Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 048 - Health, Department of
Sub-Agency 0020 - Developmental Disabilities - Infants and Toddlers
Chapter 3 - PROGRAM AND SERVICE COMPONENTS OF STATEWIDE SYSTEM OF EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES
Subpart D - Program and Service Components of a Statewide System of Early Intervention Services
Section 303.322 - Evaluation and assessment
Universal Citation: WY Code of Rules 303.322
Current through September 21, 2024
(a) General.
(1) Each system must include the performance
of a timely, comprehensive, multidisciplinary evaluation of each child, birth
through age two, referred for evaluation, and a family-directed identification
of the needs of each child's family to appropriately assist in the development
of the child.
(2) The lead agency
shall be responsible for ensuring that the requirements of this section are
implemented by all affected public agencies and service providers in the
State.
(b) Definitions of evaluation and assessment. As used in this part--
(1) Evaluation means the procedures used by
appropriate qualified personnel to determine a child's initial and continuing
eligibility under this part, consistent with the definition of ''infants and
toddlers with disabilities" in Sec. 303.16, including determining the status of
the child in each of the developmental areas in paragraph (c)(3)(ii) of this
section.
(2) Assessment means the
ongoing procedures used by appropriate qualified personnel throughout the
period of a child's eligibility under this part to identify-
(i) The child's unique strengths and needs
and the services appropriate to meet those needs; and
(ii) The resources, priorities, and concerns
of the family and the supports and services necessary to enhance the family's
capacity to meet the developmental needs of their infant or toddler with a
disability.
(c) Evaluation and assessment of the child. The evaluation and assessment of each child must-
(1) Be conducted by personnel trained to
utilize appropriate methods and procedures;
(2) Be based on informed clinical opinion;
and
(3) Include the following:
(i) A review of pertinent records related to
the child's current health status and medical history.
(ii) An evaluation of the child's level of
functioning in each of the following developmental areas:
(A) Cognitive development.
(B) Physical development, including vision
and hearing.
(C) Communication
development.
(D) Social or
emotional development.
(E) Adaptive
development.
(iii) An
assessment of the unique needs of the child in terms of each of the
developmental areas in paragraph (c)(3)(ii) of this section, including the
identification of services appropriate to meet those needs.
(d) Family assessment.
(1) Family assessments under this part must
be family-directed and designed to determine the resources, priorities, and
concerns of the family and the identification of the supports and services
necessary to enhance the family's capacity to meet the developmental needs of
the child.
(2) Any assessment that
is conducted must be voluntary on the part of the family.
(3) If an assessment of the family is carried
out, the assessment must-
(i) Be conducted by
personnel trained to utilize appropriate methods and procedures;
(ii) Be based on information provided by the
family through a personal interview; and
(iii) Incorporate the family's description of
its resources, priorities, and concerns related to enhancing the child's
development.
(e) Timelines.
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (e)(2) of
this section, the evaluation and initial assessment of each child (including
the family assessment) must be completed within the 45 -day time period
required in Sec. 303.321(e).
(2)
The lead agency shall develop procedures to ensure that in the event of
exceptional circumstances that make it impossible to complete the evaluation
and assessment within 45 days (e.g., if a child is ill), public agencies will--
(i) Document those circumstances;
and
(ii) Develop and implement an
interim IFSP, to the extent appropriate and consistent with Sec. 303.345 (b)(1)
and (b)(2).
Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1435(a)(3); 1436 (a)(1), (a)(2), (d)(1), and (d)(2)
Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 1820-0550
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