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Notes no. 27Notes no. 27Eligibility policies and practices
for young children under Part B of IDEA
by Joan Danaher January 2011
INTRODUCTION
The identification of young children in need of special education and related services has been an issue with advocates, service providers, parents, researchers, and policy makers for years. The enactment in 1975 of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P. L. 94-142) required states and jurisdictions to provide special education and related services to children identified by the disability categories enumerated in the law (hereinafter referred to as Part B categories). This hard-won legislation was deemed an important civil rights act for children with disabilities, and it was important to specify just who was protected by this law.
As implementation of this legislation continued throughout the late 1970s and into the 1980s, concerns were raised in some quarters about how applicable and appropriate some of the disability categories are for very young children. The research community was, and remains, concerned that in young children, some developmental domains are so interrelated — e.g., cognition and language — that the underlying disability may not be readily determined. The emphasis on assignment of a disability category in order to provide access to services may result in inappropriate diagnoses and services. Some advocates maintain that labeling children with some disabling conditions in their early years creates a self-fulfilling prophecy and unfairly stigmatizes children who, with early intervention, may not continue to need special education.
To address these concerns and to support states that had begun using noncategorical eligibility criteria for preschoolers, Congress incorporated several revisions addressing eligibility for preschoolers in subsequent reauthorizations of the law. In 1986, P. L. 99-457 encouraged states to serve all eligible children with disabilities from age 3 and relieved states of reporting to the U. S. Department of Education the numbers of 3 through 5-year-olds served by disability category. In 1991, P. L. 102-119 amended the law, by then renamed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), to allow _
states, at their option, to incorporate an additional disability category for children, ages 3 through 5 years, who are experiencing developmental delays. The IDEA Amendments of 1997, P. L. 105-17, expanded the options that state and local education agencies (LEAs) have to identify young children with disabilities. States and LEAs could apply the term developmental delay, or a term defined by the state to include children experiencing developmental delay, to 3- through 9-year-olds. The regulations for P. L. 105-17 charged the states with defining developmental delay, the age range to which it applies, and the diagnostic instruments and procedures that will be used to determine delay in the developmental areas. If the state has such a definition, LEAs may choose to use the state term, applying it to the age range specified by the state, but they may not use a locally defined term. P.L. 105-17 also reinstated a reporting requirement that children ages 3 through 5 served under Part B of IDEA be counted by disability category. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, P.L. 108-446, clarified that the age range for developmental delay is ages 3 through 9, or any subset of that range, including ages 3 through 5. The most recent regulations reaffirmed the states’ role in deciding whether to use a developmental delay category, defining it, and assigning an age range. LEAs may use developmental delay only if they use the states’ definition and age range. The Part B disability categories currently included in IDEA are presented in Table 1. Table 2 presents the Part B regulations for developmental delay.
In response to states’ interest in whether or how other states are using developmental delay or other eligibility category specific to 3- through 9-year-olds, the author reviewed the current eligibility classifications and criteria as retrieved from states’ Web sites and/or provided by the coordinators of the state Part B-Section 619 programs, including the District of Columbia. The results of the analysis are discussed below and are summarized in Tables 3 and 4. Attachment 1 presents a summary of all the states’ eligibility policies: disability term(s) for early childhood, the age range to which it applies, criteria for eligibility under that term, notes on the state’s use of the term, including the relationship of the term to other Part B categories, whether eligibility policies address transition from Part C to Section 619 services, and additional information on the age range of developmental delay/other early childhood disability category, and other comments.
FINDINGS
The analysis revealed a near universal adoption of an early childhood disability category and eligibility criteria, an increase in the number of states that extend the age range for the use of Developmental Delay or other early childhood category, a large number of states using the same or very similar quantitative criteria for delay while there is still a wide variation in degree of delay required, and relatively few explicit policies for continuity of eligibility from Part C early intervention to preschool special education.
Disability Terminology Used for Young Children
State eligibility policies for young children under Part B of IDEA have evolved to reflect best practice and to respond to changes in the federal law. As shown in Table 4, fifty of the fifty-one jurisdictions included in this analysis include a disability category unique to young children or a non-categorical approach to identification of eligible
Table 1
Part B Disability Categories Under IDEA
SEC.602. DEFINITIONS Except as otherwise provided, in this title: (3) Child with a disability (A) In general — The term “child with a disability” means a child— (i) with mental retardation*, hearing impairments (including deafness), speech or language impairments, visual impairments (including blindness), serious emotional disturbance (referred to in this title as “emotional disturbance”), orthopedic impairments, autism, traumatic brain injury, other health impairments, or specific learning disabilities; and (ii) who, by reason thereof, needs special education and related services. (B) Child aged 3 through 9 — The term “child with a disability” for a child aged 3 through 9 (or any subset of that age range, including ages 3 though 5), may, at the discretion of the State and the local educational agency, include a child— (i) 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 developmeemotional development, or adaptive development; and (ii) who, by reason thereof, needs special education and related services.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004.
