(a) A written
individual family support plan shall be developed for all Part C eligible
children and their families by a multidisciplinary team that includes the
parent.
(b) The individual family
support plan shall include each of the following components:
(1) A Statement of the child' s present
levels of development in the following areas: Cognition, speech, language,
physical, motor, vision, hearing, psychosocial, and self-help skills based on
the Information from the child' s evaluations and assessments and from parent
report;
(2) A Statement of the
child' s health Status;
(3) With
the concurrence of the family, a Statement of the family's resources,
priorities, and concerns relating to enhancing the development of the child as
identified through the assessment of the family;
(4) A Statement of the measurable results or
outcomes expected to be achieved for the child and the family, and the
criteria, procedures, and timelines used to determine the degree to which
progress toward achieving the outcomes is being made and whether modifications
or revisions of the outcomes or early Intervention Services is
necessary;
(5) A Statement
describing the specific early Intervention Services, based on peer-reviewed
research to the extent possible, necessary to meet the unique needs of the
child and the family to achieve the identified results or outcomes, including:
(A) The length, duration, frequency,
intensity, and method of delivering Services;
(B) A Statement that each early Intervention
Service is provided in the natural environment for that child or service to the
maximum extent appropriate and a justification as to why an early Intervention
service will not be provided in a natural environment; any justification for
not providing an early Intervention service in the natural environment for that
child shall be made by the Individual Family Support Plan team and be based on
the child' s outcomes that are identified in paragraph (4);
(C) The location of the early Intervention
Services; and
(D) The payment
arrangements, if any. This would include payment by the department or by
private insurance;
(6)
To the extent appropriate, a description of medical and other Services the
child or family needs or is receiving through other sources, but that are
neither required nor funded by the Part C program. If these Services are not
being provided, a Statement shall be provided that includes a description of
the Steps the case manager or family may take to assist the child and family in
securing these other Services;
(7)
The projected date for the Initiation of each early Intervention Service
required under paragraph (5), which is within thirty days from when the parent
provides consent for the Service and the anticipated duration of each
Service;
(8) The name of the case
manager who shall be responsible for implementing the early Intervention
Services, including transition Services, and coordination with all other
agencies and persons; and
(9) The
steps and Services to be taken to support a smooth transition of the child from
Part C Services to preschool Services under Part B of the Act to the extent
those Services are appropriate or other appropriate Services. The Steps shall
include:
(A) Discussions with, and training
of, parents, as appropriate, regarding future placements and other matters
related to the child' s transition;
(B) Procedures to prepare the child for
changes in service delivery, including how to help the child adjust to, and
function in, a new setting;
(C) Any
transition Services needed by the child and the child' s family; and
(D) With written parental consent, the
transmission of Information about the child to the child' s home school to
ensure continuity of Services, including evaluation and assessment Information
of the child and family, and most recent individual family support
plans.
(c)
Individual family support plan meetings shall be scheduled as follows:
(1) The meeting to develop the initial
individual family support plan shall be conducted within forty-five days after
the Part C referral date for a child who has been evaluated for the first time
and found eligible for early Intervention Services or was found eligible due to
a biological risk condition;
(2) A
review of the individual family support plan shall be conducted every six
months or more frequently if conditions Warrant, or if the family requests such
a review. The review may be carried out by a meeting or by another means that
is acceptable to the parents and other participants. The purpose of the review
is to determine:
(A) The degree to which
progress toward achieving the outcomes is being made; and
(B) Whether modification or revision of the
results, outcomes or Services is necessary; and
(3) A meeting shall be conducted on an annual
basis to evaluate and revise, as appropriate, the individual family support
plan for the child and the child' s family. The results of any current
evaluations and other Information available from the assessment of the child
and family shall be used in determining the early Intervention Services that
are needed and shall be provided.
(d) Individual family support plan meetings
shall include the following participants:
(1)
The initial and annual meeting shall include:
(A) The parent or parents of the
child;
(B) Other family members, as
requested by the family, if feasible to do so;
(C) An advocate or person outside of the
family, if the parent requests that the person participate;
(D) The case manager who has been designated
to be responsible for the implementation of the individual family support
plan;
(E) A person or persons
directly involved in conducting the evaluation and assessment; and
(F) As appropriate, persons who will be
providing Services to the child or family;
(2) If the person or persons directly
involved in conducting the evaluation and assessment is unable to attend either
the initial or annual meeting, arrangements shall be made for the person' s
involvement through a telephone call, having a knowledgeable representative
attend the meeting, or making pertinent records available at the meeting;
and
(3) Each periodic review
meeting shall provide for the participation of persons listed in paragraphs
(1)(A) to (1)(D). However, if conditions Warrant, provisions shall be made for
the participation of others identified in paragraph (1).
(e) Individual family support plan meetings
shall be conducted in settings and at times convenient to families and in the
native language of the family, through the use of Interpreters, or in any other
mode of communication used by the family, unless it is clearly not feasible to
do so. Meeting arrangements shall be made with, and written notice provided to,
the parent, family, or other participants early enough to promote their
attendance.
(f) The case manager
shall fully explain the contents of the individual family support plan to the
parents and obtain informed written consent, consistent with section
11-140-8(d), from
the parents prior to the provision of the early Intervention Services described
in the plan. The parent' s signature on the individual family support plan is
the written consent so that the early Intervention Services identified in the
plan shall be provided. If the parents do not provide consent with respect to a
particular early Intervention Service, or withdraw consent after first
providing it, that Service shall not be provided.
(g) An interim individual family support plan
may be developed to allow early Intervention Services for a child and the
child' s family to begin before the completion of the evaluation and assessment
as described in section
11-140-5 when the
following conditions are met:
(1) Written
parental consent is obtained;
(2)
An interim individual family support plan is developed that includes:
(A) The name of the case manager who will be
responsible for implementing the interim individual family support plan;
and
(B) The early Intervention
Services that have been determined to be needed immediately by the child and
the child' s family; and
(3) The evaluation and assessment consistent
with section
11-140-5(d) is
completed within the forty-five day timeline.
