26 Tex. Admin. Code § 350.1207 - Transition Planning
(a) Transition
planning is a process for developing and updating appropriate transition steps
and transition services:
(1) jointly with
families; and
(2) based on
recommendations from the IFSP team.
(b) All transition activities must be
documented in the child's record.
(c) The IFSP must contain an appropriate
general transition statement.
(d)
The subrecipient must conduct an IFSP meeting, which includes the parent, in
accordance with 34 CFR
§
303.342(d) and (e)
and §
303.343(a), to
plan and document transition steps and transition services.
(1) Except as provided in subsections (f) and
(g) of this section, the meeting to plan and document transition steps and
transition services must be conducted:
(A) no
less than 90 days before the child's third birthday; and
(B) not more than nine months before the
child's third birthday.
(2) If the child is referred and determined
to be eligible for ECI services more than 45 but less than 90 days before the
child's third birthday, transition steps and transition services must be
included in the child's initial IFSP.
(3) If transition planning occurs at a
periodic review instead of an initial or annual IFSP meeting, the meeting must
meet the requirements in 34
CFR §
303.342(d) and
(e) and §
303.343(a).
(4) The appropriate transition steps and
transition services that the IFSP team plans at the meeting must be documented
in the IFSP and must include:
(A) timelines
and responsible party for each transition activity;
(B) discussions with and training of parents,
as appropriate, regarding future placements and other matters related to the
child's transition;
(C) procedures
to prepare the child for changes in service delivery, including steps to help
the child adjust to and function in a new setting;
(D) the family's choice for the child to
transition into a community or educational program or for the child to remain
in the home;
(E) identification of
transition steps and transition services, as determined by the IFSP team, to
support the family's exit from ECI services to ECSE or other community
services, activities, places, or programs the family would like the child to
participate in after exiting ECI services;
(F) confirmation that the transition
notification, which requires child find information to be sent to the LEA has
occurred;
(G) program options, if
the child is potentially eligible for ECSE services, for the period from the
child's third birthday through the remainder of the school year; and
(H) for children who are likely to be
eligible for long-term services and supports, information on Texas Medicaid
waiver programs for people with disabilities or special health care needs,
including information on how to add children to the waiver interest
lists.
(e) The
child's planned transition steps and transition services must be updated and
documented in the IFSP anytime the:
(1) IFSP
team identifies new transition steps and transition services; and
(2) parent's goals for the child evolve and
change.
(f) At any time
during the child's enrollment in ECI services, the IFSP team must, upon
parental request, meet to plan steps to support the child and family to
transition:
(1) from one subrecipient to
another subrecipient;
(2) from one
family setting to another family setting; or
(3) when the family is moving out of
state.
(g) If the child
is referred fewer than 45 days before the child's third birthday, the IFSP team
is not required to plan transition steps and transition services. If the child
is potentially eligible for ECSE services, the subrecipient must, with written
parental consent, refer the child directly to the LEA as soon as
possible.
(h) The subrecipient must
comply with all requirements in Subchapter B of this chapter (relating to
Procedural Safeguards and Due Process Procedures).
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