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(12.16) What group services can my child receive?

(12.16) What group services can my child receive?

Your child may receive the following services:

  1. all home-based services as listed in Question 14;
  2. group and individual activities that are developmentally appropriate and specially designed, based on your infant’s exceptional needs, to      enhance her development (those activities shall be developed to conform to the infant’s individualized family service plan and to ensure that they do not conflict with her medical needs);
  3. opportunities for infants to socialize and participate in play and exploration activities;
  4. services by therapists, psychologists, and other specialists as appropriate;
  5. access to various developmentally appropriate equipment and specialized materials; and
  6. opportunities for family involvement activities, including parent education and parent support groups.
    [Cal. Ed. Code Sec. 56426.2.]

Since July 2009, the IFSP team must consider purchasing neighborhood preschool services in place of infant development programs. [Cal. Gov. Code Sec. 95020(d)(5).]