The first Service visit must occur within how many days of the service start date?
45 days
100
If a child is less than six months old at entry, does a COSF need completed? If not, when is it appropriate?
No. It should be completd when the child is six months old, chronologically.
100
Can the fee form be completed after the IFSP services have begun?
No
200
What is the difference between an assessment and an evaluation?
The evaluation consists of procedures used by appropriate qualified personnel to determine a child’s initial and continuing eligibility, consistent with the state definition of infants and toddlers with disabilities.
An assessment is the ongoing procedures used by qualified personnel to identify the child’s unique strengths and needs and the services appropriate to meet those needs and includes the assessment of the child and the assessment of the child’s family.
200
For an annual IFSP, what percentage range and level of delay is eligible for continuous EI services?
8 - 15%
Mild delay
200
The first IFSP (and all steps that lead up to it) should be completed within how many calendar days from the date of referral?
45 days
200
Is the annual IFSP COSF required or optional?
Optional
200
What are a family's option for payment of their fee?
Credit Card by phone
Flex Spending Account
Check
NOT - Cash to provider
300
How many standard deviations below the mean must a child score to be eligible for services? And what are the five developmental domains that are evaluated?
1.5 in one or more of the following domains:
Cognitive development
Physical development- including motor, health, vision, and hearing
Communication development
Social and emotional development
Adaptive development (aka self- help skills)
300
When is it appropriate to use an informed clinical opinion for eligibility?
It is used when developmental delay cannot be determined solely by Standardized measures, when the results of norm and criterion referenced tests are inconclusive or when standardized procedures are not appropriate (i.e., young infants, feeding or regulation concern, etc.).
300
Who should participate in the IFSP meeting?
Family and those invited by family
Service Coordinator
Evaluation team (at least one)
Service provider that will be working with the family (best practice)
Translators as needed
Outside service providers
300
What constitutes the need for an exit COSF?
If the child received at least six months of consecutive services.
300
What are the four components of the contact note?
Date
Who initiated contact
Reason
Notes
400
What four standardized evaluation tools are approved?
Bayley III
Brigance
Battelle II
PLS-5
400
What percentage range qualifies for EI services? What level of delay is this percentage range considered?
3 - 7%
Moderate
400
If the periodic review and the annual review are done within 30 days of the anniversary, is it considered “timely”?
Yes!
400
Will new data need collected if a child misses more than two months of services during eight months of services?
Yes
400
Are we required to provide communication and documentation in a family’s native language?
Yes, when feasible
500
If a child qualifies by diagnosis, what still needs to be assessed?
All developmental domains, including health, vision, and hearing.
500
Does the written notice of eligibility need to be sent to the family through the regular mail, or through BTOTS?
BTOTS
500
How frequently should a periodic review be completed?
At least every six months
500
If a child misses one or two months of services during eight months or more of services, should exit data be collected?
Yes, because that is close enough to six consecutive months of services.
500
If it is not feasible to provide communication and documentation in a family's native language, what needs documented and where should it be documented?
The reason for not providing communication needs documented, such as not being able to find a translator, etc.
This information should be put in the individual child’s file, and perhaps maintained by program director for future reference.