*Note that in 2010, PL 111-256 changed the term "mental retardation" to "intellectual disability."
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Table 2
IDEA Regulations Related to Developmental Delay for Children Ages 3 Through 9 Years
§300.8 Child with a disability. (a) General. (1) Child with a disability means a child evaluated in accordance with Sec. Sec. 300.304 through 300.311 as having mental retardation*, a hearing impairment (including deafness), a speech or language impairment, a visual impairment (including blindness), a serious emotional disturbance (referred to in this part as "emotional disturbance"), an orthopedic impairment, autism, traumatic brain injury, an other health impairment, a specific learning disability, deaf-blindness, or multiple disabilities, and who, by reason thereof, needs special education and related services. (2)(i) Subject to paragraph (a)(2)(ii) of this section, if it is determined, through an appropriate evaluation under Sec. Sec. 300.304 through 300.311, that a child has one of the disabilities identified in paragraph (a)(1) of this section, but only needs a related service and not special education, the child is not a child with a disability under this part. (ii) If, consistent with Sec. 300.39(a)(2), the related service required by the child is considered special education rather than a related service under State standards, the child would be determined to be a child with a disability under paragraph (a)(1) of this section. (b) Children aged three through nine experiencing developmental delays. Child with a disability for children aged three through nine (or any subset of that age range, including ages three through five), may, subject to the conditions described in Sec. 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; and (2) Who, by reason thereof, needs special education and related services. [Note: (c) (1-13) includes definitions of other terms used in the definition of a child with a disability]
§ 300.111(b) Children experiencing developmental delays.
(b) Use of term developmental delay. The following provisions apply with respect to implementing the child find requirements of this section: (1) A State that adopts a definition of developmental delay under Sec. 300.8(b) determines whether the term applies to children aged three through nine, or to a subset of that age range (e.g., ages three through five). (2) A State may not require an LEA to adopt and use the term developmental delay for any children within its jurisdiction. (3) If an LEA uses the term developmental delay for children described in Sec. 300.8(b), the LEA must conform to both the State's definition of that term and to the age range that has been adopted by the State. (4) If a State does not adopt the term developmental delay, an LEA may not independently use that term as a basis for establishing a child's eligibility under this part. (c) Other children in child find. Child find also must include-- (1) Children who are suspected of being a child with a disability under Sec. 300.8 and in need of special education, even though they are advancing from grade to grade; and (2) Highly mobile children, including migrant children. (d) Construction. Nothing in the Act requires that children be classified by their disability so long as each child who has a disability that is listed in Sec. 300.8 and who, by reason of that disability, needs special education and related services is regarded as a child with a disability under Part B of the Act. (Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1401(3); 1412(a)(3))
From Assistance to States for the Education of Children with Disabilities and Preschool Grants for Children with Disabilities; Final Rule (August 14, 2006). *Note that in 2010, PL 111-256 changed the term “mental retardation” to “intellectual disability.”
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Table 3
Disability Terms and Age Ranges for Developmental Delay or Other Early Childhood Eligibility Special Education Classifications in the States
Disability Terms Used
“Developmental delay (DD)” or a variant such as “Significant Developmental Delay” is used by 42 (an increase from 38 in 2007) states: AL, AK, AZ, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NM, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VT, VA, WA, WI and WY.
Other disability terms are used by 11 states for some or all of the age range 3 through 9. AZ “Preschool severe delay” (in addition to DD)
AR “Noncategorical”
CA “Established medical disability”
CO, NJ “Preschool child with a disability”
DE “Preschool speech delay” (in addition to DD)
IA “Eligible individual, noncategorical birth through age 21”
NY “Preschool student with a disability”
ND “Non-categorical delay”
TX “Noncategorical early childhood”
WV “Preschool special needs”
Age Ranges for Developmental Delay, Other Early Childhood Disability Categories and Noncategorical Policies
Birth through 8 (1) NE
through 9 (1) MS
Ages 2 through 6 (1) VA (The only state to have lowered the age range since 2007, see http://www.doe.virginia.gov/special_ed/regulations/state/fast_facts/fast_fact_dev_delay.pdf for the rationale)
Ages 3 through 4 (2) CA (For Established medical disability), DE (For Preschool Speech Delay, DD is through age 8)
through 5 (19) AR, CO, CT, FL, IN, ME, MO1, MT, NV, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, SD, TX, VT, WV and WI 1If identified as DD before kindergarten age
through 6 (1) MN
through 7 (4) DC, MI, NC, and UT
through 8 (9) AL, AK, DE (DD), HI, KY, LA, OK, RI and WA
through 9 (13) AZ, GA2, ID, IL, KS, MD, MA, NH, NM, ND, SC, TN2 and WY 2Initial eligibility determined before child’s seventh birthday
All Ages (1) IA (Eligible individual, birth through age 21)
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children. Forty-two (42) states have chosen to use the term “developmental delay” or a variant such as “significant developmental delay” as a disability category for eligible young children. For many years before the addition of developmental delay as a disability category under Part B, some states chose to use more generic descriptors of disability for young children or may even have adopted non-categorical eligibility policies for all ages. Terms such as “preschool special needs,” among others, were adopted by states to more appropriately address the unique developmental status of young children and to avoid premature and self-fulfilling labeling. Eleven states use terms other than developmental delay for disability in young children.
