Preschool Children with Developmental Disabilities: Fourth Grade Outcomes

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Preschool Children with Developmental
Disabilities Fourth Grade Outcomes

• Christine Delgado Sara Vagi
• University of Miami

Presented at the 11th Annual Maternal and Child
Health Epidemiology Conference Miami,
Florida December 2005
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Objective

• Utilize extant statewide datasets to determine
  the 4th grade special education status of
  children identified with a developmental
  disability as preschoolers.

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Statewide Databases - Florida

• Public school records
• Childrens Registry and Information System (CHRIS)

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Childrens Registry and Information System (CHRIS)

• State of Florida database for preschool children
  with disabilities served under Part B of the
  Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
  (IDEA). 
• CHRIS data provide the Florida Department of
  Education with a means of documenting Child Find
  efforts to locate, evaluate, and provide
  necessary services to at-risk preschool-aged
  children.

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Childrens Registry and Information System (CHRIS)

• Event Tracking
• Transition from Part C
• Screenings
• Evaluations
• Disability program eligibility
• Services planned and received

• Service Coordination
• Demographics
• Appointments
• Referrals
• Family contacts
• Follow-up actions needed

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Childrens Registry and Information System (CHRIS)

• Longitudinal research
• Identify risk factors
• Monitor outcomes
• Evaluate the effectiveness of Child Find
• Examine issues associated with disproportionate
  representation

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Methods

• Records linked based on an exact match of childs
  last name, first name, and date of birth.
• 4,132 children (2,901 boys)
• Developmental disability as a preschooler
• Attended 4th grade at a Florida public school
  during the 2001-2002 academic year

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Methods

• Preschool disabilities studied
• Developmental delay (DD)
• Emotionally handicapped/severely emotionally
  disturbed (EH/SED)
• Educable mentally handicapped (EMH)
• Speech/language impairment (SI/LI)
• Specific learning disabled (SLD)
• Trainable mentally handicapped/profoundly
  mentally handicapped (TMH/PMH)

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Results

• Overall, 64 of preschool children with a
  developmental disability received special
  education services in 4th grade.
• Results varied across preschool disability
  classifications.

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Outcome Disability Status for Children Identified
with a Disability as a Preschooler
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Results

• Outcome disability also varied across preschool
  disability classifications.

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Outcome Disability for Preschool Children with DD
AT Autistic EH/SED Emotionally
Handicapped/Severely Emotionally
Disturbed EMH Educable Mentally
Handicapped SI/LI Speech or Language
Impairment SLD Specific Learning
Disabled TMH/PMH Trainable or Profoundly
Mentally Handicapped
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Outcome Disability for Preschool Children with AT
AT Autistic EH/SED Emotionally
Handicapped/Severely Emotionally
Disturbed EMH Educable Mentally
Handicapped SI/LI Speech or Language
Impairment SLD Specific Learning
Disabled TMH/PMH Trainable or Profoundly
Mentally Handicapped
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Outcome Disability for Preschool Children with
EH/SED
AT Autistic EH/SED Emotionally
Handicapped/Severely Emotionally
Disturbed EMH Educable Mentally
Handicapped SI/LI Speech or Language
Impairment SLD Specific Learning
Disabled TMH/PMH Trainable or Profoundly
Mentally Handicapped
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Outcome Disability for Preschool Children with SLD
AT Autistic EH/SED Emotionally
Handicapped/Severely Emotionally
Disturbed EMH Educable Mentally
Handicapped SI/LI Speech or Language
Impairment SLD Specific Learning
Disabled TMH/PMH Trainable or Profoundly
Mentally Handicapped
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Outcome Disability for Preschool Children with
TMH/PMH
AT Autistic EH/SED Emotionally
Handicapped/Severely Emotionally
Disturbed EMH Educable Mentally
Handicapped SI/LI Speech or Language
Impairment SLD Specific Learning
Disabled TMH/PMH Trainable or Profoundly
Mentally Handicapped
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Outcome Disability for Preschool Children with EMH
AT Autistic EH/SED Emotionally
Handicapped/Severely Emotionally
Disturbed EMH Educable Mentally
Handicapped SI/LI Speech or Language
Impairment SLD Specific Learning
Disabled TMH/PMH Trainable or Profoundly
Mentally Handicapped
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Outcome Disability for Preschool Children with
SI/LI
AT Autistic EH/SED Emotionally
Handicapped/Severely Emotionally
Disturbed EMH Educable Mentally
Handicapped SI/LI Speech or Language
Impairment SLD Specific Learning
Disabled TMH/PMH Trainable or Profoundly
Mentally Handicapped
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Conclusions

• Identification of the outcomes for young children
  with developmental disabilities illustrates the
  potential for research involving statewide
  datasets.
• A better understanding of the future disabilities
  that children are likely to be assigned will
  allow school systems to better plan and manage
  resources in order to provide services to these
  children.

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Contact Information

• Christine Delgado cdelgado_at_umiami.edu
• Sara Vagi svagi_at_miami.edu
• CHRIS Project Website www.chris.miami.edu