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OVERVIEW OF GENERAL PARENTAL RIGHTS

The general rights that parents have in West Virginia Birth to
Three (WVBTT) include the following:

• The right to choose to participate or not in WVBTT.

• The right to give written permission before any
evaluations or services are provided.

• The right to timely evaluations and assessments.

• The right to receive timely notice of meetings and
information about what will happen in meetings.

• The right to participate as a member of the team
working with your child and family.

• The right to receive information about evaluations,
assessments, services, and changes considered in a
way that is easily understood.

• The right to know that permission is voluntary, and
any service not wanted can be refused without jeop-
ardizing services that are wanted.

• The right to evaluation/assessment, Individualized
Family Service Plan (IFSP) development and ser-
vices, and service coordination at no charge.

• The right, if the child is eligible for WVBTT, to receive
appropriate early intervention services as identified in
the IFSP.

• The right to a service coordinator who helps to coor-
dinate WVBTT services and provides information
about other resources that the family wants to know
more about.

• The right to receive timely written notice before any-
one in WVBTT proposes or refuses a change in a
child’s eligibility or services under WVBTT.

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