Section 470 IAC 3.1-8-4 - Nondiscrimination in evaluation and assessmentAuthority: IC 12-13-2-3; IC 12-13-5-3
Affected: IC 12-17-15
Sec. 4.
Each provider of early intervention services shall adopt nondiscriminatory evaluation and assessment procedures. Providers of early intervention services responsible for the evaluation and assessment of children and families shall, at a minimum, ensure the following:
(1) Tests and other evaluation materials and procedures are administered in the native language of the parent or other mode of communication used by the family unless it is clearly not feasible to do so.(2) Any assessment and evaluation procedures and materials that are used are selected and administered so as not to be racially or culturally discriminatory.(3) No single procedure is used as the sole criterion for determining a child's eligibility for early intervention services.Division of Family Resources; 470 IAC 3.1-8-4; filed Jan 29, 1996, 5:15 p.m.: 19 IR 1340; readopted filed Jul 12, 2001, 1:40 p.m.: 24 IR 4235; readopted filed Oct 24, 2007, 11:25 a.m.: 20071121-IR-470070448RFA; readopted filed Aug 23, 2013, 3:36 p.m.: 20130918-IR-470130306RFAReadopted filed 11/13/2019, 11:56 a.m.: 20191211-IR-470190490RFA