Instructions: Periodic Review

A review of the IFSP for a child and child's family must be conducted every six months, or more frequently if conditions warrant, or if the family or other team members request such a review. This review may be a formal meeting of the entire team of service providers, or a discussion between the family, the services coordinator, and selected team members. The family, with other team members and the services coordinator, determines the format for the review.

The purpose of the periodic review is to determine:

• (1) the degree to which progress toward achieving the outcomes is being made; and
  
• (2) whether modification or revision of the outcomes or services is necessary. [34 CFR 303.342(b)]

Required participants in the periodic review are the parents and anyone they invite and the services coordinator. If changes in the plan are anticipated in an area and if conditions warrant, the team members who are involved in that part of the plan must be included (including those involved in conducting evaluations and assessments if these have been recently completed or updated), along with the person who could authorize payment for services (if this is a person other than the service provider). If a meeting of the entire team is requested by any team member, this request should be respected.

Provisions have been made to update the IFSP on the same document, and a new form does not need to be generated at the time of the periodic review. However, a notation of the date of the periodic review must be made on the cover sheet of the IFSP in the space provided, and each person participating in the periodic review must sign and date the signature page.