(A) Purpose
This rule establishes minimum qualifications through
credentialing standards for early intervention service coordinators and early
intervention service coordination supervisors. All persons working in the early
intervention program as early intervention service coordinators or early
intervention service coordination supervisors shall
will hold the
appropriate credential in accordance with this rule.
(B) Definitions
For the purposes of this rule, the following definitions
shall apply:
(1) "Accredited college or university" means
a college or university accredited by a national or regional association
recognized by the secretary of the United States department of education or a
foreign college or university of comparable standing.
(2) "Administrative supervision" means the
oversight and management provided by an early intervention service coordination
supervisor of the functions performed by an early intervention service
coordinator (i.e., the supervisee) including:
(a) Clarification of roles;
(b) Planning and assignment of
work;
(c) Review and assessment of
work to ensure compliance with federal and state early intervention services
requirements; and
(d) Accountability and responsibility for the
supervisee's work by the early intervention service coordination
supervisor.
;
and
(e)
Maintaining records sufficient to document the dates
and times that administrative supervision occurs for each supervisee.
(3) "Case management" means
advocacy, communication, resource management, and promotion of high-quality
services that assist eligible individuals to gain access to needed medical,
social, educational, and other services.
(3)
"Credit hour"
means one semester hour or one and one-half quarter hours of college credit
issued by an accredited college or university.
(4) "Department" means the Ohio department of
developmental disabilities.
(5)
"Director" means the director of the Ohio department of developmental
disabilities or his or her
that person's designee.
(6) "Early intervention program" means Ohio's
statewide system that provides coordinated services to parents of infants and
toddlers with delays or disabilities in accordance with part C.
(7) "Early intervention service coordination
agency" means a person, agency, or other entity that employs early intervention
service coordinators and/or early intervention service coordination
supervisors.
(8) "Early
intervention service coordination supervisor" means a person who holds an early
intervention service coordination supervisor credential issued in accordance
with this rule and supervises early intervention service coordinators by
engaging in administrative supervision and reflective supervision.
(9) "Early intervention service coordinator"
means a person who holds an early intervention service coordinator credential
or an early intervention service coordination supervisor credential issued in
accordance with this rule and assists and enables an infant or toddler with a
developmental delay or disability and the child's family to receive the
services and rights, including procedural safeguards, required under part
C.
(10) "Early intervention
services" means developmental services described in appendix A to rule
5123-10-02 of the Administrative
Code, selected in collaboration with a parent of a child birth through age two
who is eligible for services under part C, and designed to meet the
developmental needs of the child and the needs of the child's family to assist
appropriately in the child's development as identified in the individualized
family service plan.
(11) "Part C"
means part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act,
20 U.S.C.
1431 through
1445, as in effect on the
effective date of this rule, and 34 C.F.R. part
303, as in effect on the
effective date of this rule.
(12)
"Professional development" means department-approved training, courses, or
seminars that enhance the knowledge, skills, and competencies of early
intervention service coordinators and early intervention service coordination
supervisors. Professional development
shall
will be verified as successfully completed by the
department (or, at the department's discretion, by an entity under contract
or other agreement with the department
for the purpose of verifying completion of
professional development) and
shall:
(a) Be
pertinent to serving infants and toddlers with disabilities and their
families;
(b) Support and align
with evidenced-based early intervention practices; and
(c) Be relevant to the role of the early
intervention service coordinator or the early intervention service coordination
supervisor, as applicable.
(13) "Reflective supervision" means the
recurring and collaborative interaction between an early intervention service
coordination supervisor and an early intervention service coordinator (i.e.,
the supervisee).
(a) Reflective supervision
shall
will:
(i) Advance ongoing opportunities for
learning to ensure high-quality early intervention services;
(ii) Be based on feedback from the early
intervention service coordinator's colleagues and families served, on-the-job
observations, and records review; and
(iii) Help the early intervention service
coordinator self- reflect on
his or her own practices in light
implementation of theories and approaches across
early intervention services disciplines for the purpose of professional growth
and development.
(b) The
number of hours of reflective supervision required per month varies based on
the credential held by the supervisee:
(i) For
a supervisee who holds a one-year early intervention service coordinator
credential, the number of hours of reflective supervision required per month is
calculated by multiplying the average number of hours worked per week by ten
per cent (e.g., four hours per month is required for an early intervention
service coordinator working forty hours per week); or
(ii) For a supervisee who holds a five-year
early intervention service coordinator credential, the number of hours of
reflective supervision required per month is calculated by multiplying the
average number of hours worked per week by five per cent (e.g., two hours per
month is required for an early intervention service coordinator working forty
hours per week).
