NORTH LOS ANGELES COUNTY REGIONAL CENTER Parents Rights and Responsibilities in the Early Start Program Initial and Annual Notice
8. Consent to the transmission of information about your child to the local education agency during transition to services under Part B of IDEA. A DMINISTRATIVE P ROCEEDINGS Parents may file written complaints regarding evaluation, assessment, placement, or service provision issues described above. Any parents involved in an administrative resolution of a complaint have the right to:
P ARENTS R IGHTS AND R ESPONSIBILITIES ( CONTINUED )
E ARLY S TART C OMPLAINTS
If a Regional Center, local education agency or private service provider violates a federal or state law or regulation governing the provision of early intervention services, you have the right to file a complaint directly to the Department of Developmental Services at the following address: D EPARTMENT OF D EVELOPMENTAL S ERVICES Office of Human Rights Attention: Early Start Complaint Unit 1600 9 th Street, Room 240, MS2-15 Sacramento, California 95814
I NDIVIDUALIZED F AMILY S ERVICE P LAN (IFSP)
If your child is determined to be eligible for early intervention, a meeting to develop your IFSP must take place within 45 days of your referral to a Regional Center or a local education agency. You have the following rights in developing and implementing the IFSP.
The right to:
1. Attend the meeting and participate in determining eligibility and developing the IFSP. 2. Request the attendance of other family members. 3. Request the attendance and participation of an advocate at the IFSP meeting. 4. Have the contents of the IFSP fully explained in your native language. 5. Give specific consent to each service listed on the IFSP. If you do not give consent to a service, it will not be provided. You may withdraw consent after initially receiving a service. 6. Provide concurrence to an assessment of your resources, priorities, and concerns regarding enhancing the development of your child . 7. Be notified in your native language and in advance, before an agency or service provider proposes or refuses to initiate or change the identification, evaluation, assessment, or educational placement of your child, or the provision of appropriate early intervention services to your child or your family .
1. Be accompanied and advised by counsel and by
The complaint should be in writing and include the following information:
individuals with special training with respect to
early intervention services for children under age three. 2. Present evidence and confront, cross-examine, and compel the attendance of witnesses. 3. Prohibit the introduction of any evidence at the proceeding that has not been disclosed to you at least five days before the proceeding begins. 4. Obtain a written or
Name, address, and phone number of the complaint A statement that a Regional Center, local education agency or service provider has violated a federal or state law governing the provision of early intervention services A statement of facts upon which the allegation is based The allegedly responsible party A description of the voluntary steps taken at a local level to resolve the complaint, if any
electronic verbatim transcription of the proceeding.
5. Obtain written findings of facts and decisions within 30 days from the date the complaint is filed. 6. Have all personally identifiable information maintained in a confidential manner. 7. Require that the proceeding is carried out at a time and in a location which is reasonably convenient for you. 8. Bring civil action upon the other party in the complaint following completion of the proceedings.
NORTH LOS ANGELES COUNTY REGIONAL CENTER 9200 Oakdale Avenue, Suite 100 Chatsworth, CA 91331 (818) 778-1900
43210 Gingham Avenue, Suite 6 Lancaster, CA 93535 (661) 945-6761
25360 Magic Mountain Parkway #150 Santa Clarita, CA 91355 (661) 775-8450
www.nlacrc.org
NLACRC – Early Start (Revised 05/2017)
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