048-3 Wyo. Code R. § 303.360 - Comprehensive system of personnel development

(a) Each system must include a comprehensive system of personnel development.

(b) The personnel development system under this part must-

(1) Be consistent with the comprehensive system of personnel development required under part B of the Act ( 34 CFR 300.380 through 300.387 );

(2) Provide for preservice and inservice training to be conducted on an interdisciplinary basis, to the extent appropriate;

(3) Provide for the training of a variety of personnel needed to meet the requirements of this part, including public and private providers, primary referral sources, paraprofessionals, and persons who will serve as service coordinators; and

(4) Ensure that the training provided relates specifically to-

(i) Understanding the basic components of early intervention services available in the State;

(ii) Meeting the interrelated social or emotional, health, developmental, and educational needs of eligible children under this part; and

(iii) Assisting families in enhancing the development of their children, and in participating fully in the development and implementation of IFSPs.

(c) A personnel development system under this part may include-

(1) Implementing innovative strategies and activities for the recruitment and retention of early intervention service providers;

(2) Promoting the preparation of early intervention providers who are fully and appropriately qualified to provide early intervention services under this part;

(3) Training personnel to work in rural and inner-city areas; and

(4) Training personnel to coordinate transition services for infants and toddlers with disabilities from an early intervention program under this part to a preschool program under part B of the Act or to other preschool or other appropriate services.

Notes

048-3 Wyo. Code R. § 303.360

58 FR 40959, 7/30/1993, as amended at 63 FR 18295, 4/14/1998

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1435(a)(8)

Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 1820-0550