(c) An
early intervention service coordination supervisor shall
will maintain
records sufficient to document the dates and times that reflective supervision
occurs for each supervisee.
(14) "Service coordination" means the
functions performed by an early intervention service coordinator as set forth
in paragraphs (N)(1) to
(N)(15)
(N)(16) of rule
5123-10-02 of the Administrative
Code.
(C) Early
intervention service coordinator credential
(1) One-year early intervention service
coordinator credential
(a) The department may
issue an
initial early intervention service
coordinator credential for a period of one year to an applicant who:
(i) Is employed by or under contract with an
early intervention service coordination agency
;
and
.
(ii) Either:
(a) Holds an associate's degree,
bachelor's degree, or graduate- level degree from an accredited college or
university in audiology, child and family studies, child development, child
life, counseling, education, hearing and speech sciences, human development,
human ecology, human social services, medicine, nursing, nutrition science,
occupational therapy, ophthalmology, optometry, physician's assistant, physical
therapy, psychology, rehabilitation, social work, or speech/ language
pathology; or
(b) Holds an associate's degree,
bachelor's degree, or graduate-level degree from an accredited college or
university in any field and has at least two years of verified full-time (or
equivalent part-time) supervised, paid experience in case management and/or
working with children birth through age five with disabilities, developmental
delays, or diagnosed physical or mental conditions that have a high probability
of resulting in a developmental delay and their families; and
(ii)
Holds
an associate's degree or has earned at least sixty credit hours from an
accredited college or university.
(iii) Has successfully completed
department-provided professional development in:
(a) Introduction to early intervention
services;
(b) Mission and key
principles of early intervention;
(c) Family-centered early intervention
practices;
(d) Individualized
family service plan overview;
(e)
Mandated reporting of suspected child abuse or neglect;
(f) Service coordination duties and
processes;
(g) Parent rights and
procedural safeguards in early intervention:
; and
(h) Infant and toddler development.
(b) The department may
renew the early intervention service coordinator credential one time for a
subsequent period of one year for an applicant who needs additional time to
meet the requirements for a five-year early intervention service coordinator
credential in accordance with paragraph (C)(2) of this rule
,
and who is
employed by or under contract with an early intervention service coordination
agency
.
, and who
has successfully completed department-provided principles of early intervention
service coordination training in:
(i)
Introduction to early intervention service
coordination;
(ii)
Individualized family service plan
process;
(iii)
Monitoring early intervention service delivery;
and
(iv)
Transition from early intervention.
(2) Five-year early
intervention service coordinator credential
(a) The department may issue an
initial five-year early intervention service
coordinator credential
for a period of five
years to an applicant who:
(i) Either:
(a) Holds an associate's degree,
bachelor's degree, or graduate- level degree from an accredited college or
university in audiology, child and family studies, child development, child
life, counseling, education, hearing and speech sciences, human development,
human ecology, human social services, medicine, nursing, nutrition science,
occupational therapy, ophthalmology, optometry, physician's assistant, physical
therapy, psychology, rehabilitation, social work, or speech/ language
pathology; or
(b) Holds an associate's degree,
bachelor's degree, or graduate-level degree from an accredited college or
university in any field and has at least two years of verified full-time (or
equivalent part-time) supervised, paid experience in case management and/or
working with children birth through age five with disabilities, developmental
delays, or diagnosed physical or mental conditions that have a high probability
of resulting in a developmental delay and their families; and
(i)
Holds an
associate's degree or has earned at least sixty credit hours from an accredited
college or university.
(ii)
Has successfully completed
department-provided
professional development in:
(a) Introduction
to early intervention services;
(b)
Mission and key principles of early intervention;
(c) Family-centered early intervention
practices;
(d) Individualized
family service plan overview;
(e)
Mandated reporting of suspected child abuse or neglect;
(f) Service coordination duties and
processes;
(g) Parent rights and
procedural safeguards in early intervention; and
(h) Infant and toddler development; and
.
(iii) Has successfully completed all
components of professional development in
department-provided principles of early
intervention service coordination training; and
.
(iv) Has documentation
demonstrating successful completion of the early intervention service
coordinator skills and competencies checklist.
(v)
Has worked for at
least one thousand hours during the most recent five-year period as an early
intervention service coordinator and/or directly providing early intervention
services through individualized family service plans.
(b) The department may renew
the
an early
intervention service coordinator credential for subsequent periods of five
years
for an applicant who
provided the applicant has:
(i)
Has
worked
Worked for at least four thousand
hours during the most recent five-year period as an early intervention service
coordinator and/or directly providing early intervention services through
individualized family service plans; and
.
