CHAPTER 24:14:16
COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM OF PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT
Section
24:14:16:01 Comprehensive system of personnel development.
24:14:16:02 Personnel standards.
24:14:16:03 Shortage of personnel.
24:14:16:01. Comprehensive system of personnel development. The department shall ensure the development and implementation of a comprehensive system of personnel development, including the training of primary referral sources with respect to the basic components of early intervention services available in the state. The comprehensive system of personnel development shall include:
(1) Training personnel to implement innovative strategies and activities for the recruitment and retention of early education service providers;
(2) Promoting the preparation of early intervention providers who are fully and appropriately qualified to provide early intervention services under this article; and
(3) Training personnel to coordinate transition services for infants and toddlers with disabilities who are transitioning from an early intervention service program under Part C to a preschool program under 20 U.S.C. § 1419 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Head Start, Early Head Start, an elementary school program under Part B, or another appropriate program.
The comprehensive system of personnel development may include training personnel to work in rural and inner-city areas and training personnel in the emotional and social development of young children.
The system may also include training personnel to support families in participating fully in the development and implementation of the child's individualized family service plan, and training personnel who provide services under Part C using standards that are consistent with early learning personnel development standards funded under the State Advisory Council on Early Childhood Education and Care established under the Head Start Act.
Source: 20 SDR 233, effective July 7, 1994; 35 SDR 82, effective October 22, 2008; 39 SDR 109, effective December 17, 2012; 49 SDR 7, effective July 31, 2022.
General Authority: SDCL 13-37-1.1.
Law Implemented: SDCL 13-1-23, 13-14-1, 13-37-1.1.
24:14:16:02. Personnel standards. Procedures relating to the establishment and maintenance of standards to ensure that personnel necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter are appropriately and adequately prepared and trained are contained in chapter 24:05:16.
Early intervention services must be provided by qualified personnel, including the following:
(1) Audiologists;
(2) Nurses;
(3) Registered dietitians;
(4) Occupational therapists;
(5) Physical therapists;
(6) Pediatricians and other physicians for diagnostic or evaluation purposes;
(7) Psychologists;
(8) Social workers;
(9) Special educators, including teachers of children with hearing impairments, including deafness, and teachers of children with visual impairments, including blindness;
(10) Speech and language pathologists;
(11) Family therapists;
(12) Orientation and mobility specialists; and
(13) Vision specialists, including ophthalmologists and optometrists.
The personnel identified in this section do not comprise exhaustive lists of the types of qualified personnel that may provide early intervention services. Nothing in this section prohibits the identification in the IFSP of another type of personnel that may provide early intervention services in accordance with Part C, if such personnel meet the state standards.
Source: 20 SDR 233, effective July 7, 1994; 35 SDR 82, effective October 22, 2008; 39 SDR 109, effective December 17, 2012.
General Authority: SDCL 13-37-1.1.
Law Implemented: SDCL 13-1-23, 13-14-1, 13-37-1.1.
24:14:16:03. Shortage of personnel. The department may
adopt a policy that includes making ongoing good-faith efforts to recruit and
hire appropriately and adequately trained personnel to provide early
intervention services to infants and toddlers with disabilities, including, in
a geographic area of the state where there is a shortage of such personnel, the
most qualified individuals available who are making satisfactory progress
toward completing applicable course work necessary to meet state standards.
Source:
35 SDR 82, effective October 22, 2008.
General
Authority: SDCL 13-37-1.1.
Law
Implemented: SDCL 13-1-23, 13-14-1, 13-37-1.1.
