Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. A written IFSP shall be developed and
implemented, with parental consent, for each eligible child.
B. The IFSP shall include:
1. The child's name, date of birth, gender,
and city or county of residence; IFSP date and the dates the six-month IFSP
review is due and dates reviews are completed; child's and family's primary
language or mode of communication; parents' and, if requested by the family,
other family members' contact information; and the service coordinator's name
and contact information;
2.
Information about the child's and family's daily routines and
activities;
3. The child's present
levels of physical, including vision, hearing, motor, and health status,
cognitive, communication, social or emotional, and adaptive development based
on the information from eligibility determination and assessment for service
planning;
4. With the concurrence
of the family, a statement of the family's resources, priorities, and concerns
related to enhancing the development of the child;
5. The measurable outcomes to be achieved for
the child, including preliteracy and language skills, as developmentally
appropriate for the child, and the criteria, procedures, and timelines for
determining the degree to which progress toward meeting the outcomes is being
made and whether revisions to the outcomes or early intervention services
identified in the IFSP are necessary;
6. The specific early intervention services,
based on peer-reviewed research (to the extent practicable), that are needed to
meet the unique needs of the child and family and to achieve the identified
outcomes including:
a. Assistive technology
devices and assistive technology services;
b. Audiology services;
c. Developmental services;
d. Counseling services;
e. Family training services;
f. Health services;
g. Medical services;
h. Nursing services;
i. Nutrition services;
j. Occupational therapy;
k. Physical therapy;
l. Psychological services;
m. Service coordination services;
n. Sign language and cued language
services;
o. Social work
services;
p. Speech-language
pathology services;
q.
Transportation services and related costs;
r. Vision services; or
s. Other services, as identified by the IFSP
team;
7. The length,
duration, frequency, intensity, method, and location of service for each
service;
8. A statement of the
natural environment in which each early intervention service will be provided
or a justification made by the IFSP team, including the parent, as to why,
based on the child's outcomes, the service cannot be provided in the natural
environment;
9. Payment
arrangements, if any;
10. To the
extent appropriate, the medical and other services that the child or family
needs or is receiving through other sources, but that are neither required nor
funded under Part C and the steps the service coordinator or family may take to
assist the child and family in securing those other services if those services
are not currently being provided;
11. The projected date for the initiation of
each early intervention service identified in the IFSP, which shall be as soon
as possible but no more than 30 days from the date the parent signs the IFSP
unless the IFSP team agrees on a later start date in order to meet the needs of
the child or family;
12. The name
of the service coordinator who will be responsible for implementing the early
intervention services identified in the IFSP; and
13. The steps and services to be taken to
support the smooth transition of the child from early intervention services to
preschool services under Part B or other appropriate services, if any. The
transition steps in the IFSP shall include, but are not limited to, the
following:
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 steps to help the child adjust to, and
function in, a new setting;
c.
Confirmation that the required notification, unless the parent disagrees, and
with parental consent additional information, such as copies of evaluations and
assessments and the most recent IFSP, needed by the local school division to
ensure continuity of services have been sent to the local school division;
and
d. Identification of transition
services and other activities that the IFSP team determines are necessary to
support the transition of the child.
C. A meeting to develop the initial IFSP
shall be held within 45 days from the date the referral is received.
D. Meetings of the multidisciplinary IFSP
team, which must include two or more certified early intervention practitioners
from separate disciplines or professions, shall include the following
participants:
1. The parent or parents of the
child;
2. Other family members, as
requested by the parent, if feasible to do so;
3. An advocate or person outside of the
family if the parent requests that the person participate;
4. The service coordinator who will be
responsible for implementing the IFSP;
5. A person or persons directly involved in
conducting eligibility determination, assessment for service planning, or both;
and
6. As appropriate, persons who
will be providing early intervention services to the child or family.
E. Each meeting to develop an IFSP
shall:
1. Take place in a setting and at a
time that is convenient to the family; and
2. Be conducted in the native language of the
family or other mode of communication used by the family, unless it is clearly
not feasible to do so.
F. If an IFSP team member is unable to attend
an IFSP meeting, the service coordinator shall make arrangements for the
person's involvement through other means, which may include participating by
telephone, having a knowledgeable authorized representative attend the meeting,
or submitting a written report.
G.
The service coordinator shall provide prior written notice of the date, time,
and location of the IFSP meeting to the family and other participants early
enough before the IFSP meeting date to ensure that they will be able to
attend.
H. The service coordinator
shall assist the parent in preparing for the IFSP meeting and shall ensure that
the parent has the information needed in order to fully participate in the
meeting.
I. With parental consent,
an interim IFSP shall be developed and implemented when an eligible child or
the child's family has an immediate need for early intervention services prior
to completion of eligibility determination and assessment for service planning.
1. The interim IFSP shall include the name of
the service coordinator who will be responsible for implementing the interim
IFSP and coordinating with other agencies and persons; the early intervention
services that have been determined to be needed immediately, including the
frequency, intensity, length, location, and methods of delivery; and the
parent's signature indicating consent to implement the interim IFSP.
2. The development of an interim IFSP shall
not negate the requirement to complete the eligibility determination and
assessment for service planning and develop an initial IFSP within 45 calendar
days of referral.
J. The
service coordinator shall document in a contact note any circumstances that
result in eligibility determination, assessment for service planning, or
initial IFSP development occurring more than 45 calendar days after
referral.
Statutory Authority: § 2.2-5304 of the Code of
Virginia.