(ii)
Has
successfully
Successfully completed
fifty hours of professional development during the most
recent five-year period.
(D) Early intervention service coordination
supervisor credential
(1) One-year early
intervention service coordination supervisor credential
(a) The department may issue an
initial early intervention service coordination
supervisor credential for a period of one year to an applicant who:
(i) Is employed by or under contract with an
early intervention service coordination agency
;
and
.
(ii) Either:
(a) Holds a bachelor's degree or
graduate-level degree from an accredited college or university in audiology,
child and family studies, child development, child life, counseling, education,
hearing and speech sciences, human development, human ecology, human social
services, medicine, nursing, nutrition science, occupational therapy,
ophthalmology, optometry, physician's assistant, physical therapy, psychology,
rehabilitation, social work, or speech/ language pathology; or
(b) Holds a bachelor's degree or
graduate-level degree from an accredited college or university in any field and
has at least three years of verified full-time (or equivalent part-time)
supervised, paid experience in supervision, case management, early intervention
service coordination, and/or working with children birth through age five with
disabilities, developmental delays, or diagnosed physical or mental conditions
that have a high probability of resulting in a developmental delay and their
families; and
(ii)
Holds a bachelor's degree or graduate-level degree from
an accredited college or university.
(iii) Has successfully completed
department-provided professional development in:
(a) Introduction to early intervention
services;
(b) Mission and key
principles of early intervention;
(c) Family-centered early intervention
practices;
(d) Individualized
family service plan overview;
(e)
Mandated reporting of suspected child abuse or neglect;
(f) Service coordination duties and
processes;
(g) Parent rights and
procedural safeguards in early intervention; and
(h) Infant and toddler development.
(b) The department may
renew the early intervention service coordination supervisor credential one
time for a subsequent period of one year for an applicant who needs additional
time to meet the requirements for a five-year early intervention service
coordination supervisor credential in accordance with paragraph (D)(2) of this
rule
,
and who
is employed by or under contract with an early intervention service
coordination agency
.
, and who has successfully completed
department-provided principles of early intervention service coordination
training in:
(i)
Introduction to early intervention service
coordination;
(ii)
Individualized family service plan
process;
(iii)
Monitoring early intervention service delivery;
and
(iv)
Transition from early intervention.
(2) Five-year early
intervention service coordination supervisor credential
(a) The department may issue an initial
five-year early intervention service coordination supervisor credential to an
applicant who:
(i) Either:
(a) Holds a bachelor's degree or
graduate-level degree from an accredited college or university in audiology,
child and family studies, child development, child life, counseling, education,
hearing and speech sciences, human development, human ecology, human social
services, medicine, nursing, nutrition science, occupational therapy,
ophthalmology, optometry, physician's assistant, physical therapy, psychology,
rehabilitation, social work, or speech/ language pathology; or
(b) Holds a bachelor's degree or
graduate-level degree from an accredited college or university in any field and
has at least three years of verified full-time (or equivalent part-time)
supervised, paid experience in supervision, case management, early intervention
service coordination, and/or working with children birth through age five with
disabilities, developmental delays, or diagnosed physical or mental conditions
that have a high probability of resulting in a developmental delay and their
families; and
(i)
Holds a bachelor's degree or graduate-level degree from
an accredited college or university.
(ii) Has successfully completed
department-provided professional development in:
(a) Introduction to early intervention
services;
(b) Mission and key
principles of early intervention;
(c) Family-centered early intervention
practices;
(d) Individualized
family service plan overview;
(e)
Mandated reporting of suspected child abuse or neglect;
(f) Service coordination duties and
processes;
(g) Parent rights and
procedural safeguards in early intervention; and
(h) Infant and toddler development; and
.
(iii) Has successfully completed
all components of professional development
in
department-provided principles of
early intervention service coordination training; and
.
(iv) Has successfully completed professional
development in reflective supervision techniques.
(b) The department may renew an early
intervention service coordination supervisor credential for subsequent periods
of five years provided the applicant has successfully completed fifty hours of
professional development
during the most recent
five-year period.
(E) Early intervention service
coordinator credentials issued prior to the effective date of this
rule
(1) Early intervention service
coordinator credentials issued prior to the effective date of this rule shall
remain in effect until they are scheduled to expire.
(2) The department shall deem a
person holding an early intervention service coordinator credential issued
prior to the effective date of this rule that is in effect on the effective
date of this rule eligible for a five-year early intervention service
coordinator credential provided he or she meets the requirements set forth in
paragraph (C)(1)(a)(iii) of this rule and has successfully completed twenty
hours of professional development during the previous two years.
