You are the expert on your child, and the planning meeting works best when you actively participate in it. Use this checklist during your IFSP meeting, the meeting where your child's early intervention plan (the Individualized Family Service Plan) is written for birth to age three. It reminds you that you can bring support, helps you share what your child enjoys and how they communicate, and gives you sample questions for shaping goals that fit real daily routines. It also helps you confirm services happen in natural, everyday settings and check the written plan before you sign.
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A checklist programs use at each review, or at least quarterly, to track a Deaf or hard of hearing child's language progress, hearing technology, services, and family engagement between enrollment and exit.
A self-check administrators use to review the staffing, funding, policies, and data systems that keep early intervention services consistent and high quality.
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