Unit 3 - Early Intervention Flashcards
early intervention 3 things
- family centered approach
- birth to 6 years of age
- natural environment
Service Coordinator or Early Interventionist (SC/EI)
- the person who works in partnership with the family to coordinate needed services. - must assure that children/families have access to a full array of needed services including medical, social, educational, or other needed services through 4 key components; assessment, care planning, referral and linkage and monitoring and follow up.
- responsible for identifying individual needs, strengths, and resources of the child and family; coordinating services that are supportive, effective and cost efficient to meet those needs; and monitoring the provision of those services.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
was amended to include provisions for early intervention services, Part C
developmental delay
- An individual under 3 years of age who needs early intervention services because the individual:
- A delay in one or more of the following areas: physical development; cognitive development; communication; social or emotional development; or adaptive [behavioral] development.
diagnosed conditions with developmental delay
A. Chromosomal abnormality
B. Genetic disorder
C. Severe sensory impairment – including hearing and vision
D. Inborn errors of metabolism
E. Disorders reflecting disturbances in the development of the nervous system including:
• Pathologic head growth
• Cerebral palsy/static encephalopathy
• Significant seizure disorders
• Neural tube defects
• Central nervous system insult with residual neurological deficit
• Congenital infections of the central nervous system with neurological consequences
F. Severe attachment disorders
G. Pervasive developmental disorders
H. Musculoskeletal disorders
Why should states develop Early Intervention programs (Part C)?
- To enhance the development of infants and toddlers with disabilities and to minimize their potential developmental delay
- To reduce the educational costs to our society, including our nation’s schools, by minimizing the need for special education and related services after infants and toddlers with disabilities reach school age
- To minimize the likelihood of institutionalization of individuals with disabilities and maximize the potential for independent living in society
- To enhance the capacity of families to meet the special needs of their infants and toddlers with disabilities.
General Role of Service Providers in Early Intervention:
- Consulting with parents, other service providers, and representative of community agencies to ensure effective provision of services
- Train parents and other regarding the provision of those services
- Participate in the multidisciplinary team’s assessment of a child and the child’s family. Participate in the development of goals and outcomes for individualized family service plans (IFSP).
Families are entitled to the following services at no cost:
- Individualized family service plan (IFSP) (birth to 3 years)
- Family service plan (FSP) (3 to 6 years)
- Child find (identifies children at risk for delay and in need of services)
- Service coordination
- Administration & coordination of EI activities
- Procedural safeguards (Due Process)
Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)
- present levels
- family resources/priorities/concerns
- major outcomes
- specific early intervention services needed
- natural environment
- dates for initiation/duration
- transition services
- service coordinator
- reviewed every 6 months
- adaptive equipment
- parental consent
**Transition services begin at 2 ½ years (30 months)
Summary: Early Intervention
- Birth to 3
- IFSP
- Eligibility: developmental delay
- Outcomes: enhance the child’s development, meet family needs
- Natural Environment
- Reviewed every 6 months
Summary: school therapy
- 3 to 21
- IEP
- Eligibility: meets criteria in 1 of 14 categories
- Outcomes: enhance the child’s ability to succeed in general curriculum of school
- LRE
- Reviewed annually/yearly; quarterly reports
What equipment is funded and NOT funded by early intervention?
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