Comments on: Who’s the Boss? https://www.veipd.org/earlyintervention/2013/11/19/whos-the-boss/ Sharing What Works in Supporting Infants & Toddlers and the Families in Early Intervention Thu, 25 Jun 2020 01:53:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Dana Childress, M.Ed. https://www.veipd.org/earlyintervention/2013/11/19/whos-the-boss/#comment-755 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 14:21:19 +0000 https://veipd.org/earlyintervention/?p=1472#comment-755 Thanks for writing about this topic, Cori! Finding out who this key person is and including him or her in the process is essential – even if it slows up the process. I remember worrying about how long it was taking as a family talked with other family members in another country to decide whether or not to accept EI services. I wanted the child’s services to start right away, but this wasn’t really up to me. The light bulb eventually went on that this was absolutely necessary for them to make decisions for their child and all I needed to do was document the reason for the delay in developing the IFSP. I didn’t need to stress about this – instead, I needed to support the family and be sure not to impose my feelings on them or rush their decision-making process.

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