1. Legal Basis for Assessment Procedures

2. Public Law 94-142-1975 Education for all handicapped children act Mandated provision of services for all school age children with disabilities Facilitated provision of services for young children in some states

3. Public Law 99-457 Amended 94-142 Required states to provide education for children with disabilities 3-5 Assessment regulation made to apply to preschool children Part H established incentives for assessing children birth -3.

4. Categories (1996-1997 school year) Specific learning disabilities 51.1% Speech/language impairments 20.1% Mental retardation 11.4 Emotional disturbance 8.6 OHI 3.1 Multiple disabilities 1.9 Hearing impairments 1.3 Orthopedic impairments 1.3 Autism 0.7 Visual impairments 0.5 Traumatic brain injury 0.2 Deaf-blindness <0.1

5. Public Law 102-119 Reauthorized Part H Amended section 619

6. Public Law 105-17- IDEA 97 Part A: General provisions Part B: Requirements for providing special education 3-21 Part C: Requirement for providing services for infants and toddlers –birth to 3– old Part H Part D: Provisions for federal funding for discretionary programs

7. Part C and Section 619 Part C pertains to infants and toddlers Section 619 pertains to preschool age children 3-6 State agencies may be different for the two populations

8. Differences between Part B and Part C Part C—Children are not a service client apart from the family Section 619 –has been a downward extension of services for school age children  Usually administered by Department of Education

9. Differences between Part B and Part C Differs from state to state Regulation driven IFSP may be written for either group IEP may be written for 3-6 age group

10. Eligibility Three groups  Measurable developmental disability in one or more areas  Diagnosed condition that may result in a developmental delay  At risk of having a delay

11. Quantifying a delay Difference in months of chronological age and performance age Delay in certain number of months below chronological age Delay as expressed in standard deviations Some states can only use a qualitative definition

12. IDEA 97 Extended the option of using a category of developmental delay Through age 9  5 areas Physical Cognitive Social or emotional Communicative Adaptive

13. Part C regulations for assessment Assessment:  on going procedures  Used by appropriate personnel  Identify strengths and needs  Identify resources, prioritiesn and concerns of the family  Identify supports and services needed

14. Part C assessment (con’t) Evaluation  Appropriate personnel  To determine eligibility  To determine status in each developmental area

15. Assessment Conducted by appropriate personnel Based on informed clinical opinion Native language Non discriminatory More than one source

16. IFSP Information about status including present level of functioning Statement of family resources Statement of major outcomes expected Statement of specific early childhood services

17. IFSP State of the natural environments Projected dates Identification of service coordinator Transition plans

18. IEP Statement of present level of performance Statement of measurable annual goals Statement of special education services needed Explanation of amount of time spent without peers without labels

19. IEP Statement of individual modification Projected dates Statement of measurement procedures