Module II: Evaluation and Assessment
Unit V Lesson 1: Safeguards
All providers are responsible to ensure procedural safeguards are in place for parents and children. Please read the procedural safeguards for First Steps by following the links below.
Procedural safeguards and parental rights.
http://www.dese.mo.gov/divspeced/FirstSteps/pdfs/FSEIChap2.pdf
Parental rights on the FS site.
http://www.dese.mo.gov/divspeced/FirstSteps/parentalrights.html
Part IX of the regulations "Procedural Safeguards"
http://dese.mo.gov/divspeced/Compliance/Part-C/stateplan/sec_ix.pdf
Review questions:
1. Why should procedural safeguards/parental rights be offerred to parents as part of thier participation?
2. State and federal law provide that copy of the Parental Rights Statements must be given to parents when?
3. What rights to parents have for "inspecting and reviewing" documents relating to their child?
4. Written parental consent is needed before disclosing personally identifiable information to whom?
5. When is a parental surrogate appointed?
Reflection questions:
1. Why is there a need for surrogate parents in FS?
2. Why should the confidentiality of reports be followed?
3. Why do medical records that are not to be shared at the doctor's office become documents that can be shared with the FS team?
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