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Overview of Inside HELP
Important Reminders
IDEA, Part C and HELP - a comparison
Introduction to HELP
Instructions for Using HELP (from Inside HELP)
Frequently Asked Questions - FAQs
Services to eligible infants and toddlers age, birth through two years
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Developmental skills and behaviors for birth through three years
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Multidisciplinary provision of services
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Assessment and planning information suitable for all disciplines involved in early intervention
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Evaluation and statement of functioning in the following areas:
- Cognitive
- Physical
- Communication
- Social or Emotional
- Adaptive
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More than 650 developmental skills/ behaviors with definitions and credit criteria
in the following areas (HELP Domains):
- Cognitive [1.0]
- Physical via Gross Motor [3.0], Fine Motor [4.0], Sensory Organization [0.0]
- Communication via Language [2.0]
- Social-Emotional [5.0]
- Adaptive via Self-Help [6.0]
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Informed clinical opinion
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Objective clinical observational data (including atypical development) across multiple lines of development to help form and substantiate informed clinical opinion
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Nondiscriminatory Procedures
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Nondiscriminatory Procedures
- family interview questions designed to reflect family beliefs and values as they relate to assessment content, process and child development;
- notes to include culturally sensitive assessment materials
- assessment adaptations for various disabilities
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A family-directed assessment of the resources, priorities, and concerns of the family and the identification of the supports and services necessary to enhance the family's capacity to meet the developmental needs of their infant or toddler
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Sample family friendly interview questions which facilitate a family-directed assessment of each family's resources, priorities and concerns as they relate to the developmental needs of their infant or toddler
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A written Individualized Family Service Plan (developed by a multidisciplinary team, including the parent or guardian), containing:
- a statement of the child's present levels of functioning in the above areas, based upon professionally acceptable objective criteria.
- a statement of the family's resources, priorities and concerns relating to enhancing the development of the family's infant or toddler with a disability.
- a statement of the major outcomes expected to be achieved for the infant or toddler and the family.
- a statement of specific early intervention services necessary to meet the unique needs of the infant or toddler and the family.
- a statement of the natural environments in which early intervention services shall appropriately be provided.
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A comprehensive multidisciplinary framework for developing a written Individualized Family Service Plan via:
- developmental levels and objective descriptions (including atypical development) with criteria for each developmental skill/ behavior in the above areas to help professionals develop statements of present levels of functioning.
- sample family-centered interview questions and meaningful family-friendly developmental information to help families provide their own descriptions of their primary resources, priorities and concerns related to enhancing the development of their child.
- examples of child and family outcome statements for each developmental area which are meaningful and functional to families and children.
- direct child assessment, transactional assessments (environmental and caregiver interactions) and interpretive information for each developmental area to help pinpoint appropriate specific services necessary to meet unique family and child needs.
- naturalistic materials and observational opportunities for assessing each skill which can be translated into service provision. HELP curriculum materials provide meaning functional activities which can be implemented at home, daycare, and other community settings.
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