Consumer Based Early Intervention Services

Abstract

This research study investigated consumers' viewpoints of current early intervention services and how they should be changed Parents and professionals were surveyed regarding the family-centered provisions of Public Law 99–457. The survey focused on consumers' perceptions of (a) accessing infant services, (b) delivering infant sewices, (c) identifying family priorities and resources, (d) developing and implementing individual family service plans (IFSPs), and (e) coordinating services. The major concerns of parents and professionals related to accessing services, developing IFSPs, and coordinating sewices.