Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 92 - NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Chapter 52 - REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS FOR THE PROVISION OF EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES › Section 92-52-003 - Definition of Terms

Current through June 17, 2024
003.01 Approved Cooperative
Approved Cooperative
means two or more school
				  districts or an Educational Service Unit (ESU) approved by the Nebraska
				  Department of Education pursuant to 92 NAC 51-004.07 to jointly perform special
				  education functions, including receipt of special education payments.
003.02 Child
Child
means an individual under the age of six
				  and may include an infant or toddler with a disability as defined in 92 NAC
				  52-003.15.
003.03 Co-Lead
				Agencies
Co-Lead
Agencies
means the Department of Health
				  and Human Services and the State Department of Education.
003.04 Consent
Consent
means that the parent has been fully
				  informed of all information relevant to the activity for which consent is
				  sought, in the parent's native language as defined in 92 NAC 52-003.17; the
				  parent understands and agrees in writing to the carrying out of the activity
				  for which the parent's consent is sought, and the consent form describes that
				  activity and lists the early intervention records (if any) that will be
				  released and to whom they will be released; and the parent understands that the
				  granting of consent is voluntary on the part of the parent and may be revoked
				  at any time. If a parent revokes consent, that revocation is not retroactive
				  (i.e., it does not apply to an action that occurred before the consent was
				  revoked).
003.05 Day
Day
means calendar day, unless otherwise
				  indicated.
003.06 Early
				Intervention Services
003.06A Early
				intervention services means developmental services that --
003.06A1 Are provided under public
				supervision;
003.06A2 Are selected
				in collaboration with parents;
003.06A3 Are provided at no cost, except
				subject to
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				CFR 303.520 and
				303.521,
				where Federal or State law provides for a system of payments by families,
				including a schedule of sliding fees;
003.06A4 Are designed to meet the
				developmental needs of an infant or toddler with a disability and the needs of
				the family to assist appropriately in the infant's or toddler's development, as
				identified by the IFSP Team, in any one or more of the following areas,
				including --
003.06A4a Physical
				development;
003.06A4b Cognitive
				development;
003.06A4c
				Communication development;
003.06A4d Social or emotional development;
				or
003.06A4e Adaptive
				development;
003.06A5
				Meet the standards of the State in which the early intervention services are
				provided, including the requirements of Part C of the IDEA;
003.06A6 Include services identified under
				003.06B;
003.06A7 Are provided by qualified personnel
				as that term is defined in 92 NAC 52-003.22, including the types of personnel
				listed in
				003.06B;
003.06A8 To the maximum extent appropriate,
				are provided in natural environments as defined in 92 NAC 52-003.18 and
				consistent with 92 NAC 52-007.06; and
003.06A9 Are provided in conformity with an
				IFSP adopted in accordance with 92 NAC
				52-007.