I-Team Early Intervention Consultation
Consultation Services
The Vermont I-Team Early Intervention Project provides consultation services in addition to our ongoing trainings, and a mentoring program.
The Vermont I-Team Early Intervention Project provides free consultation to early intervention teams across Vermont. Our consultation services use a collaborative, routines-based approach to help local teams and families enhance their knowledge and skills.
Who is eligible for I-Team Early Intervention Services?
Families and teams requesting an Early Intervention Project consultation will answer yes to all three of these questions:
- Is this child currently between the ages of birth and 3 years old?
- Has this child been referred to or is receiving services through Part C Early Intervention?
- Is this child’s team seeking consultation from the I-Team Early Intervention Project? (This could include: modeling, coaching, co-visits, or resource sharing)
Teams are welcome to contact the Early Intervention Project if they would like to further explore whether their child meets the eligibility criteria outlined below.
Sample activities
- Connecting teams and families with resources
- Identifying, modeling, and coaching strategies to collaboratively support development
- Supporting teams and families to embed intervention strategies into daily routines
- Helping teams identify and obtain equipment for seating, travel, daily care, learning, and communication
- Helping teams to adapt materials and home settings
- Identifying the need for additional referrals
Here’s what to expect after requesting services from the I-Team Early Intervention Project:
When you submit a request for services from the Early Intervention team, we assign you a point person. This is a member of our team who will be your primary contact and will facilitate the intake meeting. You should hear from your point person within one calendar week of submitting a request for services.
The point person will share a link to our provider intake survey, for all team members and the family to fill out. This will help us better understand individual provider’s concerns and needs and will streamline our intake process.
In order to begin working with you, and your team, and your child, we will set up an initial intake meeting. This meeting will include all four of the I-Team Early Intervention team members. We require that the service coordinator and parent(s)/guardian(s) be present. And we request that as many local providers attend as possible.
Your point person will email the Service Coordinator options for scheduling the intake.
Before the Intake Meeting
Before the intake meeting, we request that the Service Coordinator to send us the following:
The current One Plan
Recent provider evaluation reports
All pertinent medical/specialist reports
A brief video clip of the child, demonstrating your central questions
These can be sent via your own encrypted email or through UVM’s secure file transfer system: https://filetransfer.uvm.edu/
At the Intake Meeting
The intake meeting will be facilitated by your Early Intervention point person. We’ll use a routines-based format, as that gives us a full picture of the family’s day and allows us to determine team priorities.
Intake Meetings are scheduled for 90 minutes and are best as stand-alone meetings without other agenda items.
After the Intake Meeting
After the intake meeting, your point person will send a Consultation Agreement to the full team. This document will list team priorities, anticipated outcomes of I-Team Early Intervention involvement, and the initial action plan.
The I-Team Early Intervention consultants
We look forward to working with you. If you have any questions at any time during our services, you can email your point person directly, or contact us through this form.
Forms
The online referral system will ask you to upload a completed Parent Permission Form (.pdf) as part of your request.
Please download a copy of the form, print it out, fill it out, and scan it back in before you start your referral.