20 CAR § 1002-506 – IFSP biannual reviews

(a) A biannual IFSP must be held within six (6) months after the initial IFSP meeting and any annual IFSP review.
(b) The parent may request an IFSP review prior to the biannual review, if needed to address changing interests, concerns, priorities, needs, etc.
(c) The biannual IFSP review must meet the same requirements as an IFSP meeting.
(d) The biannual review will use both formal and informal methods of assessing child progress and must also include an interview and, or, or both voluntary family assessment of the family’s changing needs, strengths, interests, goals, priorities, and concerns.
(e) The IFSP must be updated to reflect child progress and changing family strengths, needs, and priorities.
(f) When new goals and objectives are added to the IFSP or existing IFSP goals modified to meet the child’s progress and needs, the IFSP Team will review the goals and objectives to redetermine the service or services needed to reach the updated plan goals and objectives.
(g) At the biannual review, the IFSP team will assess parent and, or, or both caregiver progress in implementing intervention strategies that promote their child’s learning and development within typical child and family activities to determine if the existing service frequency and intensity is still the level of provider training, consulting, and coaching needed to support them in helping their child learn and develop.
(h) At the biannual review, the parent must be provided choice of local provider program for each IFSP service and, or, or both evaluation.