55 Pa. Code § 4226.74 - Content of the IFSP
The IFSP shall be in writing and the standardized format will contain:
(1)
Information
about the status of the infant or toddler with a disability.
(i) A statement of the present levels of
physical development (including vision, hearing and health status), cognitive
development, communication development, social or emotional development, and
adaptive development of the infant or toddler with a disability.
(ii) The statement in subparagraph (i) shall
be based on professionally acceptable objective criteria.
(2)
Family information. With
the concurrence of the family, a statement of the family's resources,
priorities and concerns related to enhancing the development of the infant or
toddler with a disability.
(3)
Outcomes. A statement of the major outcomes expected to be
achieved for the infant or toddler with a disability and the family, and the
criteria, procedures and timelines used to determine:
(i) The degree to which progress toward
achieving the outcomes is being made.
(ii) Whether modification or revision of the
outcomes or services is necessary.
(4)
Early intervention
services.
(i) A statement of the
specific early intervention services necessary to meet the unique needs of the
infant or toddler with a disability and the family to achieve the outcomes
required in paragraph (3), including:
(A) The
frequency, intensity and method of delivering the services.
(B) The natural environments in which early
intervention services will be provided and, if a service will be provided in a
location other than a natural environment, a justification of the extent to
which each service will not be provided in a natural environment and the
location in which it will be provided.
(C) The payment arrangements, if
any.
(D) The unit cost for each
service.
(ii) As used in
this section, "frequency" and "intensity" are the number of days or sessions
that a service will be provided, the length of time the service is provided
during each session, and whether the service is provided on an individual or a
group basis.
(5)
Other services.
(i) A
statement of medical and other services that the infant or toddler with a
disability needs but that are not required under this chapter and of the
funding sources to be used to pay for those services, or the steps that will be
taken to secure those services through public or private sources.
(ii) The requirement in subparagraph (i) does
not apply to routine medical services (for example, immunizations and
"well-baby" care), unless the infant or toddler with a disability needs those
services and the services are not otherwise available or being
provided.
(6)
Dates; duration of services.
(i) The projected dates for initiation of
early intervention services in paragraph (4), which shall be as specified in §
4226.75(b)
(relating to implementation of the IFSP).
(ii) If an early intervention service is
projected to start later than 14 days after the IFSP is completed as permitted
by §
4226.75(b), the
date and the reasons for the later date.
(iii) The anticipated duration of early
intervention services.
(7)
Service coordinator. The identity of the service coordinator
who will be responsible for the implementation of the IFSP and coordination
with other agencies and persons.
(8)
Transition from early intervention services. A statement of
the steps to be taken to support the transition of the toddler with a
disability to preschool services under Part B of IDEA (20 U.S.C.A. §§
1411-1419) or other appropriate
services, which shall include at least the activities specified in §
4226.77 (relating to transition
from early intervention services).
State regulations are updated quarterly; we currently have two versions available. Below is a comparison between our most recent version and the prior quarterly release. More comparison features will be added as we have more versions to compare.
No prior version found.