8.7.0.2: Technical Assistance in Developing Plan

The caregiver/teacher should seek technical assistance in developing and formulating the plan for future services for children with special health care needs.

RATIONALE

Assistance is needed where caregivers/teachers lack specific capabilities.

COMMENTS

Documentation of the caregiver’s/teacher’s request and of the regulating agencies’ responses in offering or providing assistance furnishes evidence of compliance. State regulatory agencies should be in a position to provide such assistance to facilities.

Training and other technical assistance sources can be obtained from or arranged by the following:

1. Child’s primary care provider;
2. Program’s child care health consultant;
3. Local children’s hospital;
4. American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP);
5. National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP);
6. American Nurses Association (ANA);
7. National Association of School Nurses (NASN);
8. State and community nursing associations;
9. National therapy associations (e.g., National Rehabilitation Association, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies);
10. Local resource and referral agencies;
11. Federally funded University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service (UCEDD);
12. Other colleges and universities with expertise in training others to work with children who have special health care needs;
13. Community-based organizations serving people with disabilities and/or special health care needs (e.g., Autism Society of America, United Cerebral Palsy Associations, ARC, Easter Seals, American Diabetes Association, American Lung Association, Epilepsy Foundation, etc.);
14. ADA regional technical assistance offices.

TYPE OF FACILITY

Center, Early Head Start, Head Start, Large Family Child Care Home, Small Family Child Care Home

RELATED STANDARDS

10.3.4.5 Resources for Parents/Guardians of Children with Special Health Care Needs
10.3.4.6 Compensation for Participation in Multidisciplinary Assessments for Children with Special Health Care or Education Needs