New Precedent in Family Policy: Individualized Family Service Plan.

The article reports the new public policy precedent for families of children with disabilities, established by the Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) provisions of Public Law 99-457. Part H of the 1986 Amendments to the Education for All Handicapped Children Act or the Public Law 99- 457 established a discretionary program which will help the development and implementation of early intervention services system for handicapped children and their families. It also extends special educational services to children aged three to five years.