Excerpted from Legal Problem-Solving and Flourishing: A Handbook for Perinatal and Early Childhood System-Builders
In 2022, our Early Childhood Learning Community generated Legal Problem-Solving and Flourishing: A Handbook for Perinatal and Early Childhood System-Builders, available in English on MLPB’s website. This Handbook includes ten (10) tools that can enable integration of legal problem-solving as an element of family-centered care. Here, we share the ten tools in translated form. The four sets of translated materials are geared to some language communities based in Orange County, CA; the state of Rhode Island; and Boston, MA.’
How care teams and parent leaders can promote a child’s successful transition from early intervention to special education
In Rhode Island, infants and toddlers (0-3) who are at risk for a developmental delay may qualify for Early Intervention (EI) services. In-home EI Specialists develop and follow an Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) that is designed to address the unique social, behavioral, and skill-based needs of the child. At age three, all children enrolled in EI are reassessed to determine whether they qualify for services through an Individualized Education Program (IEP) or a 504 Plan when they go to school (PreK-12). Use this tool to help families problem-solve during this high-stakes transition!
How care teams and parent leaders can promote a child’s successful transition from early intervention to special education
In Rhode Island, infants and toddlers (0-3) who are at risk for a developmental delay may qualify for Early Intervention (EI) services. In-home EI Specialists develop and follow an Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) that is designed to address the unique social, behavioral, and skill-based needs of the child. At age three, all children enrolled in EI are reassessed to determine whether they qualify for services through an Individualized Education Program (IEP) or a 504 Plan when they go to school (PreK-12). Use this tool to help families problem-solve during this high-stakes transition!
How care teams and parent leaders can promote a child’s successful transition from early intervention to special education
In Massachusetts, infants and toddlers (0-3) who are at risk for a developmental delay may qualify for Early Intervention (EI) services. In-home EI Specialists develop and follow an Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) that is designed to address the unique social, behavioral, and skill-based needs of the child. At age three, all children enrolled in EI are reassessed to determine whether they qualify for services through an Individualized Education Program (IEP) or a 504 Plan when they go to school (PreK-12). Use this tool to help families problem-solve during this high-stakes transition!
An MLPB Interview Series with Early Childhood System-Builders
Compiled May 24, 2022 as part of the 18-month MLPB-convened Building Legal Problem-Solving Capacity in the Early Childhood Sector planning process. Thank you to our planning process partner communities for contributing to this interview series (see below) and to The JPB Foundation for making the planning process possible.
