It is the purpose of AS 47.20.060 – 47.20.290 to (1) subject to the availability of funding, provide quality learning and related early intervention family support services to eligible children under the age of three who have developmental delays or disabilities and, on a discretionary basis, to those children under the age of three who […]
(a) The department, with the assistance of the Governor’s Council on Disabilities and Special Education, shall establish a coordinated, comprehensive, statewide system of multidisciplinary interagency programs that provide appropriate early intervention services to eligible persons under AS 47.20.060 – 47.20.290. (b) The department is the lead agency for purposes of federal law with respect to […]
The department may award grants for covered services to children and their families who are eligible under AS 47.20.060 – 47.20.290.
(a) A child and the child’s family are eligible for core early intervention services and additional early intervention services under AS 47.20.060 – 47.20.290 if the child is under the age of three and (1) experiencing developmental delay or disability; or (2) at risk of experiencing developmental delay or disability if early intervention services are […]
(a) The department shall establish a comprehensive system for finding children and their families who are eligible for services under AS 47.20.060 – 47.20.290. This child find system must (1) include a public awareness program focusing on early identification of developmentally delayed and disabled children under three years of age; (2) provide for participation by […]
The individualized family service plan developed under AS 47.20.090(b)(2) shall be based on the evaluation conducted under AS 47.20.090(b)(1) and must include, subject to AS 47.20.080(b), (1) provisions for case management services to implement the plan, including the name of the case manager from the profession most immediately relevant to the child’s or family’s needs […]
(a) The department shall adopt regulations necessary to implement AS 47.20.060 – 47.20.290, including regulations (1) for personnel development, including preservice and in-service training programs for providers of early intervention services; (2) to govern resolution of intra-agency and interagency disputes about the provision of services under AS 47.20.060 – 47.20.290 and the financial responsibility of […]
In AS 47.20.060 – 47.20.290, (1) “additional early intervention services” means (A) family training and counseling; (B) speech pathology and audiology; (C) occupational therapy; (D) physical therapy; (E) psychological services; (F) medical services only for diagnostic or evaluation purposes; and (G) health services for the child that are necessary to enable the child to benefit […]
