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Arizona Early Intervention Program -Assessment Part II-. Purpose of Assessment. Child and Family Assessment. Child and Family Assessment. Preparing for Initial Assessment. Initial Assessment Process. Conducting the Initial Assessment. The Team members involved with assessment:
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Conducting the Initial Assessment The Team members involved with assessment: • Meet with the family and review the purpose of assessment • Obtain consent for the Child and Family Assessment • Ask the family if they had time to look at or complete the guide • Offer a copy of the Guide if the family does not have one to guide the discussion • Document discussion with the family on the Child and Family Assessment Pages of the IFSP
Child Indicators The information gathered during the evaluation and Child and Family Assessment is used to complete the Child Entry Indicator Summary • Explain the purpose of completing the Child Entry Indicators • Ensure that you have a Decision Making Tree and Definitions of the Ratings • Complete Child Indicators Entry Form with the family
Initial Assessment Process • Summarize the assessment visit: • Review the information gathered during the assessment to support the development of the IFSP • Priorities identified may become outcomes • Natural Resources are considered when developing steps and services necessary to meet the outcomes
Annual Assessment Planning • Prior ( 1-2 weeks) to the annual assessment meeting, the Team Lead or Service Coordinator will: • Provide and explain the Child and Family Assessment Guide for Families • Ask the family which family members they would like to participate
Annual Assessment The Child and Family Assessment: • Must include the service coordinator and at least one IFSP team member • May be conducted as a separate visit or prior to the beginning of the Annual IFSP Meeting • Must include Consent for Child Assessment • Unless clearly not feasible, must be provided in the language normally used by the parents; for the purposes of the child assessment, the language normally used by the child, if determined developmentally appropriate
Annual Assessment Process Team members • Review the purpose of assessment and explain the process. • Ask family if they had time to look at or complete the Child and Family Assessment Guide and wish to use it in the discussion • Offer a copy of the Guide if the family doesn’t have it (not to complete but to reference during the discussion) • Document the discussion on the Child and Family Assessment Pages of the IFSP
IFSP • If held as a separate meeting, the annual IFSP can be scheduled with the family at the conclusion of the annual assessment • If combined, the team continues the discussion and completes the annual IFSP • All team members required for each meeting should arrive together and not leave until the end of the meeting, unless there is a break between the two.
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