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Transition to Special Education Services While Already Enrolled in a Community Preschool Program

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While a child is attending a Head Start program, child care, or preschool program, a service provider may have concerns about his or her development or the child may not pass a developmental screening or assessment required by the program. At this time, the provider contacts the early intervention or ECSE provider in their community and shares his or her concerns. A representative from the special service program evaluates the child to determine if he/she is eligible for services. If the child qualifies for special services, the team, which is composed of representatives of the community program, the ECSE intervention staff and the family, meets to determine if the child will continue services in the current placement while receiving special services. The steps in this transition include the determination of eligibility, an IEP or Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) development meeting, the discussion of available services at the setting where child is currently enrolled, the development of a transition plan, and the discussion of issues to be addressed within in the context of the current placement including curricular adaptations or modifications.
 
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