(3) The department may renew the
credential of a person issued a five-year early intervention service
coordinator credential in accordance with paragraph (E)(2) of this rule for a
subsequent period of five years provided the person:
(a) Meets the requirements set forth
in paragraph (C)(2)(b) of this rule; and
(b) Has either:
(i) Successfully completed all
components of professional development in principles of early intervention
service coordination, which may be counted toward the fifty hours of
professional development required by paragraph (C)(2)(b)(ii) of this rule;
or
(ii) Demonstrated competency by
passing the department-administered principles of early intervention service
coordination knowledge assessment.
(4) The department may renew the
credential of a person issued a five-year early intervention service
coordinator credential in accordance with paragraph (E)(3) of this rule for
subsequent periods of five years provided the person meets the requirements set
forth in paragraph (C)(2)(b) of this rule.
(F) Early intervention service
coordination supervisor credentials issued prior to the effective date of this
rule
(1) Early intervention service
coordination supervisor credentials issued prior to the effective date of this
rule shall remain in effect until they are scheduled to expire.
(2) The department shall deem a
person holding an early intervention service coordination supervisor credential
issued prior to the effective date of this rule that is in effect on the
effective date of this rule eligible for a five-year early intervention service
coordination supervisor credential provided he or she meets the requirements
set forth in paragraph (D)(1)(a)(iii) of this rule and has successfully
completed twenty hours of professional development during the previous two
years.
(3) The department may renew the
credential of a person issued a five-year early intervention service
coordination supervisor credential in accordance with paragraph (F)(2) of this
rule for a subsequent period of five years provided the person:
(a) Meets the requirements set forth
in paragraph (D)(2)(b) of this rule; and
(b) Has either:
(i) Successfully completed all
components of professional development in principles of early intervention
service coordination, which may be counted toward the fifty hours of
professional development required by paragraph (D)(2)(b) of this rule;
or
(ii) Demonstrated competency by
passing the department-administered principles of early intervention service
coordination knowledge assessment.
(4) The department may renew the
credential of a person issued a five-year early intervention service
coordination supervisor credential in accordance with paragraph (F)(3) of this
rule for subsequent periods of five years provided the person meets the
requirements set forth in paragraph (D)(2)(b) of this rule.
(E)
Active early intervention service coordinator
credentials and early intervention service coordination supervisor credentials
issued prior to the effective date of this rule
(1)
Early
intervention service coordinator credentials and early intervention service
coordination supervisor credentials issued prior to the effective date of this
rule will remain in effect until they are scheduled to expire.
(2)
A person holding
an early intervention service coordinator credential or an early intervention
service coordination supervisor credential issued prior to the effective date
of this rule may renew the credential provided the person meets the
requirements set forth in, as applicable:
(a)
Paragraph
(C)(1)(b) of this rule for one-year early intervention service coordinator
credential; or
(b)
Paragraph (C)(2)(b) of this rule for five-year early
intervention service coordinator credential; or
(c)
Paragraph
(D)(1)(b) of this rule for one-year early intervention service coordination
supervisor credential; or
(d)
Paragraph (D)(2)(b) of this rule for five-year early
intervention service coordination supervisor credential.
(G)(F) Renewal of expired
early intervention service coordinator credentials and early intervention
service coordination supervisor credentials issued by the department
(1) Early intervention service coordinator
credentials and early intervention service coordination supervisor credentials
issued on or after the effective date of this rule that have been expired for
fewer than ninety calendar days may be renewed upon completion of all renewal
requirements of the expired credential.
(2) Early intervention service coordinator
credentials and early intervention service coordination supervisor credentials
issued on or after the effective date of this rule that have been expired for
ninety or more calendar days shall
will not be renewed; the applicant
shall
will be
required to meet the requirements for the initial five-year credential in
accordance with this rule.
(3)
A person whose early intervention service coordinator
credential or early intervention service coordination supervisor credential has
lapsed may not provide or supervise the provision of early intervention service
coordination during the period the credential is lapsed.
(H)(G) Appeal and
administrative review
(1) An applicant for the
early intervention service coordinator credential or the early intervention
service coordination supervisor credential whose application is denied may
appeal to the entity under contract with the department for the purpose of
hearing such appeals. The applicant may submit additional education, training,
credentials, or other documentation to support his
or her
the appeal. The entity under
contract with the department for the purpose of hearing such appeals
shall
will
evaluate the appeal and respond to the applicant within fourteen calendar days.
