The Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) is the written plan for early intervention services a child and family will receive.  The IFSP contains the services that are identified by the team that will address the child’s developmental needs and assist the family to meet the special needs of their child.  Some helpful facts are:

• The IFSP meeting must be held at a time and place that is good for the family.
• The family, the intake coordinator and the persons who participated in the evaluation must be involved in the IFSP planning.
• Families may invite others to be at the IFSP meeting – such as family, friends or your child care provider.
• The intake coordinator may invite others to the meeting with the family's permission.
• Families can ask an advocate to take part in the meeting.
• Families will be asked to select an ongoing service coordinator who will work with them to implement the IFSP.
• The IFSP meeting will be held in the native language of the family, unless it is clearly impossible to do so.