Age Ranges Used by States for Developmental Delay
IDEA ’97 provided for the extension of developmental delay by allowing states to adopt the term for the age range 3 through 9, or any subset of that age range. Thirty (30) states (up from 23 in 2007) extend the age range for developmental delay beyond age five. The number of states having upper age limits at ages <5 through 9 for developmental delay/preschool disability category/noncategorical approach compared to the last analysis of this data is presented in Table 4.
Relationship Between Developmental Delay and Other Part B Categories
Fifteen (15) states use developmental delay, or other early childhood disability term, only after considering other disability categories.
AK, AZ, CO, DC, ID, ME, MI, MS, NM, ND, OH, TN, UT, WI and WY
Four (4) states specify the other Part B disability categories that DD may be used in place of.
AR, DC, NY, OH, TX
One (1) state has a policy that separates preschool developmental delay from their extended age range developmental delay category, thus permitting LEAs to use developmental delay for preschool children and not for school age children.
NE - Developmental delay must be considered as one possible eligibility category for infants and toddlers birth through age four, and is a discretionary option for school districts and approved cooperatives to use for children age five through eight.
Eligibility Criteria
Forty-three (43) states use quantitative criteria for determining developmental delay or state-designated early childhood disability category.
Thirty-nine (39) states use standard deviations (SD) below the mean on a norm-referenced instrument as criteria for delay, with 23 of them using a combination of 2.0 SD below the mean in at least one developmental area and/or 1.5 SD below the mean in 2 or more developmental areas. The range of all SD criteria used is 1.0 SD – 3.0 SD, ranging from one to three developmental areas.
Twenty-one (21) states use percent delay criteria ranging from 25-50% in one area and from 20-25% in two or more areas.
Fourteen (14) states specify quantitative criteria but expressly permit informed team consensus, professional judgment or informed clinical opinion in lieu of quantitative criteria.
CO, CT, DE, FL, HI, KY, MN, MO, NE, NM, NC, ND, OK and SD
Nine (9) states expressly permit early childhood eligibility based on the diagnosis of a condition associated with disability. Eligibility criteria for other Part B categories such as intellectual disability or other health impaired may also include diagnosed conditions.
CA, CO, MD, MN, MS, NE, ND, VT and VA
Eight (8) states do not specify quantitative criteria, but provide guidance, including decision making procedures, and/or permit LEAs to set criteria.
IL, IA, KS, MA, NE, NH, TX and VA
Through age 2007 2011
<5 2 1
5 26 19
6 2 2
7 5 4
8 8 10
9 8 14
All Ages 2 1
Table 4States’ Upper Age Limit for Developmental
Delay or Noncategorical Eligibility
Note: In 2007, one state had both DD through age 9 and a noncategorial option for all ages.
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Eligibility Policies and Transition
A comparison of states’ Part C eligibility criteria (Ringwalt, 2011) with states’ preschool special education eligibility criteria found seventeen (17) states, listed below, with at least one element of uniform quantitative eligibility criteria across the two programs. Note that this comparison did not address the likelihood of a child served in Part C being eligible for preschool special education, which may be addressed in another paper.
CT, GA, ID, IN, KY, LA, ME, MD, MS, NJ, NY, NC, OK, OR, PA, RI and TN
At least two (2) states have eligibility policies that may improve transition from Part C to Part B.
AL - Any evaluation is considered valid for determining initial eligibility for special education services if that evaluation is conducted within one year to the date of the IEP Team meeting to discuss what additional data, if any, is needed to determine eligibility.
VT - A child who received special instruction, developmental therapy services or speech services through an IFSP shall be eligible for EEE without need for additional evaluation.
CONCLUSION
States have exhibited a strong interest in using the option of a developmental delay eligibility category for young children served by IDEA, and in extending the age range to which it applies. While most states use quantitative criteria, many also use informed team consensus or eligibility based on a diagnosed condition associated with a disability. States have addressed the local option provision in the law to encourage the continued use of developmental delay. And, they are beginning to address policy provisions that might ease transition from Part C to Part B.
NECTAC maintains information on states’ early intervention and special education eligibility policies for young children on our web site. Please address your updates, questions, or clarifications to the author at NECTAC.
REFERENCES
Assistance to States for the Education of Children With Disabilities and Preschool Grants for Children With Disabilities; Final Rule, 34 C.F.R. § 300-301 (2006). Retrieved from http://www2.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/finrule/2006-3/081406a.html
Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004, 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq. (2004). Retrieved from http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/pl108-446.pdf
Ringwalt, S. (2011). State Part C eligibility criteria. Manuscript in preparation.
