Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part VI - Mental Health/Intellectual Disability/Autism Manual › Subpart C - Administration and Fiscal Management › Chapter 4226 - EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 4226.5 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
						have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise:
Assessment
-The ongoing procedures used
						throughout the period of a child's eligibility under this chapter to identify
						the following:
(i) The child's unique
					 strengths and needs and the services appropriate to meet those needs.
(ii) The resources, priorities and concerns
					 of the family and the supports and services necessary to enhance the family's
					 capacity to meet the developmental needs of its child.
Assistive technology device
-An item,
						piece of equipment or product system, whether acquired commercially off the
						shelf, modified or customized, that is used to increase, maintain or improve
						the functional capabilities of infants and toddlers with disabilities.
Assistive technology service
-A service
						that directly assists an infant or toddler with a disability or the infant or
						toddler's family in the selection, acquisition or use of an assistive
						technology device. The term includes:
(i) The evaluation of the needs of an infant
					 or toddler with a disability, including a functional evaluation in the infant
					 or toddler's customary environment.
(ii) Purchasing, leasing or otherwise
					 providing for the acquisition of assistive technology devices by infants and
					 toddlers with disabilities.
(iii)
					 Selecting, designing, fitting, customizing, adapting, applying, maintaining,
					 repairing or replacing assistive technology devices.
(iv) Coordinating and using other therapies,
					 interventions or services with assistive technology devices, such as those
					 associated with existing education and rehabilitation plans and
					 programs.
(v) Training or technical
					 assistance for an infant or toddler with a disability or, if appropriate, that
					 infant or toddler's family.
(vi)
					 Training or technical assistance for professionals, including individuals
					 providing early intervention services, or other individuals who provide
					 services to or are otherwise substantially involved in the major life functions
					 of infants and toddlers with disabilities.
At-risk child
-An individual under 3
						years of age:
(i) Whose birth weight
					 is under 1,500 grams.
(ii) Who was
					 cared for in a neonatal intensive care unit.
(iii) Who was born to a chemically dependent
					 mother and referred by a physician, health care provider or parent.
(iv) Who is seriously abused or neglected, as
					 substantiated and referred by the county children and youth agency under 23
					 Pa.C.S. Chapter 63 (relating to the Child Protective Services Law).
(v) Who has confirmed dangerous levels of
					 lead poisoning as set by the Department of Health.
Audiology services
-Includes the
						following:
(i) Identification of
					 hearing loss, using audiological screening techniques.
(ii) Determination of the range, nature and
					 degree of hearing loss and communication functions, by use of audiological
					 evaluation procedures.
(iii)
					 Referral for medical and other services necessary for the habilitation or
					 rehabilitation of hearing loss.
(iv) Provision of auditory training, aural
					 rehabilitation, speech reading and listening device orientation and training,
					 and other services to address hearing loss.
(v) Provision of services for prevention of
					 hearing loss.
(vi) Determination of
					 the need for individual amplification, including selecting, fitting and
					 dispensing appropriate listening and vibrotactile devices, and evaluating the
					 effectiveness of those devices.
Child
-An individual under 3 years of
						age.
County MH/MR program
-An MH/MR program
						established by a county or two or more counties acting in concert which
						includes a complex array of services providing a continuum of care in the
						community for infants and toddlers with disabilities and at-risk
						children.
Culturally competent
-Conducted or
						provided in a manner that shows awareness of and is responsive to the beliefs,
						interpersonal styles, attitudes, language and behavior of children and families
						who are referred for or receiving services.
Department
-The Department of Public
						Welfare of the Commonwealth.
Early intervention
						services
-Developmental services that meet the requirements of this
						chapter and:
(i) Are provided under
					 public supervision.
(ii) Are
					 provided at no cost to families.
(iii) Are designed to meet the developmental
					 needs of an infant or toddler with a disability and the needs of the family
					 related to enhancing the infant or toddler's development in one or more of the
					 following areas:
(A) Physical development,
					 including vision and hearing.
(B)
					 Cognitive development.
(C)
					 Communication development.
(D)
					 Social or emotional development.
(E) Adaptive development.