Meeting
What form must be signed by parents prior to ECSE services starting?
Provision Consent
What IFSP page is viewed as a “receipt” of what occurred during the meeting?
Action Notice
At an IFSP meeting what missing team members require a written agreement?
IFSP team members (SLP, OT, PT, Teacher)
Preschool teacher
Meeting Minutes are required for that types of meetings?
EI and ECSE IFSP meeting
6 month reviews with a meeting
Revision with a meeting
During a child's TK year what is the service coordination stop date?
What is the very first thing you do in an IFSP meeting?
Introductions
How many days after an IFSP meeting was held should the file be turned into distribution?
7-10 days After the IFSP
Can a written agreement be signed by a parent prior to the IFSP meeting?
YES! As soon as the Service Coordinator is aware that a required member is not able to attend, it should be shared with the parent and written agreement can be send for signature.
Who is required to be invited to the IFSP meeting held during the Childs TK year?
Parents, Preschool teacher, any service providers on the team, School district rep.
A 3 year old child has a service coordination start date of 1/19/23, When is the stop date for services?
1/18/24
What IFSP section has AAC services identified?
ECSE Page - Modifications or support for program personnel
Identify 4 of the 7 times an Action Notice is required?
The team changes: Eligibility, Placement, Goals, Services (Be specific on what the eligibility or placement or service is).
The team considers parent request(s) at an IFSP meeting and either: Refuses - or- Agrees to the request
Parent revokes consent for ECSE services (see specific examples for Revocation and Making a File Inactive)
Parent refuses to sign permission to evaluate
Child fails to regularly access services (e.g., does not attend, no-show, etc.-see Making a File Inactive)
Family leaves the area for more than four weeks, but will be returning
Family moves outside of the United States or US territories
In the Team attendance not required, What is the difference between A. and B.
A. The person did not attend the meeting and their services were not discussed at the meeting.
B. The person did not attend the meeting and their services were discussed at the meeting based on written input identified in meeting minutes ore contact log.
What is included in the Meeting Minutes?
Should include the full rundown of what was talked about a the meeting.
Identify who attended, what parents shared, What was talked about at the meeting, services, start dates, etc.
If a child attends Preschool with peers 4 days per week for 4 hours, and receives 30 mins 2x per month if ECSE services and 30 mins 1x per month of speech services in the Preschool, and 30 mins of Instruction to support family outcomes per month, How many hours per week will ECSE services be provided with typical peers?
.25 hours per week with typical peers.
Add NWR services per month (90 mins)
Divide by 4 weeks (22.5 mins)
Divide by 60 minutes= hours per week (0.38 hours per week)
“What would you like to see your child doing, learning, in the next year?”
“What are your priorities?”
These are prompts to ask parents when reviewing what IFSP page?
Family Page
Anytime eligibility is determined in a meeting, how does Amanda know what type of eligibility to look for while distributing the file?
Distribution Checklist- Statement of Eligibility check and CLEARLY identifying the eligibility type.
Can we accept a verbal agreement from the parent without a signature for any documents that need to be signed?
NO! All documents must be signed through Parent portal or wet signature.
What other two pages must match the Team page?
Team page must match meeting notice and meeting minutes.
True or False: The start dates for services on over Page services "below the line" should be date of the IFSP meeting or projected.
True! Even if the services started before the IFSP meeting was held.
**Start date cannot be before the IFSP date.
What does SMART stand for when referring to goal writing?
Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound
When eligibility is determined the IFSP meeting needs to be held within how many calendar days?
30 Calendar days
Does a written agreement require an annotation?
Yes! Annotation must be added to every signature page when signing though parent portal.
True or False- Parents do not need to sign the team page.
FALSE- Parents must sign the team page if they are in attendance at the meeting.
True or false- When doing an IFSP revision you clear off the old service to add the new service.