IFSP Signature Form

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Purpose

The IDEA safeguards for parental consent are summarized below and are the purpose of PIC’s IFSP Meeting Signature form.

§ 303.342 Procedures for IFSP development, review, and evaluation.

  1. Meeting to develop initial IFSP—timelines. For a child referred to the part C program and determined to be eligible under this part as an infant or toddler with a disability, a meeting to develop the initial IFSP must be conducted within the 45-day time period described in § 303.310.
  2. Periodic review.
    1. A review of the IFSP for a child and the child's family must be conducted every six months, or more frequently if conditions warrant, or if the family requests such a review. The purpose of the periodic review is to determine—
      1. The degree to which progress toward achieving the results or outcomes identified in the IFSP is being made; and
      2. Whether modification or revision of the results, outcomes, or early intervention services identified in the IFSP is necessary.
    2. The review may be carried out by a meeting or by another means that is acceptable to the parents and other participants.
  3. Annual meeting to evaluate the IFSP. A meeting must be conducted on at least an annual basis to evaluate and revise, as appropriate, the IFSP for a child and the child's family. The results of any current evaluations and other information available from the assessments of the child and family conducted under § 303.321 must be used in determining the early intervention services that are needed and will be provided.
  4. Accessibility and convenience of meetings.
    1. IFSP meetings must be conducted—
      1. In settings and at times that are convenient for the family; and
      2. In the native language of the family or other mode of communication used by the family, unless it is clearly not feasible to do so.
    2. Meeting arrangements must be made with, and written notice provided to, the family and other participants early enough before the meeting date to ensure that they will be able to attend.
  5. Parental consent. The contents of the IFSP must be fully explained to the parents and informed written consent, as described in § 303.7, must be obtained, as required in § 303.420(a)(3), prior to the provision of early intervention services described in the IFSP. Each early intervention service must be provided as soon as possible after the parent provides consent for that service, as required in § 303.344(f)(1).

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1435(a)(4), 1436)

Practice

Practice: IFSP Meeting Signature Form

  • For every IFSP meeting, staff must complete an IFSP Meeting Signature form, documenting the meeting date, meeting type, and the members of the IFSP team.
  • For Initial and Annual IFSP meetings, the IFSP team must include the secondary provider who participated in the child’s eligibility determination.
  • For meetings where more than one type of IFSP action occurs (“dual action” meetings), the meeting type of highest priority is recorded:
    • Priority order (highest to lowest): Initial > Annual > Transition > Revision/6-Month Review.
    • For example:
      • Initial IFSP + Transition Conference = record as Initial
      • Annual IFSP + Transition Conference = record as Annual
      • Revision IFSP + Transition Conference = record as Transition
      • 6-Month Review IFSP + Transition Conference = record as Transition
  • For Transition-related meetings, use the "Transition" type for both Transition Plan and Transition Conference IFSPs; note that “Transition” is required for Transition Conference IFSPs.

 

Procedure

 

  1. The Primary Service Provider completes the IFSP Meeting Signature Form within the appropriate packet, located in the admin tab of RainTree (RT). Ensure the date, meeting type, and attending IFSP team members are accurately entered.
  2. At the IFSP meeting, review the completed form with the family and seek to ensure understanding.
  3. Document the family's verbal consent by making a note in the communication log.