Michelle Reeves

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Early Childhood

• Michelle Reeves

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Developmental Delay

• 34 CFR 300.8 Child with a Disability
• (b) Children aged 3-9 experiencing developmental
  delays. The term child with a disability for
  children three-nine (or any subset of that age
  range, including ages three through five), may
  subject to the conditions described in
  300.111(b), include a child (1) who is
  experiencing developmental delays, as defined by
  the State and as measured by appropriate
  diagnostic instruments and procedures, in one or
  more of the following areas physical
  development, cognitive development, communication
  development, social or emotional development, or
  adaptive development.

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Physical

• Gross motor
• Kicking or throwing a ball
• Walking/Running
• Fine motor
• Writing/coloring
• Fasteners
• Cutting

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Cognitive

• IQ scores
• Achievement scores
• Meaningful activities
• Problem solving
• Retaining information
• Processing time

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Communication

• Language
• Expressive and receptive
• Pragmatics
• Articulation
• Sounds
• Fluency
• Stuttering

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Social/Emotional

• Behavioral
• Making and keeping friends
• Expressing emotions

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Adaptive

• Daily living or self-help skills
• Toileting
• Dressing self
• Feeding self
• Drinking

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Eligibility

• 1.5 SDs below the mean in two areas
• 2.0 SDs below the mean in one area
• or Automatic qualifiers for SoonerStart

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Early Intervention-Part C

• Ages 0-3 Early Intervention (SoonerStart)
• Referrals can come from anyone
• Screening, then evaluation
• Automatic qualifiers

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Early Intervention-Part C

• Resource Coordinators
• Occupational Therapists
• Physical Therapists
• Child Development Specialists
• IFSP-Individual Family Service Plan
• Focuses on the family

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Early Intervention-Part C

• What it is
• Goals and outcomes for the family
• Services provided in natural environments (i.e.
  familys home, child care, restaurants)
• Routines Based Intervention (RBI)
• What its not
• Services provided solely to the child
• Only addresses issues pertaining to the child
• Someone telling the family what to do without
  asking for input

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Part C to Part B Transition

• SoonerStart Responsibilities
• 27-33 months
• Notification to the Local Education Agency (LEA)
• Transition Planning Conference (TPC)

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Part C to Part B Transition

• LEAs responsibilities
• Attend TPC
• Set up time for evaluation
• Eligibility meeting
• IEP

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Developmental delay-Part B

• Ages 3-9
• Does not include sensory disabilities such as
  hearing impairment/deafness or visual
  impairment/blindness
• IEP-Individualized Education Program
• Focuses on the child

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What does this look like?

• Developmentally Delayed (DD) preschool class
• Speech-Language Pathologist, Occupational
  Therapy, or Physical Therapy services
• Private or public preschool
• Resource room
• Self-contained classroom
• Community activities

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Child Outcome summary forms

• Tracks entry and exit skills
• Best practice use 2 or more sources of
  information
• Child must receive 6 months of services
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