Journal Articles

Bennett, T., Hojnar, L. & Zhang, C. (1998). Facilitating the Full Participation of Culturally Diverse Families in the IFSP/IEP Process. Infant-Toddler Intervention: The Transdisciplinary Journal, 8(3), 227-49.

Boone, H. & Crais, E. (1999). Strategies for achieving family-driven assessment and intervention planning. Young Exceptional Children, 3(1), 2-11.

Brotherson, M. J., Brady, S., & Tagher, M. (1993). Working with families to develop and implement and Individualized Family Service Plan: A rural inservice training model. Rural Special Education Quarterly, 12(1), 47-54.

Deal, A., Dunst, C., & Trivette, C. (1989). A flexible and functional approach to developing Individualized Family Support Plans. Infants and Young Children, 1(4), 32-43.

Gittler, J., & Hurth, J. (1998), Conflict Management in Early Intervention: Problem-Solving Negotiation. Infants and Young Children, 11(1), pp. 28-36. Available from: NECTAS (reprint), $4.00.
This journal article reprint describes the use of the problem-solving negotiation model to resolve disputes arising under Part C of IDEA. It describes the need in early intervention systems for formal education and training in problem-solving negotiation.

Gittler, J., & Hurth, J. (1998). Conflict Management in Early Intervention: Procedural Safeguards and Mediation. Infants and Young Children, 11(1), pp. 15-27.

McWilliam, R., Ferguson, A., Harbin, G., Porter, P., Munn, D., & Vandiviere, P. (1998). The family-centeredness of Individualized Family Service Plans. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 18(2), 69-82.

Polmanteer, K., Turbiville, V. (2000). Family-Responsive Individualized Family Service Plans for Speech-Language Pathologists. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 31, 4-14.

Summers, J. A., Dell'Oliver, C., Turnbull, A., Benson, H., Santelli, E., Campbell, M., & Siegel-Causey, E. (1990). Examining the individualized family service plan process: What are family and practitioner preferences? Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 10(1), 78-99.

ERIC Documents:
Hurth, J. L., & Goff, P. E. (1996) , 29 pp. Assuring the Family's Role on the Early Intervention Team: Explaining Rights and Safeguards. Available from: NECTAS, $6.00; and ERIC , ERIC No.: ED 392 227.

Designed to help service providers turn compliance with the law into an opportunity to ensure that families are fully informed about the early intervention system beginning with their first contact with the system. Presents a synthesis of innovative practices and ideas for explaining procedural safeguards to families in ways that are supportive of their role as partners in the early intervention process. It presents a step-by-step model for explaining procedural safeguards that parallels the early intervention process. It discusses ways to explain procedures for complaint resolution and presents strategies for establishing opportunities for family input. Through a review of family friendly materials developed by programs from across the United States, the authors summarize basic principles for creating and using materials to inform families of their rights.