Dear Suffolk County Preschool Providers,
We hope you and your families are doing well! This is a follow-up to yesterday's email that went out regarding beginning Telepractice for all Preschool services. In an effort to keep you informed of the most current information that we receive, we are providing you with guidance as we receive it. The following information is the most recent update we have from Suffolk County. We appreciate you following along with our updates. Please also refer to the NYTPS website (
nytps.com
) for COVID-19 updates and provider resources.
As you may already be aware, on Saturday March 27, 2020 NYSED issued this
updated guidance document
regarding the Provision of Services to Students with Disabilities During Statewide School Closures Due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak in New York State. This guidance allowed the use of Teletherapy for both Preschool related services and SEIS services.
Today, March, 31, 2020, we received an updated guidance from the Suffolk County Department of Health requiring the use of the following forms (click on the form title to open):
- Preschool Consent to Email - this form is required in order to communicate with the family via email.
- Consent for the Use of Telepractice (Audio and Video) OR Consent for the Use of Telepractice (Audio Only) - NYTPS highly recommends using both audio and video whenever possible. Please be aware that the Audio Only form specifies that lesson plan material is required to be used in conjunction with audio (see bold sentence on Audio Only Consent Form).
- Weekly Confirmation of Telepractice Services - this replaces the Confirmation of Service Delivery log during the authorized Telepractice period for Suffolk County. This can be sent electronically to the family for signature.
Please
date all consents for the start of Telepractice services
and upload all forms through our website (
nytps.com
) under "Preschool Forms". Suffolk County requires that the Weekly Confirmation of Telepractice form must be signed weekly and it can be submitted with your billing.
Please know that make up sessions for services prior to 3/27/20 are not permitted
.
We very much appreciate your urgency towards these matters during this difficult and confusing time. We understand that the constant updates can be overwhelming but it is important that we share them with you as soon as possible. To answer any questions you may have, we will be sending out an invite to a Zoom meeting that we are hosting for all Preschool providers. Please look out for that invite being sent out today.
Thank you always for your continued dedication!
-CPSE Management Team, NYTPS
Please do not reply to this email as this mailbox is not monitored
.
