Verified
as Disabled or Delayed?
Free,
appropriate developmental services and Services Coordination
are dependent upon the MDT's verification of a "Developmental
Delay" or a specific disability for children under the
age of 3 years.
The MDT verifies the child as having special needs
warranting early intervention and/or related services
using the eligibility criteria outlined in Rule 51,
(See Rule 51: 006.04B-N).
Failure
to meet eligibility criteria does not always
imply the lack of any delay or developmental concern,
only the lack of sufficient delay to warrant free services
through the public schools in Nebraska at this time.
Parents
can decline any services recommended by the MDT
(including Services Coordination) without jeopardizing
other early intervention services made available to
them now or in the future.
Once
verified, the family and Services Coordinator
begin to discuss needed or desired members to make up
the IFSP team. This verification for early intervention services last throughout the child's need for early
intervention up through their third birthday.
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