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Applied dev. powerpoint
1. Early intervention services for individuals with disabilities. Emily L. Kirkham Applied Developmental Psychology Spalding University Fall 2010
2. What is early intervention? “a statewide, comprehensive, coordinated, multidisciplinary, interagency system that provides early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families.” range of services designed to intervene at the early stages of an infant or toddler’s disability. Early intervention services children for free or little cost from birth to age three.
3. When to talk to your doctor? Understand your child’s developmental milestones-http://firstsigns.org/healthydevmilestones.html If your child is not meeting their milestones always talk to your physician Be Prepared Express your concerns clearly Speak directly about milestones Ask Questions Always follow up!
4. How to qualify? In order to qualify for early intervention services you will need to have a disability in one of the following area’s: physical cognitive adaptive communicative social and/or emotional development
5. What services can you receive? screening and assessment; family training counseling home visits speech therapy and occupational therapy psychological services audiology and vision services; social work services
6. Getting in contact with the “System” Contact your “child find agency” in your state. Child find helps identify individuals who may qualify for services Contact for KY: http://www.education.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/4A7D5460-4E66-4AD2-AD58-3C3E7BAB5847ToolkitNarrative71009Final1.pdf
7. Resource Sheet Sample Record-Keeping Worksheet Problem/Topic: Name of person or agency you talked to: Name of your contact person (may be same as above): Date you called: Phone # Results of discussion: Action taken (if any):
8. Once your in the system! Once you are in the system you will have a temporary service coordinator who will assist you with the screening and assessment process Every individual must go through the screening process before they can receive any services The assessment is free to all families whether they qualify for services or not.
9. You Qualify what’s Next? Once the multidisciplinary team determines your child eligible the team will write an individualized family service plan or an IFSP. “An IFSP is a written document that, among other things, outlines the early intervention services that your child and family will receive.” “IFSP is a whole family plan with the parents as major contributors in its development.”
10. IFSP Con’t. The IFSP should always include: Current Ability Family Information Goals and Objectives regarding individual outcomes after services Specific Services individual will receive Where are services being provided Number of days or sessions for services and how long will the individual receive these services Payment of services Who is the service coordinator A plan for transition once early intervention services expires.
11. I still have questions… If you still have questions regarding early intervention services contact the following for answers: Your child’s service coordinator Local Parent Support Groups NICHCY- http://www.nichcy.org/Pages/Home.aspx
