Policy Manual Table of Contents Chapter 3: Early Intervention Services 3-1 Overview Topic Number Services 3-2 Qualified Personnel 3-3 Service Coordination 3-4 Natural Environments 3-5 3-2 Services Availability of Early Intervention Services Connecticut policy ensures that appropriate early intervention services are based on scientifically based research, to the extent practical, and are available to all infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families, including: Indian infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families residing on a reservation geographically located in the State; and Infants and toddlers with disabilities who are homeless and their families. Early Intervention Services Early intervention services mean developmental services that: Are provided under public supervision; Are selected in collaboration with the parents; Are provided at no cost, except, subject to these policies and procedures, where Federal or State law provides for a system of payments by families, including a schedule of sliding fees; 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: Physical development; Cognitive development; Communication development; Social or emotional development; or Adaptive development;
Policy Manual Table of Contents Chapter 3: Early Intervention Services 3-1 Overview Topic Number Services 3-2 Qualified Personnel 3-3 Service Coordination 3-4 Natural Environments 3-5 3-2 Services Availability of Early Intervention Services Connecticut policy ensures that appropriate early intervention services are based on scientifically based research, to the extent practical, and are available to all infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families, including: Indian infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families residing on a reservation geographically located in the State; and Infants and toddlers with disabilities who are homeless and their families. Early Intervention Services Early intervention services mean developmental services that: Are provided under public supervision; Are selected in collaboration with the parents; Are provided at no cost, except, subject to these policies and procedures, where Federal or State law provides for a system of payments by families, including a schedule of sliding fees; 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: Physical development; Cognitive development; Communication development; Social or emotional development; or Adaptive development;
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