If after completing the process set forth in this paragraph, the applicant
still believes that his or her
the application should not have been denied, the
applicant may request an administrative review by the director in accordance
with paragraph (H)(2)
(G)(2) of this rule.
(2) An applicant for the early intervention
service coordinator credential or the early intervention service coordination
supervisor credential whose appeal submitted in accordance with paragraph
(H)(1)
(G)(1)
of this rule is denied, may request in writing, within thirty calendar days of
the denial, an administrative review by the director. The applicant may submit
additional education, training, credentials, or other documentation to support
his or her
the request. The director shall
will evaluate
the request and respond to the applicant within thirty calendar days. The
director's decision is final and may not be
appealed
is not subject to
appeal.
(I)(H) Denial, suspension,
or revocation
(1) The director
shall
will
deny, suspend, or revoke an early intervention service coordinator credential
or an early intervention service coordination supervisor credential if
he or she
the
director finds, pursuant to an adjudication conducted in accordance with
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, that the applicant or holder has engaged in
an immoral act, incompetence, negligence, or conduct that is unbecoming to the
applicant's or holder's position.
(2) The director
shall
will deny or
revoke an early intervention service coordinator credential or an early
intervention service coordination supervisor credential if
he or she
the
director finds, pursuant to an adjudication conducted in accordance with
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, that the applicant or holder:
(a) Has been convicted of or pleaded guilty
to any of the disqualifying offenses listed or described in paragraph (E)(1)(a)
of rule 5123:2-2-02
5123-2-02 of the Administrative Code;
(b) Has been convicted of or pleaded guilty
to any of the disqualifying offenses listed or described in paragraph (E)(1)(b)
of rule 5123:2-2-02
5123-2-02 of the Administrative Code if a period of
ten years has not elapsed from the date the applicant was fully discharged from
imprisonment, probation, and parole;
(c) Has been convicted of or pleaded guilty
to any of the disqualifying offenses listed or described in paragraph (E)(1)(c)
of rule 5123:2-2-02
5123-2-02 of the Administrative Code if a period of
seven years has not elapsed from the date the applicant was fully discharged
from imprisonment, probation, and parole;
(d) Has been convicted of or pleaded guilty
to any of the disqualifying offenses listed or described in paragraph (E)(1)(d)
of rule 5123:2-2-02
5123-2-02 of the Administrative Code if a period of
five years has not elapsed from the date the applicant was fully discharged
from imprisonment, probation, and parole;
(e) Has been convicted of or pleaded guilty
to multiple disqualifying offenses if the applicable period of time in
accordance with paragraph (E)(2) of rule 5123:2-2-02
5123-2-02
of the Administrative Code has not elapsed from the date the applicant was
fully discharged from imprisonment, probation, and parole; or
(f) Has been included in one or more of the
databases
listed in paragraph (C)(2) of rule
5123:2-2-02
described in paragraphs (C)(2)(a)
to (C)(2)(f) of rule
5123-2-02
of the
Administrative Code.
(3)
A conviction of or a plea of guilty to a disqualifying offense listed or
described in paragraphs (E)(1)(a) to (E)(1)(d) of rule
5123:2-2-02
5123-2-02 of the Administrative Code
shall
will
not constitute grounds for the denial or revocation of an early intervention
service coordinator credential or an early intervention service coordination
supervisor credential if the requirements in paragraph (F) of rule
5123:2-2-02
5123-2-02 of the Administrative Code are
met.
(4) Applicants for or holders
of an early intervention service coordinator credential or an early
intervention service coordination supervisor credential
shall
will
disclose a conviction, including a conviction that has
been sealed, for a disqualifying offense listed or described in
paragraphs (E)(1)(a) to (E)(1)(d) of rule 5123:2-2-02
5123-2-02
of the Administrative Code, including a conviction
that has been sealed.
(I)
Procedure to
waive a requirement of this rule
(1)
For good cause, the director may waive a condition or
specific requirement of this rule. The director's decision to waive a condition
or specific requirement will not be contrary to the rights, health, or safety
of persons receiving early intervention services.
(2)
An early
intervention service coordination agency may initiate a request for the
director to waive a condition or specific requirement of this rule by
submitting the request in writing.
(a)
The director may require or solicit input regarding the
early intervention service coordination agency's request from persons receiving
early intervention services or other persons.
(b)
The director will
grant or deny a request submitted by an early intervention service coordination
agency within ten business days of receipt of the request or within such longer
period of time as the director deems necessary.
(c)
The director may
put whatever conditions on approval of a request as the director deems
necessary.
(d)
The director's decision to grant or deny a request is
not subject to appeal.
