Title: Section 69-4.10 - Service model options

69-4.10 Service model options.

(a) The Department of Health, state early intervention service agencies, and early intervention officials shall make reasonable efforts to ensure the full range of early intervention service options are available to eligible children and their families.

(1) The following models of early intervention service delivery shall be available:

(i) Home and community based individual/collateral visits: the provision by appropriate qualified personnel of early intervention services to the child and/or parent or other designated caregiver at the child's home or any other natural environment in which children under three years of age are typically found (including day care centers and family day care homes).

(ii) Facility-based individual/collateral visits: the provision by appropriate qualified personnel of early intervention services to the child and/or parent or other designated caregiver at an approved early intervention provider's site.

(iii) Parent-child groups: a group composed of parents or caregivers, children, and a minimum of one appropriate qualified provider of early intervention services at an early intervention provider's site or a community- based site (e.g., day care center, family day care, or other community settings).  The site of the service must be listed on the IFSP with the name of the provider and contact information.   

(iv) Group early intervention services: the provision of early intervention services by appropriate qualified personnel to a group of eligible children at an approved early intervention provider's site or in a community-based site. Such provider’s site or community-based site must be identified in the provider’s initial or amended application and documented in the provider’s current Department approval.

(v) Family/caregiver support group: the provision of early intervention services to a group of parents, caregivers (foster parents, day care staff, etc.) and/or siblings of eligible children for the purposes of:

(a) enhancing their capacity to care for and/or enhance the development of the eligible child;

(b) providing support, education, and guidance to such individuals relative to the child's unique developmental needs.