Rosa’s Law, Pub.L. No. 111-256, 124 Stat. 2643 (2010). Retrieved from http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-111publ256/html/PLAW-111publ256.htm
In addition, specific state policy citations are contained in Attachment 1- Summary Table of State Early Childhood Special Education Eligibility Criteria, January 2011.
Please cite as: Danaher, J. (2011). Eligibility policies and practices for young children under Part B of IDEA (NECTAC Notes No. 27). Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina, FPG Child Development Institute, National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center. This document appears at: http://www.nectac.org/~pdfs/pubs/nnotes27.pdf NECTAC Notes No. 27 is an update of NECTAC Notes No. 24 (2007). Previous editions were NECTAS & NECTAC Notes No. 6 (1998), No. 9 (2001), No. 13 (2004), and No. 15 (2005). About the Author: Joan Danaher is Associate Director of NECTAC, and leads the Information Resources and Technology Unit. Photos: Alex Lazara All NECTAC publications are downloadable at no charge from www.nectac.org. NECTAC is committed to making the information it disseminates fully accessible to all individuals. To acquire this publication in an alternate format, please contact NECTAC Publications. The National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC) is supported by cooperative agreement H326H060005 with the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), U.S. Department of Education (ED). NECTAC is a part of OSEP's Technical Assistance and Dissemination (TA&D) Network. Grantees undertaking projects under government sponsorship are encouraged to express their judgment in professional and technical matters. Opinions expressed do not necessarily represent the Department of Education’s position or policy. Project Officer: Julia Martin Eile Project Director: Lynne Kahn
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ot b
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ed w
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the
chil
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earl
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eets
the
elig
ibil
ity f
or a
noth
er d
isab
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ca
tego
ry.
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ulat
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“Dev
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D in
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area
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resc
hool
sev
erel
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laye
d:
M
ore
than
3 S
D in
one
are
a
3 th
roug
h 9
Par
t B c
ateg
orie
s:
Spe
ech/
lang
uage
del
ay c
rite
ria
for
chil
d yo
unge
r th
an
Kin
derg
arte
n is
spe
cifi
ed a
s 1.5
S
D a
nd a
sses
smen
t ind
icat
es
chil
d no
t eli
gibl
e un
der
a di
ffer
ent c
ateg
ory
or w
hose
sp
eech
, out
of
cont
ext,
is
unin
telli
gibl
e to
a li
sten
er w
ho
is u
nfam
ilia
r w
ith th
e ch
ild.
Stat
ute
2007
ht
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AR
“Non
cate
gori
cal”
:
2 S
D in
one
are
a
1.5
SD
in tw
o ar
eas
Del
ays
in s
elf-
help
and
mot
or s
kills
(gr
oss
and
fine
) ca
n be
ex
pres
sed
in m
onth
s, %
ile,
or
age
equi
vale
nts
usin
g cr
iter
ion–
refe
renc
ed te
sts:
3
year
s: 1
1 m
onth
s, <
3%il
e, 2
yr
1mo
or le
ss-o
ne a
rea
8 m
onth
s, <
7%il
e, 2
yr
4 m
o or
less
-tw
o ar
eas
4 ye
ars:
14
mon
ths,
<3%
ile,
2 y
r 10
mo
or le
ss-o
ne a
rea
11
mon
ths,
<7%
ile,
3 y
r 1
mo
or le
ss-t
wo
area
s 5
year
s: 1
8 m
onth
s, <
3%il
e, 3
yr
6 m
o or
less
-one
are
a 14
mon
ths,
<7%
ile,
3 y
r 10
mo
or le
ss-t
wo
area
s
3 th
roug
h 5
Par
t B c
ateg
orie
s: D
isab
ility
ca
tego
ries
not
use
d fo
r ag
es 3
th
roug
h 5
are:
E
mot
iona
l dis
turb
ance
M
enta
l ret
arda
tion
* Sp
ecif
ic le
arni
ng d
isab
ilit
y
*Not
e th
at in
201
0, P
L 1
11-2
56,
Ros
a’s
Law
, cha
nged
the
term
m
enta
l ret
arda
tion
to in
tell
ectu
al
disa
bili
ty. S
tate
pol
icie
s ar
e be
ing
chan
ged
as w
ell.
Reg
ulat
ions
7/
2008
ht
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ped.
