Family & Interagency Coordinating Council of Kitsap and North Mason Counties (FICC) Members of The Family & Interagency Coordinating Council support professional, early intervention services for families of infants or toddlers with disabilities in Kitsap and North Mason Counties, WA.
For additional information, please contact:
Jamie Ream, Lead FRC, Holly Ridge Center
Kitsap County Interagency Coordinating Council of Kitsap & North Mason Families
5112 NW Taylor Road | Bremerton, WA 98312
Phone: (360) 373-2536 | Email: itp@hollyridge.org
Coordinates your child’s services through Holly Ridge and in the community if they have an IFSP. They ensure that the IFSP is reviewed every 6 months and a new plan written each year until the child turns 3. They also assist in planning for transition to the school district if your child continues to need services at that time.
A plan similar to an IFSP that is created for children over age 3 who continue to show significant delays in one or more area of development. This plan includes your child’s present levels of development and how their delay affects their participation and progress in the general curriculum.
A comprehensive document created for children from birth to age 3 by a child’s early intervention team (parents, family resources coordinator, and involved therapists and teachers) once a child is found eligible for early intervention services. This plan is driven by family centered outcomes (goals), and includes frequency, location and duration of services provided, funding sources, and how we will know when the outcomes have been achieved. For more detailed information, please go to the Washington Department of Early Learning Site.
Procedures used in accordance with IDEA, Part C, to determine whether a child has a disability and the nature and extent of the early intervention services that the child needs. This Evaluation includes:
Design, implementation and evaluation of an environment to produce improvements in behavior.
Specific training and licensure to provide ABA services.
The approval a parent gives to a program or the county, generally in writing. Consent is always voluntary and a parent may revoke it at any time.
An indication that a child has not attained the expected level of development based on the child’s age.
Settings that are natural or typical for young children without disabilities. This may include the home, a child care setting, or other community settings in which children participate
Statements of changes that parents want to see in their child or family. These statements are part of the IFSP.
A person who is appointed to act in place of the parent when parents are not available to participate in making decisions about their child’s involvement in the Early Intervention Program. A parent may voluntarily designate a surrogate parent.
The process where the children at age 3 will move from the Early Intervention Program to the Preschool Special Education Program or other early childhood supports or services.
The involvement of two or more disciplines or professions in the provision of integrated and coordinated services including evaluation and assessment activities and the development of the Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP)
Holly Ridge Center does not endorse or imply the validity or accuracy of any information on the external links provided. These external links do not constitute endorsement by Holly Ridge Center.
An organization with great resources for Early Development and Well Being, Early Learning, Parenting and Advocacy, has many resources for parents, grandparents and care givers.
Visit their site www.zerotothree.org to learn more about:
A Washington state resource for parents, grandparents and care givers of infants and toddlers with developmental delays or disabilities.
For a list of overnight or day summer camps in Washington State, please visit this online directory. Through this directory, you will also find an article entitled “Sending Your Child to Camp,” and a link to “Planning for Time Away from Home.”
Your legislators NEED to hear from you. Please contact them and share your early intervention story.
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Holly Ridge Center Community: Here is an update to our programs and how we are providing services to our community. Stay safe, stay healthy, and stay tuned.
Infant Toddler Program:
Holly Ridge Center’s highest priority is to keep families and staff safe. Kitsap County is currently in Phase -2 Safe Start. Based on Early Support for Infant and Toddlers (ESIT) and the Department of Child Youth and Family Services guidelines, Holly Ridge Center is in Early Support for Infant and Toddlers Stage 1 – limited in person services for children with very specific needs that cannot be accommodated through virtual services such as zoom, this is about 2-4% of all the children we provide services for. Early Support for Infant and Toddlers highly recommends the use of virtual services to protect children, families, and staff. Holly Ridge Center is currently working on a plan for expanded in-person services, however these visits are not permitted until the county is in Phase 3 as determined by Governor Inslee. Read more information here.
Adult Employment Services: Adult Employment Services program is supporting their individuals based on their current employment status, goals and service needs. For those needing support as they perform their essential personnel functions in public, we are practicing social distancing & stay healthy guidelines and for those self-isolating we are reaching out in various virtual forms.