Protection & Safety and Early Development Network

1. Protection & Safetyand Early Development Network

2. Implementation Stakeholders • Early Development Network • Protection and Safety Systems staff • Planning Region Teams • Early Childhood Interagency Coordinating Council • School Districts • Parents

3. Implementation Activities • Collaborative Video Conference • NDE/HHSS State Collaboration Meetings • Two Meetings held with Stakeholders • CAPTA Regional Meetings with Schools • Statewide CAPTA Implementation Collaborative Meeting with Corey Robinson and Steve Rosenberg • Children, Families and the Law • Training from the Early Childhood Training Center • Protection & Safety, Early Development Network and Rule 51 Regulation changes • Periodic articles in “What’s Up”

4. What you will need PS-90 Referral Form Flowchart Roles & Responsibilities PRT Discussion

5. Family Centered services to protect children from abuse and neglect Improve conditions in families that place children at risk Family Centered services to support a child with a disability and their family Philosophical Base

6. Initial Assessment PS-90 Child is made a State Ward, must send notification to school Additional Referrals Services Coordinator contacts the family Home Visit Surrogate Parent Verification PS-90 PS - 90 Referral Referral is mandated EDN is voluntary

7. Ongoing Case; reviewed every 6 months IFSP every 6 months IFSP annually Evaluation/Review

8. Case plan and goals have been met Transition No longer verified for Part C Case Closure

9. Protocol for Referral Protection & Safety worker has contact with family PS worker makes determination of substantiated abuse or neglect in family of an infant or toddler PS worker suspects infant or toddler in the family has a developmental delay Referral is mandated

10. If child is made a state ward, PS worker sends the state ward notification letter to school School determines the need for a surrogate

11. Referral within 2 working days, the PS worker completes the PS-90 (referral form) and forwards it to EDN Services Coordination Agency and the IFSP timeline begins EDN Services Coordinator is assigned and coordination begins 7 calendar days 45 days begin

12. Initial Contact with family SC arranges a personal contact within seven calendar days days of the initial contact or acknowledgement by the family, unless the family requests a delay

13. Family declines to meet with the SC SC completes the PS-90 action taken and returns it to the PS worker Family declines to participate in EDN Family Agrees to continue in EDN.

14. Multi-Disciplinary (MDT) Evaluation Referrals to non-educational services Verified Not Verified Formal Exit

15. Networking • Cross training between Protection and Safety Workers, Early Development Network, and School Districts needs to be an ongoing process. • Clarification of roles • Avoiding Role drift • Strengthen communication • Family

16. Continued Support • PRT facilitates networking • Foster Family involvement • Use of video conferencing • Use of the PRT Support Grants

17. Future Projects • Development of Task Force to address Gaps and Barriers • EDN meets locally with Protection and Safety • CAPTA information on the EDN Web-Site • EDN participation in Protection and Safety new worker training • Collaborative Child Find Efforts