Early Intervention Dispute Resolution

Dispute resolution is designed to provide families, early intervention services providers, and other agencies with formal ways to resolve disagreements that arise within the early intervention system. Dispute resolution procedures help safeguard families' and children’s rights when there is a conflict over eligibility, evaluation, services, or the implementation of an Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP), ensuring that infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families receive the services and supports they are entitled to.

Beyond that, dispute resolution helps ensure the state’s early intervention system complies with federal requirements by providing a structured mechanism for implementing corrective actions in response to isolated and systemic procedural or substantive violations. Learn more about each option in this webpage to help determine which option to choose.