Section 1432 (4)
(4) Early intervention services
- (A) are provided under public supervision;
- (B) are provided at no cost except where Federal or State law provides for a system of payments by families, including a schedule of sliding fees;
- (C) are designed to meet the developmental needs of an infant or toddler with a disability, as identified by the individualized family service plan team, in any 1 or more of the following areas:
- (i) physical development;
- (ii) cognitive development;
- (iii) communication development;
- (iv) social or emotional development; or
- (v) adaptive development;
- (D) meet the standards of the State in which the services are provided, including the requirements of this subchapter;
- (E) include—
- (i) family training, counseling, and home visits;
- (ii) special instruction;
- (iii) speech-language pathology and audiology services, and sign language and cued language services;
- (iv) occupational therapy;
- (v) physical therapy;
- (vi) psychological services;
- (vii) service coordination services;
- (viii) medical services only for diagnostic or evaluation purposes;
- (ix) early identification, screening, and assessment services;
- (x) health services necessary to enable the infant or toddler to benefit from the other early intervention services;
- (xi) social work services;
- (xii) vision services;
- (xiii) assistive technology devices and assistive technology services; and
- (xiv) transportation and related costs that are necessary to enable an infant or toddler and the infant’s or toddler’s family to receive another service described in this paragraph;
- (F) are provided by qualified personnel, including—
- (i) special educators;
- (ii) speech-language pathologists and audiologists;
- (iii) occupational therapists;
- (iv) physical therapists;
- (v) psychologists;
- (vi) social workers;
- (vii) nurses;
- (viii) registered dietitians;
- (ix) family therapists;
- (x) vision specialists, including ophthalmologists and optometrists;
- (xi) orientation and mobility specialists; and
- (xii) pediatricians and other physicians;
- (G) to the maximum extent appropriate, are provided in natural environments, including the home, and community settings in which children without disabilities participate; and
- (H) are provided in conformity with an individualized family service plan adopted in accordance with section 1436 of this title.
Severe Discrepancy
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