A presentation about Individualized Family Service Plan

1. Contents
Concept of IFSP
Implementation Mechanism of IFSP
Services Included in IFSP
Relation Between IFSP and IEP
Difference between IFSP and IEP
Challenges while Implementing IFSP
References

2. An Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) is:
1. Both a process and a document
2. A plan of services and supports
3. A help for families and children in their natural daily
environments
It is created for eligible kids from birth to age 3 who need extra help
with physical, communication, self-help, cognitive, or social-
emotional skills.
An IFSP is developed by a group of professionals including the child's
family who outlines the early intervention services that will best help
reach desirable outcomes
IFSP

3. What is included in the IFSP?
Your child’s present levels of functioning and need in
the areas of his or her physical, cognitive,
communication, social/emotional, and adaptive
development.
Family information (with your agreement), including
the resources, priorities, and your concerns, as
parents, and other family members closely involved
with the child.
The major results or outcomes expected to be achieved
for your child and family.

4. What is included in the IFSP?
The specific early intervention services your child will be
receiving.
Where in the natural environment (e.g., home, community) the
services will be provided (if the services will not be provided in
the natural environment, the IFSP must include a statement
justifying why not.
When and where your son or daughter will receive services.
The number of days or sessions he or she will receive each
service and how long each session will last.
Who will pay for the services?
The name of the service coordinator overseeing the
implementation of the IFSP.
The steps to be taken to support your child’s transition out of
early intervention and into another program when the time
comes.

5. Services Included in IFSP
IFSP services are designed to meet the developmental needs of an infant or
toddler with a disability and the needs of the family to assist appropriately
in the infant's or toddler's development.
Physical therapy:
Provides individual and group services or treatment to prevent, alleviate,
or compensate for, movement dysfunction and related functional problems.
Speech-language pathology services:
include identification of children with communication or language
disorders and delays in development of communication skills.
Assistive technology service:
It means any service that directly assists an infant or toddler with a
disability in the selection, acquisition, or use of an assistive technology
device.

6. Audiology services:
It includes identification of children with auditory
impairments, Determination of the range, nature, and
degree of hearing loss and help according to their needs.
Nutrition services:
Conducting individual assessments,
developing and monitoring appropriate plans to address
the nutritional needs of children eligible under this part.
Psychological services:
Include information about child behavior and child and
family conditions related to learning, mental health, and
development.

8. Implementing an Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) involves
collaborating with families to create a customised for early
intervention services tailored to a child developmental needs.
Key steps include assessment, goal setting, intervention
planning, regular review to track process.
1.Assessment :
Conduct a comprehensive assessment to identity the child
developmental needs and family concerns.
2.Goal Setting :
Collaborate with the family to establish specific, measurable,
achievable goals for the child development.
Implementing IFSP

9. 3.Plan Development :
Create the IFSP documents, including child's current level of
functioning, family information, desire outcomes and services to
be provided.
4. Family Involvement :
Ensure active family involvement throughout the process as the
IFSP is a family - centered plan.
5. Service coordination :
Asign a service coordinator to facilitate communication and
coordination among professionals involved in the child services.
Implementing IFSP

10. 6.Service Delivery
Implement the services outlined in the IFSP,involving various
professional such as therapist, educator,medical
professionals.
7. Review and update :
Regularly review and update the IFSP to reflect the child's
progress and adjust goals or services as needed.
8. Transition Planning :
Plan for the transition of services as the child approaches
age three,including the transition to an Individualized
Education Programme if necessary.

11. Implementing IFSP
1.Child Find and Initial Referral
2.Services Coordination - Intake
3.Screening
(Screening the children who are at age 3)
4.Multidisciplinary Evaluation
initial evaluation must seek information to
determine the child’s level of functioning in each of
the following areas of development:
i.Adaptive
ii.Cognitive
iii.Communication
iv.Physical - including vision and hearing
v.Social/Emotional

12. Implementing IFSP
5.Child Assessment and Family Assessment
6.Periodic IFSP Review and Annual IFSP Meeting
IFSP must be implemented within 45 days after the
referral.(Ridgley et. all,2011)
Typically, the assessment is conducted through an interview with the
family and other individuals who have direct knowledge and
understanding of the child’s abilities within everyday activities and
routines.
A periodic review of the IFSP for a child and the child's family must be conducted
every six months or more frequently if conditions warrant or a family or
professionals request it
Annual IFSP meeting should be held once a year for developmental purpose.

13. Relation Between IFSP and IEP
The relationship between an IFSP and an IEP is
one of continuity and collaboration, with the
transition process serving as a bridge between
early intervention services and school-based
special education services.
Both plans are individualized and aim to
support the child's development and educational
progress while considering their unique needs
and family circumstances.
(Aytekin,2016; Knowels,2023; Awni,2022)

14. Criteria IFSP IEP
Target Population Children of age 0-3 years old
Persons of age 3-22
years old
Purpose
a written plan developed for
eligible children and their families
a legally binding document that
outlines the educational goals
and special education services
Focus Family Involvement Education
Services
Any physical, mental or
educational sevice in child’s
natural environment
any support necessary for the
child to access the curriculum
and make progress in school.
Review and Update atleastonceinsixmothsormore
frequentlyifneeded at least once a year
Difference between IFSP and IEP

15. Challenges while Implementing IFSP
According to ,IFSP Critique, Goodman & Hover,1992,
IFSP has it’s own limitations and is no exception to
criticism, such as-
Is the IFSP a Voluntary Document?
Do Parents Want to Be Partners?
Professional- Parent Relationships
Family as Author and Object
Recasting the IFSP
Even with these limitations of IFSP, the main aim is to support
the child's development and educational progress while
considering their unique needs and family circumstances

16. Example of a Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) Form

17. References
#https://thewarrencenter.org/what-is-an-ifsp/
#https://ldaamerica.org/info/what-is-an-individualized-family-
service-plan/
#https://www.pacer.org/ec/early-intervention/ifsp.asp
#https://www.understood.org/en/articles/ifsp-what-it-is-and-how-it-
works
The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 34, Section
303.https://ifspweb.org/module1/sc-intake.php
The individual family service plan_ Unresolved problems -- Joan F.
Goodman; Sarah A. Hover -- Psychology in the Schools, #2, 29, pages
140-151, 1992
FROM SPECTATOR TO STAKEHOLDER: THE INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION
PROGRAM PROCESS AS A TOOL TO CREATE FAMILY-SCHOOL
PARTNERSHIPS FOR STUDENT SUCCESS A Dissertation By HIAM C. AWNI
ORCID,; Summer,2022
FAMILY CENTERED PLANNING AND THE EFFECTS ON INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION
PLAN OUTCOMES: THE IMPACT ON DIVERSE PRESCHOOL FAMILIES’
COMFORT AND CONFIDENCE, Kandra Knowles; Spring,2023
INDIVIDUALIZED FAMILY SERVICE PLAN AND ITS DIFFERENCES FROM
INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM. Cigdem Aytekin; June,2016

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