470 IAC 3.1-4-3 - Natural environment

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

Affected: IC 12-17-15

Sec. 3.

(a) To the maximum extent appropriate to the needs of the child, early intervention services must be provided in natural environments, as that term is defined in 470 IAC 3.1-1-20, including the home and community settings in which children without disabilities participate.

(b) Only when early intervention services cannot be achieved satisfactorily for the child in a natural environment shall the services be provided in a setting other than a natural environment.

Notes

470 IAC 3.1-4-3

Division of Family Resources; 470 IAC 3.1-4-3; filed Jan 29, 1996, 5:15 p.m.: 19 IR 1336; filed Mar 9, 1999, 2:05 p.m.: 22 IR 2257; readopted filed Jul 12, 2001, 1:40 p.m.: 24 IR 4235; readopted filed Oct 24, 2007, 11:25 a.m.: 20071121-IR-470070448RFA; readopted filed Aug 23, 2013, 3:36 p.m.: 20130918-IR-470130306RFA Readopted filed 11/13/2019, 11:56 a.m.: 20191211-IR-470190490RFA