Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 048 - Health, Department of › Sub-Agency 0020 - Developmental Disabilities - Infants and Toddlers › Chapter 13 - EARLY INTERVENTION AND DEVELOPMENTAL PRESCHOOL STATE FUNDING › Section 13-3 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation
				  and enforcement of these rules. Where the context in which words are used in
				  these rules indicates that such is the intent, words in the singular shall
				  include the plural and vice versa. Throughout these rules gender pronouns are
				  used interchangeably, except where the context dictates otherwise. The drafters
				  have attempted to utilize each gender pronoun in equal numbers, in random
				  distribution. Words in each gender shall include individuals of the other
				  gender. Except as other wise specified in this section, the terminology used in
				  this Chapter is the standard terminology and has the standard meaning used in
				  healthcare, health insurance, Medicare and Medicaid.
For the purpose of these rules, the following definitions
				  shall apply:
(a) Assessment: Diagnostic
				instruments and procedures administered by qualified personnel to determine if
				an infant, toddler, or preschooler is a child with a disability.
(b) Child: A person under the age of six (6)
				years.
(c) Consent: A parent's
				voluntary agreement, approval or permission for his/her child to be evaluated
				for or participate and enroll in a developmental preschool program.
(d) Developmental disability: Includes
				autism; cognitive disability; deaf-blindness; developmental delays; diagnosed
				physical or mental condition that has a high probability of resulting in a
				developmental delay; emotional disability; hearing impairment, including
				deafness; multiple disabilities; orthopedic impairment; other health impaired;
				speech or language impairment; traumatic brain injury; and visual impairment,
				including blindness.
(e)
				Developmental preschool services: Early intervention services, special
				education, and related services provided for infants, toddlers, and preschool
				children with developmental disabilities.
(f) Division: The Developmental Disabilities
				Division (DDD) within the Wyoming Department of Health.
(g) Early intervention services: Services
				that are designed to meet the developmental needs of an infant, toddler, or
				preschooler with a developmental disability in any one or more of the following
				areas: physical, cognitive, communication, social or emotional, or
				adaptive.
(h) Eligible children:
				Includes infants, toddlers, and preschool children who are currently receiving
				services and those who have been determined to be a child with a
				disability.
(i) Evaluation:
				Procedures used to determine whether a child has a disability and the nature
				and extent of the services that the child needs.
(j) Informed clinical opinion: A process used
				in evaluation and assessment in order to make a recommendation as to
				eligibility for services. Early intervention professionals use qualitative and
				quantitative information to assist in forming a determination regarding aspects
				of current developmental status and the potential need for early intervention
				services.
(k) Parent:
(i) A biological, adoptive, or foster parent
				of a child;
(ii) A guardian
				authorized to make educational and health decisions for the child, but not the
				State, if the child is a ward of the State;
(iii) An individual acting in the place of a
				biological or adoptive parent (including a grandparent or stepparent or other
				relative) with whom the child lives, or an individual who is legally
				responsible for the child's welfare; or