Service Coordination

9: “The term service coordination reflects current concepts of family and person-centered philosophies, and emphasizes the central role the individual/family plays in identifying needed services. Service coordination will assist individuals and families in working with complex systems across agency lines, and will enhance their ability to live full lives in the community and school.”

Source: Minnesota System of Interagency Coordination. (2001, Spring). Service coordination for children and youth with disabilities ages 3-21. Minneapolis, MN: Author.

IDEA 2004 requires that, “to the extent appropriate, with the consent of the parents or a child who has reached the age of majority, in implementing the requirements of paragraph (b)(1) of this section, the public agency must invite a representative of any participating agency that is likely to be responsible for providing or paying for transition services” (300.321 [b][3]).