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ownl
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NECTAC Notes No. 27 - 8 - January 2011
Sta
te
Dev
elop
men
tal D
elay
(D
D)
or E
arly
Ch
ild
hoo
d-S
pec
ific
(E
C)
Cat
egor
y/C
lass
ific
atio
n a
nd
Cri
teri
a A
ge R
ange
for
DD
or
EC
Cat
egor
y
Not
es
DD
/EC
use
rel
ativ
e to
oth
er
Par
t B
cat
egor
ies,
Tra
nsi
tion
, A
ge R
ange
Sour
ce
and
D
ate
CA
“A p
resc
hool
chi
ld, b
etw
een
the
ages
of
thre
e an
d fi
ve y
ears
, qua
lifi
es
as a
chi
ld w
ho n
eeds
ear
ly c
hild
hood
spe
cial
edu
cati
on s
ervi
ces
if
the
chil
d m
eets
the
foll
owin
g cr
iteri
a:
(1)
Is id
enti
fied
as
havi
ng o
ne o
f th
e fo
llow
ing
[13]
dis
abli
ng
cond
itio
ns, a
s de
fine
d in
Sec
tion
300
.8 o
f T
itle
34
of th
e C
ode
of
Fed
eral
Reg
ulat
ions
, or
an e
stab
lish
ed m
edic
al d
isab
ility
, as
defi
ned
in s
ubdi
visi
on (
d):..
. (d)
For
pur
pose
s of
this
sec
tion
, ‘es
tabl
ishe
d m
edic
al d
isab
ilit
y’ is
def
ined
as
a di
sabl
ing
med
ical
con
diti
on o
r co
ngen
ital
syn
drom
e th
at th
e in
divi
dual
ized
edu
cati
on p
rogr
am
team
det
erm
ines
has
a h
igh
pred
icta
bili
ty o
f re
quir
ing
spec
ial
educ
atio
n an
d se
rvic
es.”
3 th
roug
h 5
(3 th
roug
h 4
for
esta
blis
hed
med
ical
di
sabi
lity
)
L
aw
http
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11 (
Par
t B
disa
bili
ty c
ateg
orie
s or
‘E
stab
lish
ed m
edic
al d
isab
ilit
y’)
(do
wnl
oade
d 1/
24/2
011)
C
O
“P
resc
hool
chi
ld w
ith
a di
sabi
lity
”:
O
ne o
r m
ore
of th
e fo
llow
ing
cond
itio
ns: l
ong-
term
phy
sica
l im
pair
men
t or
illne
ss, s
igni
fica
nt li
mit
ed in
telle
ctua
l cap
acity
, si
gnif
ican
t ide
ntif
iabl
e em
otio
nal d
isor
der,
spe
cifi
c le
arni
ng
disa
bili
ty, o
r sp
eech
lang
uage
impa
irm
ent.
C
hild
ren
ages
thre
e th
roug
h fi
ve w
ho w
ould
oth
erw
ise
qual
ify
acco
rdin
g to
one
or
mor
e of
the
abov
e ca
tego
rica
l con
diti
ons
but f
or
who
m th
e ca
tego
ry c
anno
t be
appr
opri
atel
y de
term
ined
may
qua
lify
fo
r pr
esch
ool s
peci
al e
duca
tion
if m
ulti
ple
sour
ces
of in
form
atio
n ar
e ut
ilize
d an
d if
suc
h ch
ildr
en m
eet o
ne o
r m
ore
of th
e fo
llow
ing
crit
eria
: 1.
5 S
D in
one
are
a or
7%
ile
or s
tand
ard
scor
e of
76
or
Has
iden
tifia
ble
cond
itio
n kn
own
thro
ugh
empi
rica
l dat
a to
be
asso
ciat
ed w
ith
sign
ific
ant d
elay
s in
dev
elop
men
t or
In
form
ed o
pini
on o
f as
sess
men
t tea
m in
clud
ing
the
pare
nt(s
) w
ith
docu
men
tatio
n of
the
rati
onal
e fo
r th
e in
abili
ty to
obt
ain
a st
anda
rdiz
ed s
core
3 (b
y th
e en
d of
the
firs
t sem
este
r)
thro
ugh
5
Tra
nsit
ion:
Doc
umen
t at
http
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te.c
o.us
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spe
d/do
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danc
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itio
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Apr
il 2
010
says
: T
he e
valu
atio
n to
det
erm
ine
elig
ibil
ity
for
pres
choo
l (P
art B
) se
rvic
es m
ay b
e do
ne a
t the
sa
me
tim
e as
EI
elig
ibil
ity o
r m
ay b
e on
e of
the
step
s li
sted
in
the
tran
sitio
n pl
an.
