Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 140 - EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS › Section 11-140-6 - Individual family support plan

Current through June, 2024
(a) A written
				individual family support plan shall be developed for all Part C eligible
				children and their families by a multidisciplinary team that includes the
				parent.
(b) The individual family
				support plan shall include each of the following components:
(1) A Statement of the child' s present
				levels of development in the following areas: Cognition, speech, language,
				physical, motor, vision, hearing, psychosocial, and self-help skills based on
				the Information from the child' s evaluations and assessments and from parent
				report;
(2) A Statement of the
				child' s health Status;
(3) With
				the concurrence of the family, a Statement of the family's resources,
				priorities, and concerns relating to enhancing the development of the child as
				identified through the assessment of the family;
(4) A Statement of the measurable results or
				outcomes expected to be achieved for the child and the family, and the
				criteria, procedures, and timelines used to determine the degree to which
				progress toward achieving the outcomes is being made and whether modifications
				or revisions of the outcomes or early Intervention Services is
				necessary;
(5) A Statement
				describing the specific early Intervention Services, based on peer-reviewed
				research to the extent possible, necessary to meet the unique needs of the
				child and the family to achieve the identified results or outcomes, including:
(A) The length, duration, frequency,
				intensity, and method of delivering Services;
(B) A Statement that each early Intervention
				Service is provided in the natural environment for that child or service to the
				maximum extent appropriate and a justification as to why an early Intervention
				service will not be provided in a natural environment; any justification for
				not providing an early Intervention service in the natural environment for that
				child shall be made by the Individual Family Support Plan team and be based on
				the child' s outcomes that are identified in paragraph (4);
(C) The location of the early Intervention
				Services; and
(D) The payment
				arrangements, if any. This would include payment by the department or by
				private insurance;
(6)
				To the extent appropriate, a description of medical and other Services the
				child or family needs or is receiving through other sources, but that are
				neither required nor funded by the Part C program. If these Services are not
				being provided, a Statement shall be provided that includes a description of
				the Steps the case manager or family may take to assist the child and family in
				securing these other Services;
(7)
				The projected date for the Initiation of each early Intervention Service
				required under paragraph (5), which is within thirty days from when the parent
				provides consent for the Service and the anticipated duration of each
				Service;
(8) The name of the case
				manager who shall be responsible for implementing the early Intervention
				Services, including transition Services, and coordination with all other
				agencies and persons; and
(9) The
				steps and Services to be taken to support a smooth transition of the child from
				Part C Services to preschool Services under Part B of the Act to the extent
				those Services are appropriate or other appropriate Services. The Steps shall
				include:
(A) Discussions with, and training
				of, parents, as appropriate, regarding future placements and other matters
				related to the child' s transition;
(B) Procedures to prepare the child for
				changes in service delivery, including how to help the child adjust to, and
				function in, a new setting;
(C) Any
				transition Services needed by the child and the child' s family; and
(D) With written parental consent, the
				transmission of Information about the child to the child' s home school to
				ensure continuity of Services, including evaluation and assessment Information
				of the child and family, and most recent individual family support
				plans.