Your Rights
As a family enrolled with DECDC, you are entitled to:
Rights related to services offered:
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Choose to use the services offered by the DECDC
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Receive all needed DECDC services according to your child and family’s profile
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Say no to some services
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Choose whether or not to have your child screened, assessed or evaluated and take part in a family assessment.
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Be involved with all the decisions made concerning your child
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Have all information explained to you in your primary language or in other ways that you will understand
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The development of an Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) within 45 days or an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) within 30 days of the date the child is referred if s/he is found eligible for services
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Request to change the professionals working with your family
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Receive services in your child's natural environments
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Know about any possible changes in the child’s assessment or other early intervention services before any changes are made
Rights related to child’s record:
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Treat any information about your child and family as private and confidential;
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Access and review the record at any time
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Full knowledge about material being recorded
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Full control about what to release and what not
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Full control about who accesses the record
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Request copies of your child’s record
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Request that changes be made to your child’s record
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Follow conflict resolution procedures to settle any disagreement over the services related to your child and the family
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Use mediation, a meeting with the director of DECDC to both resolve disagreements
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Request respect and protection of family rights