Joy Agency Case Study

This semester, I was chosen to be an intern at Joy Agency. Joy Agency is an early child intervention; therefore they assist children under three years old. Joy Agency offers many services such as speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, nutrition service, social work services, and other amazing assistances. During my orientation I was able to learn interesting facts about the agency and how employees work effectively to help these children in need. In fact, there is more to it than just enrolling a child in this program; it requires several steps before a child is determined eligible to receive any type of service. These procedures have to be conducted in their correct order. Step 1. Referral: Parent or anyone in the interest …show more content…
Step 3. Evaluation: During this course evaluators visits the family and the child to determine eligibility, gather information from what they observed from that child, and submit both summaries and reports to their supervisor. If the child is eligible, than an Individualized Family Service Plan meeting is scheduled, which would be step 4. Family would then deliberate what their expectations are as far as the outcome for their child, and proceed to agree with a family service plan. An ongoing service coordinator will remain with this family to answer or assist them with anything that they are in need of. Step 5. IFSP Review Six Months, Evaluate Annually: Evaluators will continue to check on the family to see if any, plans of services need to add, modify, or remove. Lastly Step 6. Transition: When a child is about two and half years old, or even gets three if, the family decides that the child still needs improvements, the agency will look for another agency that the child can transition to. The plan for transitions are includes in the family service plan that way that other agency can easily gain information about what kind of services was provides to the