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es
2009
ht
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ownl
oad/
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EC
EA
Rul
es.p
df
(dow
nloa
ded
1/6/
2011
)
CT
“Dev
elop
men
tal d
elay
”:
2
SD
in o
ne a
rea
1.5
SD
in tw
o ar
eas
or
Info
rmed
cli
nica
l opi
nion
of
mul
tidis
cipl
inar
y te
am, w
ith
wri
tten
do
cum
enta
tion
whe
n st
anda
rdiz
ed in
stru
men
t is
not a
ppro
pria
te
and/
or
chil
d re
quir
es s
igni
fica
nt a
dapt
atio
n to
per
form
on
a st
anda
rdiz
ed
inst
rum
ent
3 th
roug
h 5
G
uida
nce/
Sta
te C
oord
inat
or
1/6/
2011
L
aw
http
://w
ww
.cga
.ct.g
ov/2
009/
pub/
chap
164.
htm
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10-7
6a.h
tm
(dow
nloa
ded
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)
NECTAC Notes No. 27 - 9 - January 2011
Sta
te
Dev
elop
men
tal D
elay
(D
D)
or E
arly
Ch
ild
hoo
d-S
pec
ific
(E
C)
Cat
egor
y/C
lass
ific
atio
n a
nd
Cri
teri
a A
ge R
ange
for
DD
or
EC
Cat
egor
y
Not
es
DD
/EC
use
rel
ativ
e to
oth
er
Par
t B
cat
egor
ies,
Tra
nsi
tion
, A
ge R
ange
Sour
ce
and
D
ate
DE
“Dev
elop
men
tal d
elay
”:
2
SD
in o
ne a
rea
1.5
SD
in tw
o ar
eas
or
P
rofe
ssio
nal j
udgm
ent o
f IE
P te
am b
ased
on
mul
tipl
e so
urce
s of
in
form
atio
n an
d w
ritt
en ju
stif
icat
ion
incl
udin
g do
cum
enta
tion
of a
si
gnif
ican
t (25
% d
elay
) di
ffer
ence
bet
wee
n th
e ch
ild’
s ch
rono
logi
cal a
ge a
nd c
urre
nt f
unct
ioni
ng.
“Pre
scho
ol s
peec
h de
lay”
--S
igni
fica
nt d
elay
in o
ne o
r m
ore
area
s:
artic
ulat
ion,
con
vers
atio
nal s
peec
h, o
ral m
otor
invo
lvem
ent,
spee
ch
flue
ncy,
voi
ce q
uali
ty
3 th
roug
h 8
3
thro
ugh
4
R
egul
atio
ns
6/1/
2007
ht
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cial
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cati
on%
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egul
atio
ns.p
df
(dow
nloa
ded
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2011
)
DC
“Dev
elop
men
tal d
elay
”:
Chi
ld…
exp
erie
nces
sev
ere
deve
lopm
enta
l del
ays
of a
t lea
st tw
o ye
ars
belo
w h
is o
r he
r ch
rono
logi
cal a
ge
and/
or
2 SD
in o
ne a
rea,
exc
ept t
hat n
o ch
ild
may
be
clas
sifi
ed a
s ha
ving
D
D b
ased
sol
ely
on d
efic
its
in th
e ar
ea o
f so
cial
and
/or
emot
iona
l de
velo
pmen
t
3 th
roug
h 7
Par
t B c
ateg
orie
s:
"Dev
elop
men
tal d
elay
" do
es n
ot
appl
y to
chi
ldre
n w
ith
the
foll
owin
g di
sabi
litie
s:
(a)
auti
sm;
(b)
trau
mat
ic b
rain
inju
ry;
(c)
men
tal r
etar
dati
on*;
(d
) em
otio
nal d
istu
rban
ce;
(e)
othe
r he
alth
impa
irm
ent;
(f
) or
thop
edic
impa
irm
ent;
(g
) vi
sual
impa
irm
ent,
incl
udin
g bl
indn
ess;
(h
) he
arin
g im
pair
men
t, in
clud
ing
deaf
ness
; or
(i
) sp
eech
/lang
uage
impa
irm
ent.
*Not
e th
at in
201
0, P
L 1
11-2
56,
Ros
a’s
Law
, cha
nged
the
term
m
enta
l ret
arda
tion
to in
tell
ectu
al
disa
bili
ty. S
tate
pol
icie
s ar
e be
ing
chan
ged
as w
ell.
Reg
ulat
ions
12
/2/2
005
http
://w
ww
.oss
e.dc
.gov
/seo
/fra
mes
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=/s
eo/l
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n/dc
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chap
ter_
30_s
peci
al_e
duca
tion
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icy.
(dow
nloa
ded
1/6/
2011
)
FL
“D
evel
opm
enta
lly d
elay
ed”:
2
SD
or
25%
del
ay in
one
are
a 1.
5 S
D o
r 20
% d
elay
in tw
o ar
eas or
Inf
orm
ed c
lini
cal o
pini
on
3 th
roug
h 5
R
egul
atio
ns
2009
ht
tp:/
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w.f
ldoe
.org
/ese
/1b-
stat
s.pd
f (d
ownl
oade
d 1/
6/20
11)
NECTAC Notes No. 27 - 10 - January 2011
Sta
te
Dev
elop
men
tal D
elay
(D
D)
or E
arly
Ch
ild
hoo
d-S
pec
ific
(E
C)
Cat
egor
y/C
lass
ific
atio
n a
nd
Cri
teri
a A
ge R
ange
for
DD
or
EC
Cat
egor
y
Not
es
DD
/EC
use
rel
ativ
e to
oth
er
Par
t B
cat
egor
ies,
Tra
nsi
tion
, A
ge R
ange
Sour
ce
and
D
ate
GA
“Sig
nifi
cant
dev
elop
men
tal d
elay
”:
2
SD
in o
ne a
rea
1
.5 S
D in
two
area
s
3 th
roug
h 9
Age
ran
ge:
Init
ial e
ligi
bili
ty
dete
rmin
ed a
nd I
EP
in p
lace
be
fore
chi
ld’s
sev
enth
bir
thda
y.
