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Early Intervention Referrals and Screening |
The lead agency's child find system must include the State's procedures for use by primary referral sources for referring a child under the age of three to the part C program.
The procedures required must:
Referral of specific at-risk infants and toddlers
The procedures must provide for requiring the referral of a child under the age of three who –
Primary referral sources
Primary referral sources include:
Post-Referral Timeline
Any screening (if the State has adopted a policy and elects, and the parent consents, to conduct a screening of a child); the initial evaluation and the initial assessments of the child and family; and the initial IFSP meeting must be completed within forty-five (45) days from the date the lead agency or EIS provider receives the referral of the child.
The 45-day timeline does not apply for any period when –
The lead agency must develop procedures to ensure that in the event the circumstances described above exist, the lead agency or EIS provider must:
The initial family assessment must be conducted within the 45-day timeline if the parent concurs and even if other family members are unavailable.
Screening Procedures
The lead agency may adopt procedures, consistent with the requirements of this section, to screen children under the age of three who have been referred to the part C program to determine whether they are suspected of having a disability under this part. If the lead agency or EIS provider proposes to screen a child, it must:
If the parent consents to the screening and the screening or other available information indicates that the child is:
If the parent of the child requests and consents to an evaluation at any time during the screening process, evaluation of the child must be conducted, even if the lead agency or EIS provider has determined that the child is not suspected of having a disability.
Definition of screening procedures
Screening procedures:
Condition for evaluation or early intervention services
For every child under the age of three who is referred to the part C program or screened, the lead agency is not required to:
Reference
34 CFR § 303.303
34 CFR § 303.310
34 CFR 303.320
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