1. Individual Family Service Plan
Information retrieved from The ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education

2. Role of IFSP
Provide services to a child with a disability and his/her family.
Improve the child’s daily life and natural environment
A form of early intervention

3. The IFSP includes:
How the child has developed physically, mentally, and socially
Ways the child communicates and adapts to new things
The family’s methods of interaction with the child

4. The IFSP also includes:
Services that are available to the child, as well as the costs and funding
Outcomes and goals for the child and family
Steps to guide the child to preschool and other educational assistance

5. IFSP Assessment Assists in the IFSP process
Includes a statement of the family’s concerns, an evaluation determining which services the child will benefit from, the child’s strengths and needs, and observations on the child’s behavior

6. The IFSP Team
Consists of service coordinators, the family, and consultants
Meet to review IFSP, determine goals for the child and family, and develop intervention strategies

7. Examples of Intervention Strategies
Teaching the child communication skills to ask for food or drink
Teaching motor skills to eat his/her food and drink
Ways to build motor skills - building blocks, coloring books
These strategies should help the child in his/her daily life, both socially and independently

8. Follow-ups
Every six months (or whenever necessary), the team meets to discuss the plan
Goes over child’s progress and whether changes need to be made
Follow-ups aid in the child’s life, as well as the family’s understanding of their role