Reg
ulat
ions
3/
11/2
010
http
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ubli
c.do
e.k1
2.ga
.us/
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umen
ts/d
oe/l
egal
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ices
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pte
dRul
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nloa
ded
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2011
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“Dev
elop
men
tal d
elay
”:
1.5
SD
in o
ne a
rea,
exc
ept i
f th
e ar
ea is
cog
niti
ve, t
hen
adap
tive
de
velo
pmen
t mus
t als
o be
1.5
SD
bel
ow th
e m
ean
(3 th
roug
h 5)
1.
5 S
D in
3 a
reas
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thro
ugh
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T
eam
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ludi
ng p
aren
t, de
term
ines
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pat
tern
s of
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ning
dev
iate
fr
om a
ge e
xpec
tati
ons
acro
ss s
etti
ngs
and
prov
ides
the
basi
s an
d m
etho
d us
ed in
det
erm
inin
g el
igib
ilit
y
3 th
roug
h 8
Age
ran
ge:
Dif
fere
nt c
rite
ria
for
6 th
roug
h 8
Rul
es
11/2
3/20
09
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men
tal d
elay
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2 S
D o
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% d
elay
in a
ge e
quiv
alen
cy o
r fu
ncti
on a
t le
ss th
an th
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perc
entil
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are
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5 S
D o
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elay
in a
ge e
quiv
alen
cy o
r fu
ncti
on a
t
less
than
the
seve
nth
perc
entil
e in
two
or m
ore
area
s
3 th
roug
h 9
Par
t B c
ateg
orie
s: D
evel
opm
enta
l de
lay
shou
ld n
ot b
e us
ed w
hen
a st
uden
t cle
arly
mee
ts th
e cr
iter
ia
of a
noth
er d
isab
ilit
y ca
tego
ry.
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ulat
ions
20
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ual
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cati
on/d
ocs/
Man
ual/
Cha
pter
4.pd
f (d
ownl
oade
d 1/
5/20
11)
IL
“Dev
elop
men
tal d
elay
”:
Del
ay in
phy
sica
l dev
elop
men
t, co
gnit
ive
deve
lopm
ent,
com
mun
icat
ion
deve
lopm
ent,
soci
al o
r em
otio
nal d
evel
opm
ent,
or
adap
tive
deve
lopm
ent
3 th
roug
h 9
R
egul
atio
ns
3/21
/200
8 ht
tp://
ww
w.is
be.n
et/r
ules
/arc
hive
s/22
6ark
(d
ownl
oade
d 1/
5/20
11)
IN
“Dev
elop
men
tal d
elay
”:
2 S
D in
one
are
a 1.
5 S
D in
tw
o ar
eas
3 th
roug
h 5
and
not e
ligi
ble
to b
e en
rolle
d in
ki
nder
gart
en
(5 o
n or
bef
ore
July
1)
R
egul
atio
ns
12/2
010
http
://w
ww
.doe
.in.g
ov/e
xcep
tion
al/
spec
ed/d
ocs/
Art
_7.p
df
(dow
nloa
ded
1/5/
2011
)
NECTAC Notes No. 27 - 11 - January 2011
Sta
te
Dev
elop
men
tal D
elay
(D
D)
or E
arly
Ch
ild
hoo
d-S
pec
ific
(E
C)
Cat
egor
y/C
lass
ific
atio
n a
nd
Cri
teri
a A
ge R
ange
for
DD
or
EC
Cat
egor
y
Not
es
DD
/EC
use
rel
ativ
e to
oth
er
Par
t B
cat
egor
ies,
Tra
nsi
tion
, A
ge R
ange
Sour
ce
and
D
ate
IA
“E
ligi
ble
indi
vidu
al”:
non
cate
gori
cal d
esig
nati
on f
or a
ll in
divi
dual
s,
birt
h th
roug
h ag
e 21
. Sp
ecif
ic d
isab
ility
des
igna
tion
s ar
e ra
rely
util
ized
. The
RT
I pr
oces
s as
sure
s th
at a
ll in
divi
dual
s w
ith
such
dis
abili
ties
as d
efin
ed in
ID
EA
ar
e id
enti
fied
and
ser
ved.
The
Iow
a Pe
rfor
man
ce D
omai
ns e
ncom
pass
th
e fe
dera
l dis
abil
ity c
ateg
orie
s.
