Iowa Admin. Code r. 281-41.329 - Family support mentoring program
If moneys are appropriated by the general assembly for a
fiscal year for the purpose provided in this rule, the
(1)
General department powers. In establishing the family support
mentoring program, the department may do all of the following, either directly
or through a contract or agreement:
a. Hire a
family support mentoring coordinator.
b. Utilize the parent resource created in
Iowa Code section 256B.10(2) as
well as other resources to provide families with information and guidance on
language, communication, social, and emotional development of their
child.
c. Recruit family support
mentors to serve the needs of the family support mentoring program.
d. Train parents of a deaf or hard-of-hearing
child to become family support mentors and train deaf or hard-of-hearing adults
to become deaf or hard-of-hearing adult family support mentors.
e. Reach out to parents of children
identified through the early hearing detection and intervention program in the
Iowa department of health and human services and share information about the
family support mentoring program services available to such parents.
f. Reach out to families referred by primary
care providers, the area education agencies, and from other agencies that
provide services to deaf or hard-of-hearing children.
g. Provide follow-up contact, as necessary,
to establish services after initial referral.
h. Provide administrative oversight of any
program established under this rule. Administrative oversight may include:
(1) Review of the qualifications of
mentors;
(2) Alignment of family
needs with paired mentors;
(3)
Administration and analysis of satisfaction surveys; and
(4) Gathering demographic data of those
served, such as ages and geographic location of children.
(2)
Collaboration.
a. The department shall work with the early
hearing detection and intervention program in the Iowa department of health and
human services, the Iowa school for the deaf, and the area education agencies
when developing the guidelines.
b.
The department shall coordinate family support mentoring activities with the
early hearing detection and intervention program in the Iowa department of
health and human services, the Iowa school for the deaf, the area education
agencies, and nonprofit organizations that provide family support mentoring to
parents with deaf or hard-of-hearing children.
(3)
Nature of the program.
a. A family support mentor may be any of the
following:
(1) A parent who has experience
raising a child who is deaf or hard-of-hearing and who has experience
supporting the child's communication and language development.
(2) A deaf or hard-of-hearing adult who
serves as a deaf or hard-of-hearing role model for the children and their
families. Deaf or hard-of-hearing family support mentors may provide parents
with an understanding of American sign language and English, including
instructional philosophies for both, such as bilingual bimodal, listening and
spoken language, total communication, and other philosophies, as well as other
forms of communication, deaf culture, deaf community, and
self-identity.
(3) The department
will ensure mentors are qualified to provide supports that match the specific
needs, experiences, and desires of families of children who are deaf or
hard-of-hearing.
(4) Nothing in
this rule shall be construed to create or require any credential or
certification to serve as a family support mentor.
b. With the consent of the parent of the deaf
or hard-of-hearing child, the family support mentoring program shall pair
families based on the specific need, experience, or want of the parent of the
deaf or hard-of-hearing child with another family mentor or deaf or
hard-of-hearing adult mentor to provide support.
c. The family support mentoring program under
this rule shall meet the following additional standards:
(1) Serve families of children who are deaf
or hard-of-hearing from the child's birth through age 8, and may serve learners
up to age 21;
(2) Provide services
statewide, regardless of educational setting of the child;
(3) Make services available to families based
on their specific need, experience, or want;
(4) Make services available to all children
who are deaf or hard-of-hearing and their families, regardless of children's
eligibility for other programs, including Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973; and
(5) Not condition
receipt of services under this rule upon eligibility under this chapter or
281-Chapter 120.
(4)
Rule of construction .
This rule only applies in a fiscal year for which there is an appropriation by
the general assembly.
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