthotic devices to promote mobility or participation in everyday routines, activities, and places; and

(4) Family training, education, and support provided to assist a parent or guardian or other caregivers in understanding the special needs of the child as related to occupational therapy strategies and enhancing the child's motor development.

(1) Intervention strategies to address the functional developmental needs of an infant or toddler;

(2) Through individual or group services, to obtain, interpret, and integrate information for program planning to prevent, alleviate, or compensate for movement dysfunction and related functional problems;

(3) The design or acquisition of assistive and orthotic devices, and effective adaptation of the child's environment to promote mobility and participation in everyday routines, activities and places, and minimize the impact of initial or future impairment, delay in development or loss of functional ability; and

(4) Family training, education, and support provided to assist a parent or guardian or other caregivers in understanding the special needs of the child as related to physical therapy strategies and enhancing the child's motor development.

(1) The administration of psychological and developmental tests and other assessment procedures to identify the developmental, cognitive, behavioral and social emotional status;

(2) The acquisition, integration and interpretation of test results, other information about development and behavior and the family and living situation related to learning, social or emotional development and behavior;

(3) The provision of individual or parent or guardian counseling;

(4) Planning and managing a child's program of psychological services;

(5) Consultation on child behavior, child and family conditions related to learning, mental health, and development to a parent or guardian, other caregivers, and other service providers; and

(6) Family training, education, and support provided to assist a parent or guardian or other caregivers in understanding the special needs of the child as related to psychological strategies and enhancing the child's psychological and cognitive development.

(1) Home visits to evaluate an infant or toddler's living conditions and patterns of parent or guardian-child interaction;

(2) The completion of social or emotional developmental assessment;

(3) The provision of individual or group counseling to an infant or toddler or a parent or guardian in order to understand the parental needs related to their child's development and how to enhance the development of the child;

(4) The provision of social skill building activities with the child and parent or guardian;

(5) Intervention strategies to address issues in the living or caregiving situation that may affect the child's development and/or utilization of other allowable early intervention services;

(6) The identification, mobilization and coordination of community resources and services to enable an infant or toddler and their parent or guardian to receive maximum benefit from other early intervention services; and

(7) Family training, education, and support provided to assist a parent or guardian or other caregivers in understanding the special needs of the child as related to strategies for enhancing the child's social or emotional development. "Social and emotional services" means assessment and intervention services that address social emotional development in the context of a family and parent or guardian-child interaction and includes:

(1) Language and speech development;

(2) Oral motor functioning, including the identification of specific communication disorders;

(3) Consultation to adapt an environment and activities to promote speech and language development and participation in everyday routines, activities and places;

(4) Habilitation, rehabilitation or prevention of communication disorders, and delays in language and speed development;

(5) Referral for medical or other professional services necessary for the habilitation or rehabilitation of an infant or toddler with communication disorders or delays; and

(6) Family training, education and support provided to assist a parent or guardian or other caregivers in understanding the special needs of the child as related to speech language pathology strategies and enhancing the child's communication development.

(1) Communication skills training;

(2) Orientation and mobility training for all environments;

(3) Visual and other training necessary to activate visual motor abilities;

(4) Referral for medical or other professional services necessary for the habilitation or rehabilitation of visual functioning disorders, or both;

(5) Consultation to adapt an environment and activities for a child with a visual impairment to promote development, access and participation in everyday routines, activities, and places; and

(6) Family training, education and support provided to assist a parent or guardian or other caregivers in understanding the special needs of the child as related to vision strategies and enhancing the child's overall development.