The intervention plan is built to provide individual services to meet the child’s needs and to assist the families. The Individuals with Disabilities Educational Act (IDEA) provides services for the children and the family. The services provided can be through an Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) for newborns to age two. In the IFSP, the family and the services provider work as a team to implement and evaluate services that the child needs. The services are provided in a natural environment such as the home or a child care center. The goal and objective is for the child to attain developmental (motor, cognitive, communication, socio emotional and adaptive) progress. The progress of goals is reviewed every 6 months.
For older children ages 3 to 21 IDEA has in place an Individual Educational Plan (IEP). Here the child will have special services within the context of the school system, giving possibilities for this child to be educated as the non disabled peers. The child’s information about present level of academic achievement and functional performance is essential to identify how the disability affects the child’s participation in age appropriate activities. The goal and objective is to prepare the child to learn with the non disabled children in the school system. The progress of goals is reviewed periodically at least once a year.
The intervention plans and the collecting of progress goals help us to see how the children’s needs change during a period of time and to provide adequate services for them.
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