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Who develops the IFSP?
Along with your service coordinator and other team members, you help decide which family
members, friends, teachers, therapists, physicians, and other professionals you want as team
members and which members will help write the IFSP. This is your opportunity to talk about what
you would like to achieve with your child now and in the future. You may request a blank copy of
the IFSP prior to the meeting. Ask your service coordinator or contact person.
You are an equal partner on the team. As the parent and the expert on your child, you need to let
other team members know the needs of your child and family. They will help you reach those
outcomes.
The initial IFSP should be developed within 45 days of your referral to the local Early Intervention
System. The IFSP focuses on the strengths, concerns, and priorities of your family, rather than
just your child alone. This focus ensures that your family will be given every opportunity to
participate in your child's evaluation and assessment and the development of the IFSP
outcomes. You are at the heart of the planning--not just in the identification of your own family
concerns, but in the development of the intervention plan that will become a real working plan for
your family. You may request changes in the IFSP at anytime by getting in touch with your service
coordinator.
Along with your service coordinator and other team members, you help decide which family
members, friends, teachers, therapists, physicians, and other professionals you want as team
members and which members will help write the IFSP. This is your opportunity to talk about what
you would like to achieve with your child now and in the future. You may request a blank copy of
the IFSP prior to the meeting. Ask your service coordinator or contact person.
You are an equal partner on the team. As the parent and the expert on your child, you need to let
other team members know the needs of your child and family. They will help you reach those
outcomes.
The initial IFSP should be developed within 45 days of your referral to the local Early Intervention
System. The IFSP focuses on the strengths, concerns, and priorities of your family, rather than
just your child alone. This focus ensures that your family will be given every opportunity to
participate in your child's evaluation and assessment and the development of the IFSP
outcomes. You are at the heart of the planning--not just in the identification of your own family
concerns, but in the development of the intervention plan that will become a real working plan for
your family. You may request changes in the IFSP at anytime by getting in touch with your service
coordinator.