Or. Admin. R. 581-015-2815 - IFSP Content
(1) Contractors
or subcontractors must use IFSP forms and directions published by the Oregon
Department of Education.
(2) Oregon
Department of Education IFSP forms combine the content requirements for IEPs
under Part B of IDEA, IFSPs under Part C of IDEA, and IFSPs under ORS
343.521.
(3) Each individualized family service plan
must contain:
(a) A statement of the child's
present level of development, including how the child's disability affects the
child's participation in appropriate activities for the child's age. For a
child under age three, the statement must include present levels of physical
development including vision, hearing and health status, cognitive development,
communication development, social development and adaptive development. The
statement must be based on information from assessments using professionally
acceptable objective criteria.
(b)
A statement of major outcomes or annual goals and short-term objectives
expected to be achieved for the child and family related to:
(A) Meeting the child's needs that result
from the child's disability to enable the child to participate in appropriate
activities;
(B) Meeting each of the
child's other developmental needs that result from the child's
disability.
(c) For a
child under age three, a statement of the specific early intervention services,
based on scientifically based research to the extent practicable, to be
provided for the child and to the family to advance toward attaining the major
outcomes or annual goals (including pre-literacy, language, and numeracy
skills, as developmentally appropriate for the child).
(d) For a child age three and older, the IFSP
contains IEP content including, a statement of ECSE and related services and
supplementary aids and services, based on peer-reviewed research to the extent
practicable, to be provided to the child, or on behalf of the child, and a
statement of the program modifications or supports for personnel that will be
provided for the child:
(A) To advance
appropriately toward attaining the annual goals;
(B) To participate in appropriate activities
and to participate in extracurricular and other nonacademic activities;
and
(C) To be educated and
participate with other children with disabilities and children without
disabilities.
(e) For a
child under age three, with concurrence of the family, a statement of the
family's resources, priorities, concerns and goals related to enhancing the
development of the child, based on information obtained through an assessment
tool and also through an interview with those family members who elect to
participate in the assessment.
(f)
The projected dates for initiation of services and modifications and the
anticipated frequency, location, intensity, method and duration of the services
as defined in OAR 581-015-2700 and modifications described in subsection (3)(d)
of this rule and the payment arrangements, if any.
(g) The name of the service coordinator from
the profession, including service coordination, most immediately relevant to
the child's or family's needs (or who is otherwise qualified to carry out all
applicable EI/ECSE responsibilities) responsible for coordinating the
involvement of the family and agencies in implementing early intervention and
other services, including transition services. The contractor or subcontractor
may:
(A) Assign the same service coordinator
who was appointed at the time that the child was initially referred for
evaluation; or
(B) Appoint a new
service coordinator.
(h)
For a child under age three:
(A) To the
maximum extent appropriate, the natural environments in which early
intervention services will be provided; and
(B) A justification of the extent, if any, to
which services will not be provided in a natural environment.
(i) For a child age three and
older, an explanation of the extent, if any, to which the child will not
participate with children without disabilities in the regular class and
activities described in subsection (3)(d) of this rule.
(j) A statement of:
(A) How the progress toward major outcomes or
annual goals will be measured, including the criteria, procedures and timelines
used to determine:
(i) The degree to which
progress toward achieving the outcomes or goals is being made; and
(ii) Whether revisions of the outcomes or
goals or services are necessary.
(B) For a child age three and older, how the
child's parents will be regularly informed of:
(i) Their child's progress toward major
outcomes or annual goals; and
(ii)
The extent to which that progress is sufficient to enable the child to achieve
the outcomes or goals by the annual IFSP review
date.
(k) The
steps to be taken and services provided to support the transition of the child
from early intervention services to early childhood special education or other
appropriate services, in accordance with OAR 581-015-2805, 581-015-2750, and
581-015-2810.
(l) The steps to be
taken to support the transition of the child from early childhood special
education to public schooling or other education setting, in accordance with
OAR 581-015-2805, 581-015-2750, and 581-015-2810.
(m) A statement of other services, such as
medical services, that the child may need but are not early intervention or
early childhood special education services including the funding sources used
in paying for those services or the steps to be taken to secure those services
through public or private sources. This provision does not apply to routine
medical services (e.g., immunizations, and "well-baby" care) unless a child
needs those services and the services are not otherwise available or being
provided.
Notes
Stat. Auth.: ORS 343.475 & 343.521
Stats. Implemented: ORS 343.521
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