NORTH LOS ANGELES COUNTY REGIONAL CENTER Parents Rights and Responsibilities in the Early Start Program Initial and Annual Notice
5. Be fully informed of the results of evaluations and assessments. 6. Have access to records, including the right to examine and obtain copies of records relating to your child, and the right to request an amendment of records of any participating agency relation to your child . 7. Have an advocate assist you in dealing with the early intervention system, including Regional Center and local education agencies.
are selected and administered so as not to be discriminatory by race, sex, culture, or disabling condition. 3. Evaluation and assessment materials shall be appropriate for the specific purposes for which they are being used. 4. Evaluations and assessments are conducted by qualified personnel. 5. Evaluations or assessments administered to individuals with known visual, hearing, or communication impairments shall be selected to accurately reflect the individual’s aptitude or achievement level, whichever factor is the subject of measurement . 6. Evaluation and assessment materials shall be designed to assess the specific areas of development and/or educational needs and not be designed to provide solely intelligence quotient measurement. 7. Assessments and evaluations are administered in the five developmental areas, including, where appropriate, health and development, vision, hearing, motor abilities, language functions, and social and emotional status.
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A SSESSMENT Eligibility for the Early Start Program is determined by a review of pertinent records, information obtained from parental observation and report, and an evaluation administered by qualified personnel. If your child is determined to be eligible, you have the right to appropriate early intervention services. You have the right to provide information throughout the process and are encouraged to make decisions about your child’s early intervention services. Procedural safeguards make certain that children and their parents or guardians are provided their rights under the law.
8. Obtain independent assessments and evaluations.
As a parent or guardian, you have the right to:
9. Have personally identifiable information maintained in a confidential manner .
1. Be given the opportunity to begin the evaluation and initial assessment process. 2. Within 45 days after the referral of your child to a Regional Center or a local education agency, the evaluation and assessment
10. Request a due process hearing to challenge the
findings of any evaluations or assessments.
11. Attend a meeting to develop an IFSP within 45 days from referral. Evaluation means the procedures used by appropriate, qualified personnel to determine your child’s initial and continuing eligibility for early intervention services under the Early Start Program. These procedures require that: 1. Evaluation and assessment materials are administered in the native language of a child’s parent/family or other mode of communication, unless it is clearly not feasible to do so.
activities must be completed and an
Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) meeting must take place to develop the IFSP. 3. Review the procedures and tests used in the assessment and evaluation. 4. Provide written permission before any evaluations or assessments are administered and refuse any evaluations, assessments and early intervention services.
2. Evaluation and assessment procedures and materials
NLACRC – Early Start (Revised 05/2017)
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