Transition from 0-3 to Dept. of Edu

[Guest guest]

Hi,

My advocate is out of town, and I had a mtg on 3/7 w/the Dept. of

Health and Dept. of Ed. They told me that I needed to fill out a

form, submit it w/all current evaluations and assessments. When

they rec'd it they would have 20 days to sched the initial mtg to

obtain consent to do evaluations.

Under Hawaii law ch. 56 it states that the family could use the IFSP

in place of the IEP. Therefore, should I submit the form along

w/all the docs, and at the initial mtg decline consent for

evaluation and request to use the existing IFSP in place of the IEP?

Thanks,

Lorraine