Training Guides for the Head Start Learning Community:
Individualizing: A Plan for Success
Appendix A
| Contents
| Preface
| Introduction
| Module 1
| Module 2
| Module 3
| Module 4 | |
The What? Why? and What's Next? of Individualizing*
| Step | What | Why? | What's Next? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1: Screening Developmental, Sensory, and Behavioral) | The process of examining each child's development (motor, language, social, cognitive, perceptual, and emotional), vision, hearing, and behavior | To learn about each child's skills, strengths, and needs and to ensure that health and/or developmental problems are detected and addressed as soon as possible | No suspected problems: 3: Planning for Individual Children Suspected problems: 2: Evaluation |
| 2: Evaluation (Health, Developmental, Sensory, and/or Behavioral) | A comprehensive evaluation of a child's status conducted by health professionals and/or specialists that leads to diagnosis and services/treatment to address conditions and problems | To follow up on observed, known, or suspected health and/or developmental problems so the child can receive needed treatment and services | 2A: Multidisciplinary Team Meeting |
| 2A: Multi-disciplinary Team Meeting | A meeting of families, Head Start staff, the disabilities services coordinator, early intervention program/LEA representatives, and consultants, during which the team discusses the results of an evaluation | To determine whether the evaluation results indicate a child meets Head Start and/or early intervention program/LEA eligibility requirements for special education services | Does not meet Head Start or
early intervention program/
LEA eligibility requirements: 3: Planning for Individual Children Meets Head Start and early intervention program/LEA eligibility requirements: 2B: Develop/implement IFSP/IEP Meets Head Start eligibility requirements: 3: Planning for Individual Children |
| 2B: Develop/ Implement IFSP/IEP | A statement of strengths and needs of a child who meets LEA eligibility requirements for special education services; the provided services address the child's needs and build on strengths | To give families and staff written documentation of the strategies to be employed to meet the needs of a child with a disability | 3: Planning for Individual Children |
| 3: Planning for Individual Children | Staff and families use screening and evaluation results to set goals for each child and develop strategies for encouraging each child's growth and development | To offer a child development and education approach that responds to each child's culture, family, home language, life experiences, skills, needs, strengths, abilities, interests, temperament, and learning style | 4: Ongoing Assessment |
| 4: Ongoing Assessment | Staff and families collect information to document the child's current skills, interests, needs, and strengths | To review a child's progress, set new goals, revise or design new individualized strategies to encourage development, and make appropriate referrals when needed | 2: Evaluation (when indicated) 3: Planning for Individual Children |
*The terms used on this handout may differ from those used by your program. If necessary, ask your trainer to clarify each step.
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