Indiana Administrative Code
Title 470 - DIVISION OF FAMILY RESOURCES
Article 3.1 - FIRST STEPS EARLY INTERVENTION SYSTEM
Rule 11 - Transition
Section 11-2 - Division responsibilities

Universal Citation: 470 IN Admin Code 11-2

Current through September 18, 2024

Authority: IC 12-13-2-3; IC 12-13-5-3

Affected: IC 12-17-15

Sec. 2.

(a) To facilitate the transition process for each eligible child and the child's family, the division shall do the following:

(1) Maintain an interagency agreement with the Indiana state board of education, Head Start, Healthy Families, and other entities outlining each party's role and responsibilities to ensure a smooth transition from early intervention services under Part C of the Act to preschool services under Part B of the Act.

(2) Establish the procedures and forms that participants in the early intervention system must follow and use for transition services to ensure the following information is recorded for each eligible child:
(A) A description of how the child's family will be included in the transition plans.

(B) A description of how the service coordinator will do the following:
(i) Notify the appropriate local educational agency or intermediate educational unit in which the child resides.

(ii) Convene, with the approval of the family, a conference among representatives of the division, the family, and the local educational agency or unit, at least ninety (90) days (and at the discretion of all parties required to attend the transition conference, not more than nine (9) months) before the child's third birthday or, if earlier, the date on which the child is eligible for preschool services provided in accordance with Part B of the Act and state law, to do the following:
(AA) Review the child's program options for the period from the child's third birthday through the remainder of the school year.

(BB) Establish a transition plan.

(b) The division will seek to identify and establish collaborative agreements with any other programs or entities to facilitate the transition of infants and toddlers, at or before their third birthday, to other needed services.

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