The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal law that gives parents the right to have access to their child’s early intervention records. Early Intervention records are not considered public records nor are they considered medical records. Early Intervention records are considered educational records and protected under FERPA. With very few exceptions, only the child’s parent(s) have the right to authorize release of information in their child’s early intervention records.
The Arizona Early Intervention Program (AzEIP) maintains the records we need in order to complete core governmental functions. AzEIP does not maintain child-level records within our office. This means we keep information that is reported to us by our service providing agencies in a database. When parents request early intervention records from AzEIP, we may be able to provide screen prints of the data entered in our database, but we do not have the child records where the data were originally documented.
Sometimes, families need to have their early intervention records sent directly to another person or agency. You may also sign a release to share your child’s early intervention records with another person or agency.
If you are looking for early intervention records for your child, such as home visit notes, evaluations, or Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) documents, you will need to request them from your service-providing agency. Only the child’s parents have the right to authorize release of information in their child’s early intervention records.
Make sure you know the name of the agency that provides (or provided services) for your child.
If you do not know the name of your service-providing agency, submit a request for service-providing agency name or contact AzEIP for assistance at:
[email protected]
(602) 532-9960
NOTE: If your service coordinator is from the Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD), you do not need to request records from each agency individually. You can submit an electronic Authorization to Release Records or email DDD to make a records request from all service-providers agencies at once.
You can request records by completing an Electronic Authorization Form or by sending the consent form via email.
Pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other nondiscrimination laws and authorities, ADES does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability. Persons that require a reasonable modification based on language or disability should submit a request as early as possible to ensure the State has an opportunity to address the modification. The process for requesting a reasonable modification can be found at Equal Opportunity and Reasonable Modification