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Participants: Susan Kinne (PI), Tari Topolski
The Department of Social and Health Services is the State Lead Agency
for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part C program
in Washington State. The Infant Toddler Early Intervention Program (ITEIP)
provides linkages and enhancement of existing early intervention services
to ensure a statewide system of comprehensive, multi-disciplinary,
coordinated services to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their
families. The objectives of this study are to determine (1) if the
children enrolled in public early intervention services and not receiving
ITEIP services or receiving ITEIP services without an approved service
plan are eligible for Part C services; and (2) whether parents were
offered Part C services and declined, or if they have no awareness of Part
C services; and (3) whether barriers to Part C exist. The CDPR
investigators developed a parent questionnaire to examine diagnosis of
child; knowledge of Part C (IDEA) services; barriers to access of Part C
(IDEA) services; and eligibility of child for Part C IDEA services.
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