Section DHS 90.09 - Assessment(1) ASSESSMENT OF CHILD. (a)Initial assessment.1. Once a child is determined under s. DHS 90.08 to be eligible for early intervention services, the EI team shall, as needed, carry out additional observations, procedures and testing to assess and determine the child's unique developmental needs. All assessment tests and other materials and procedures shall comply with s. DHS 90.08(7) (d).2. Following the assessment under subd. 1., the EI team shall prepare a report. This report need not be a separate document but may be made part of the EI team's report under s. DHS 90.08(7) (h) or the IFSP under s. DHS 90.10. The report shall include: a. A summary of the assessment, including the child's strengths and needs; andb. A list of potential services needed.3. The service coordinator shall provide the child's parent with a copy of the assessment report.(b)Ongoing assessment. Ongoing assessments shall be carried on as needed by either the EI team or the IFSP team. All ongoing assessments shall meet the requirements in par. (a). (c)Discussion with nonparticipating parent. If the parent chooses not to take part in the assessment or development of the report, the service coordinator shall meet with the parent upon completion of the assessment to discuss the findings and recommendations. The service coordinator shall document in the child's early intervention record why the parent was not involved and the steps taken to share the findings and recommendations of the assessment report with the parents.(2) FAMILY-DIRECTED ASSESSMENT. (a) Any assessment of the child's family shall be with the family's permission. The assessment shall be directed by the family and shall focus on the family's strengths, resources, concerns and priorities related to enhancing development of the child.(b) An assessment of the family shall: 1. Be completed by the family alone with a choice of assessment tools offered to the family, or be completed by the family in collaboration with other personnel trained to make use of appropriate formal or informal methods and procedures;2. Be based on information provided by family members through personal interviews; and3. Incorporate the family members' description of the family's strengths, resources, concerns and priorities as these are related to enhancing the child's development.Wis. Admin. Code Department of Health Services DHS 90.09
Cr. Register, June, 1992, No. 438, eff. 7-1-92; am. (2) (a), Register, June, 1993, No. 450, eff. 7-1-93; am. (1) (a), 2., Register, April, 1997, No. 496, eff. 7-1-97.