DHS 90.09(1)(a)2. 2. Following the assessment under subd. 1., the EI team shall prepare a report. This report need not be a separate document but may be made part of the EI team’s report under s. DHS 90.08 (7) (h) or the IFSP under s. DHS 90.10. The report shall include:

DHS 90.09(1)(a)2.a. a. A summary of the assessment, including the child’s strengths and needs; and

DHS 90.09(1)(a)2.b. b. A list of potential services needed.

DHS 90.09(1)(a)3. 3. The service coordinator shall provide the child’s parent with a copy of the assessment report.

DHS 90.09(1)(b) (b) Ongoing assessment. Ongoing assessments shall be carried on as needed by either the EI team or the IFSP team. All ongoing assessments shall meet the requirements in par. (a).

DHS 90.09(1)(c) (c) Discussion with nonparticipating parent. If the parent chooses not to take part in the assessment or development of the report, the service coordinator shall meet with the parent upon completion of the assessment to discuss the findings and recommendations. The service coordinator shall document in the child’s early intervention record why the parent was not involved and the steps taken to share the findings and recommendations of the assessment report with the parents.

DHS 90.09(2) (2) Family-directed assessment.

DHS 90.09(2)(a) (a) Any assessment of the child’s family shall be with the family’s permission. The assessment shall be directed by the family and shall focus on the family’s strengths, resources, concerns and priorities related to enhancing development of the child.

DHS 90.09(2)(b) (b) An assessment of the family shall:

DHS 90.09(2)(b)1. 1. Be completed by the family alone with a choice of assessment tools offered to the family, or be completed by the family in collaboration with other personnel trained to make use of appropriate formal or informal methods and procedures;

DHS 90.09(2)(b)2. 2. Be based on information provided by family members through personal interviews; and

DHS 90.09(2)(b)3. 3. Incorporate the family members’ description of the family’s strengths, resources, concerns and priorities as these are related to enhancing the child’s development.

DHS 90.09 History History: Cr. Register, June, 1992, No. 438, eff. 7-1-92; am. (2) (a), Register, June, 1993, No. 450, eff. 7-1-93; am. (1) (a), 2., Register, April, 1997, No. 496, eff. 7-1-97.

DHS 90.10 DHS 90.10 Development of service plan.

DHS 90.10(1) (1) Time limit. Except as provided in sub. (2) (a), within 45 days after receiving a referral for initial evaluation of a child, the county administrative agency shall complete the evaluation under s. DHS 90.08 and the assessment under s. DHS 90.09 and the service coordinator shall convene a meeting to develop the initial IFSP.

DHS 90.10(2) (2) Interim ifsp.

DHS 90.10(2)(a) (a) Delay in completing evaluation and assessment. If exceptional circumstances directly affecting the child or the child’s family, such as illness of the child or a parent or the parent’s refusal to consent to a procedure, make it impossible to complete the evaluation and assessment within 45 days, the county administrative agency shall:

DHS 90.10(2)(a)1. 1. Document the exceptional circumstances in the child’s early intervention record;

DHS 90.10(2)(a)2. 2. Ensure that the service coordinator, the parent, at least one of the qualified personnel directly involved in the child’s evaluation and assessment and, as appropriate, persons who will be providing services for the child and family develop and implement an interim IFSP which includes the service coordinator’s name, the early intervention services that are needed immediately and the circumstances and reasons for development of the interim IFSP;

DHS 90.10(2)(a)3. 3. Obtain the parent’s written consent to the services, and to a revised deadline for completion of the evaluation and assessment; and

DHS 90.10(2)(a)4. 4. Complete the evaluation within the extended period agreed upon by the family and EI team.

DHS 90.10(2)(b) (b) Provision of services before completing evaluation and assessment. Provision of early intervention services to a child and the child’s family may be started before the evaluation and assessment are completed if there is a clear and obvious need that can be addressed without waiting for completion of the formal evaluation and assessment and if the following conditions are met:

DHS 90.10(2)(b)1. 1. The parent gives written consent for the services;

DHS 90.10(2)(b)2. 2. An interim IFSP is developed and implemented by the service coordinator, parent, at least one of the qualified personnel directly involved in the child’s evaluation and assessment and, as appropriate, persons who will be providing services for the child and family, which includes the service coordinator’s name, the early intervention services that are needed immediately and the circumstances and reasons for development of the interim IFSP; and

DHS 90.10(2)(b)3. 3. The evaluation and assessment are completed within the time period prescribed in sub. (1).

DHS 90.10(3) (3) IFSP team. The IFSP team shall consist of the parent, other family members requested by the parent, the service coordinator, an advocate if requested by the parent, at least one of the qualified personnel who took part in the evaluation and assessment of the child, at least one professional who has expertise in assessment of both typical and atypical development and expertise in child development and program planning, and appropriate service providers. If a professional who took part in the evaluation and assessment cannot be present at a meeting to develop the IFSP, the service coordinator shall ensure that the professional is involved through some other means.

DHS 90.10(4) (4) Meeting to develop ifsp. The IFSP shall be developed on the basis of the evaluation and assessment by the IFSP team and with attention to the concerns and priorities of the parent. All meetings shall be conducted in settings and at times that are convenient to families, and the service coordinator shall ensure that written notice of a meeting is provided to all participants early enough before the meeting date so that they will be able to attend. If the parent wishes to attend but cannot attend at the scheduled time, the meeting shall be rescheduled.

DHS 90.10(5) (5) Content. The IFSP may have several different sections that are completed at various times throughout the process. All sections of the IFSP shall be maintained in one file or binder. The parents shall be given a copy, the contents of which shall be fully explained to the parents and kept current. The IFSP shall contain:

DHS 90.10(5)(a) (a) Information about the child’s developmental status, including statements concerning the child’s present levels of cognitive development, physical development, to include vision, hearing and health status, communication development, social and emotional development and adaptive development such as self-help skills, based on professionally acceptable objective criteria. This information shall be assembled from the initial evaluation and assessment reports and the results of any ongoing assessments.