IFSP Meeting
IFSP
meetings must be conducted:
- in
settings and at times that are convenient to families
and
- in
the native language of the family or other mode of
communication used by the family, unless it is clearly
not feasible to do so.
Meeting
arrangements must be made with, and written notice provided
to the family and other participants early enough before
the meeting date to ensure that they will be able to
attend.
The
IFSP meeting shall not be held without
the full agreement of the child's parent and involvement
of the parent(s) and services coordinator. The facilitator
of the IFSP meeting will be the parent or Services Coordinator.
Parents
can decline any services recommended at the
IFSP meeting (including services coordination) without
jeopardizing other early intervention services made
available to them at that time or in the future. Educational
services are not required on an IFSP.
The
contents of the IFSP must be fully explained to
the parents and informed written consent from the parents
must be obtained prior to the provision of early intervention
services described in the plan. If the parents do not
provide consent for a particular early intervention
service, or withdraw consent after first providing it,
that service may not be provided. Any service for which
the parent has consented must be provided.
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