Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 581 - OREGON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Division 15 - SPECIAL EDUCATION › Section 581-015-2774 - Referral Procedures and Early Intervention Screening

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Children must be referred to the lead agency for Child Find
				purposes as soon as possible, but in no case more than seven days after the
				child has been identified.
(1) This
			 applies to all referrals including infants and toddlers under the age of three
			 who are the subjects of a substantiated case of child abuse or neglect, or who
			 are identified as directly affected by illegal drug abuse or withdrawal
			 symptoms from prenatal drug exposure.
(2) Primary referral sources may include:
			 hospitals including prenatal facilities, physicians, parents, child care
			 programs, tribal government, LEAs and schools, public health facilities, other
			 public health or social service agencies, other clinics or health care
			 providers, public agencies and staff in the child welfare system, homeless
			 family shelters, and domestic violence shelters and agencies.
(3) Early Intervention screening procedures.
			 Children under the age of three who have been referred to the EI/ECSE program
			 to determine whether they are suspected of having a disability may be screened
			 by EI/ECSE program. If the EI/ECSE program proposes to screen a child, it must:
(a) Provide the parent notice of its intent
			 to screen the child to identify whether the child is suspected of having a
			 disability and include in that notice a description of the parent's right to
			 request an evaluation at any time during the screening process.
(b) Obtain parental consent before conducting
			 the screening procedures.
(c) If
			 the parent consents to the screening and the screening or other available
			 information indicates that the child is-
(A)
			 Suspected of having a disability, after notice is provided and once parental
			 consent is obtained, an evaluation and assessment of the child must be
			 conducted under OAR 581-015-2775
(B) Not suspected of having a disability, the
			 EI/ECSE program must ensure that notice of that determination is provided to
			 the parent and that the notice describes the parent's right to request an
			 evaluation.
(d) 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 under OAR
			 581-015-2775 even if the EI/ECSE program has determined that the child is not
			 suspected of having a disability.
(e) Definition of screening procedures:
(A) Activities under sections (3)(a), (3)(b),
			 and (3)(c) that are carried out by, or under the supervision of the EI/ECSE
			 program to identify, at the earliest possible age, infants and toddlers
			 suspected of having a disability and in need of early intervention services;
			 and
(B) Includes the administration
			 of appropriate instruments by personnel trained to administer those
			 instruments.
(f)
			 Condition for evaluation or early intervention services. For every child under
			 the age of three who is referred to the EI/ECSE program or screened in
			 accordance with sections (3)(a), (3)(b), and (3)(c), the EI/ECSE program is not
			 required to-
(A) Provide an evaluation of the
			 child under OAR 581-015-2775 unless the child is suspected of having a
			 disability or the parent requests an evaluation under section (3)(d);
			 or
(B) Make early intervention
			 services available under Division 15 to the child unless a determination is
			 made that the child meets the definition of an infant or toddler with a
			 disability under OAR 581-015-2780.