Ohio Administrative Code › Title 5123 - Department of Developmental Disabilities › Chapter 5123-10 - Early Intervention Program › Section 5123-10-04 - Early intervention program - credentials for early intervention service coordinators and early intervention service coordination supervisors

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Purpose
This rule establishes minimum qualifications through
				credentialing standards for early intervention service coordinators and early
				intervention service coordination supervisors. All persons working in the early
				intervention program as early intervention service coordinators or early
				intervention service coordination supervisors 
									will hold the
				appropriate credential in accordance with this rule.
(B) Definitions
For the purposes of this rule, the following definitions
				 apply:
(1) "Accredited college or university" means
			 a college or university accredited by a national or regional association
			 recognized by the secretary of the United States department of education or a
			 foreign college or university of comparable standing.
(2) "Administrative supervision" means the
			 oversight and management provided by an early intervention service coordination
			 supervisor of the functions performed by an early intervention service
			 coordinator (i.e., the supervisee) including:
(a) Clarification of roles;
(b) Planning and assignment of
			 work;
(c) Review and assessment of
			 work to ensure compliance with federal and state early intervention services
			 requirements;
(d) Accountability and responsibility for the
			 supervisee's work by the early intervention service coordination
			 supervisor
										;
			 and
(e)
										Maintaining records sufficient to document the dates
			 and times that administrative supervision occurs for each supervisee.
(3)
									"Credit hour"
			 means one semester hour or one and one-half quarter hours of college credit
			 issued by an accredited college or university.
(4) "Department" means the Ohio department of
			 developmental disabilities.
(5)
			 "Director" means the director of the Ohio department of developmental
			 disabilities or 
									that person's designee.
(6) "Early intervention program" means Ohio's
			 statewide system that provides coordinated services to parents of infants and
			 toddlers with delays or disabilities in accordance with part C.
(7) "Early intervention service coordination
			 agency" means a person, agency, or other entity that employs early intervention
			 service coordinators and/or early intervention service coordination
			 supervisors.
(8) "Early
			 intervention service coordination supervisor" means a person who holds an early
			 intervention service coordination supervisor credential issued in accordance
			 with this rule and supervises early intervention service coordinators by
			 engaging in administrative supervision and reflective supervision.
(9) "Early intervention service coordinator"
			 means a person who holds an early intervention service coordinator credential
			 or an early intervention service coordination supervisor credential issued in
			 accordance with this rule and assists and enables an infant or toddler with a
			 developmental delay or disability and the child's family to receive the
			 services and rights, including procedural safeguards, required under part
			 C.
(10) "Early intervention
			 services" means developmental services described in appendix A to rule
			 5123-10-02 of the Administrative
			 Code, selected in collaboration with a parent of a child birth through age two
			 who is eligible for services under part C, and designed to meet the
			 developmental needs of the child and the needs of the child's family to assist
			 appropriately in the child's development as identified in the individualized
			 family service plan.
(11) "Part C"
			 means part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act,
			 20 U.S.C.
			 1431 through
			 1445, as in effect on the
			 effective date of this rule, and 34 C.F.R. part 303, as in effect on the
			 effective date of this rule.
(12)
			 "Professional development" means department-approved training, courses, or
			 seminars that enhance the knowledge, skills, and competencies of early
			 intervention service coordinators and early intervention service coordination
			 supervisors. Professional development 
									will be verified as successfully completed by the
			 department (or, at the department's discretion, by an entity under contract
			 or other agreement with the department
			  ) and :
(a) Be
			 pertinent to serving infants and toddlers with disabilities and their
			 families;
(b) Support and align
			 with evidenced-based early intervention practices; and
(c) Be relevant to the role of the early
			 intervention service coordinator or the early intervention service coordination
			 supervisor, as applicable.
(13) "Reflective supervision" means the
			 recurring and collaborative interaction between an early intervention service
			 coordination supervisor and an early intervention service coordinator (i.e.,
			 the supervisee).
(a) Reflective supervision
			 
										will:
(i) Advance ongoing opportunities for
			 learning to ensure high-quality early intervention services;
(ii) Be based on feedback from the early
			 intervention service coordinator's colleagues and families served, on-the-job
			 observations, and records review; and
(iii) Help the early intervention service
			 coordinator self- reflect on
			 
											implementation of theories and approaches across
			 early intervention services disciplines for the purpose of professional growth
			 and development.
(b) The
			 number of hours of reflective supervision required per month varies based on
			 the credential held by the supervisee:
(i) For
			 a supervisee who holds a one-year early intervention service coordinator
			 credential, the number of hours of reflective supervision required per month is
			 calculated by multiplying the average number of hours worked per week by ten
			 per cent (e.g., four hours per month is required for an early intervention
			 service coordinator working forty hours per week); or
(ii) For a supervisee who holds a five-year
			 early intervention service coordinator credential, the number of hours of
			 reflective supervision required per month is calculated by multiplying the
			 average number of hours worked per week by five per cent (e.g., two hours per
			 month is required for an early intervention service coordinator working forty
			 hours per week).
(c) An
			 early intervention service coordination supervisor 
										will maintain
			 records sufficient to document the dates and times that reflective supervision
			 occurs for each supervisee.
(14) "Service coordination" means the
			 functions performed by an early intervention service coordinator as set forth
			 in paragraphs (N)(1) to 
									(N)(16) of rule
			 5123-10-02 of the Administrative
			 Code.