N/A
Spe
cial
Edu
cati
on E
ligib
ility
S
tand
ards
7/
2006
ht
tp:/
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w.io
wa.
gov/
educ
ate/
inde
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tion
=co
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onte
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view
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ticl
e&id
=61
9&It
mid
=16
44
(dow
nloa
ded
1/5/
2011
)
KS
“Dev
elop
men
tal d
elay
”: M
easu
red
by a
ppro
pria
te d
iagn
osti
c in
stru
men
ts a
nd p
roce
dure
s.
KS
use
s a
deci
sion
mak
ing
proc
ess
incl
udin
g pa
rent
s an
d pr
ofes
sion
als,
an
d so
urce
s of
dat
a k
now
n as
GR
IOT
: Gen
eral
inte
rven
tion
/pro
gres
s in
the
gene
ral c
urri
culu
m; R
ecor
d re
view
; Int
ervi
ews
wit
h si
gnif
ican
t ad
ults
in th
e ch
ild’s
life
; Obs
erva
tion
s in
env
iron
men
t app
ropr
iate
for
ch
ild’
s ag
e; T
ests
- w
ide
rang
e of
opt
ions
are
per
mit
ted.
Det
ails
of
the
elig
ibil
ity
proc
ess
are
foun
d in
the
Kan
sas
Spe
cial
Edu
cati
on P
roce
ss
Han
dboo
k.
3 th
roug
h 9
KS
Spe
cial
Edu
cati
on P
roce
ss
Han
dboo
k 2/
2008
ht
tp:/
/ww
w.k
sde.
org/
Def
ault
.asp
x?ta
bid=
3152
Reg
ulat
ions
20
08
http
://w
ww
.ksd
e.or
g/L
inkC
lick
.asp
x?fi
letic
ket=
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t2jK
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tabi
d=31
52&
mid
=66
22
(dow
nloa
ded
1/5/
2011
) K
Y
“D
evel
opm
enta
l del
ay”:
2 S
D in
one
are
a
1.5
SD
in tw
o ar
eas
or
P
rofe
ssio
nal j
udgm
ent o
f si
gnif
ican
t aty
pica
l qua
lity
or
patt
ern
of
deve
lopm
ent i
f no
rmed
sco
res
are
inco
nclu
sive
and
ther
e is
wri
tten
docu
men
tati
on
3 th
roug
h 8
R
egul
atio
ns
8/26
/200
8 ht
tp:/
/ww
w.e
duca
tion
.ky.
gov/
KD
E/I
nstr
ucti
onal
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esou
rces
/Exc
eptio
nal+
Chi
ldre
n/Sp
ecia
l+E
duca
tion
+R
egul
atio
ns/K
entu
cky+
Adm
inis
tra
tive
+R
egul
atio
ns.h
tm
(do
wnl
oade
d 1/
6/20
11)
LA
"Dev
elop
men
tal d
elay
":
1.5
SD
or
25%
in
one
or m
ore
area
s 3
thro
ugh
8
LA
Adm
in. C
ode
9/20
10
http
://w
ww
.doa
.loui
sian
a.go
v/os
r/l
ac/2
8v43
/28v
43.d
oc
P
upil
App
rais
al H
andb
ook
7/1/
2009
ht
tp:/
/ww
w.lo
uisi
anas
choo
ls.n
et/l
de/
uplo
ads/
1424
1.do
c (d
ownl
oade
d 1/
5/20
11)
NECTAC Notes No. 27 - 12 - January 2011
Sta
te
Dev
elop
men
tal D
elay
(D
D)
or E
arly
Ch
ild
hoo
d-S
pec
ific
(E
C)
Cat
egor
y/C
lass
ific
atio
n a
nd
Cri
teri
a A
ge R
ange
for
DD
or
EC
Cat
egor
y
Not
es
DD
/EC
use
rel
ativ
e to
oth
er
Par
t B
cat
egor
ies,
Tra
nsi
tion
, A
ge R
ange
Sour
ce
and
D
ate
ME
“Dev
elop
men
tal d
elay
”:
2
SD
in o
ne a
rea
1
.5 S
D in
two
area
s
3 th
roug
h 5,
or
thro
ugh
the
Kin
derg
arte
n ye
ar
Par
t B c
ateg
orie
s: E
very
eff
ort
wil
l be
mad
e to
iden
tify
a
chil
d’s
prim
ary
disa
bili
ty u
nder
on
e of
the
othe
r P
art B
el
igib
ility
cri
teri
a, r
eser
ving
de
velo
pmen
tal d
elay
for
thos
e si
tuat
ions
in w
hich
a c
lear
de
term
inat
ion
cann
ot b
e m
ade
unde
r an
y ot
her
cate
gory
. T
rans
itio
n: F
or a
fiv
e-ye
ar-o
ld
who
has
tran
siti
oned
fro
m e
arly
ch
ildh
ood
spec
ial e
duca
tion
to a
pu
blic
sch
ool,
and
who
has
bee
n de
term
ined
eli
gibl
e un
der
deve
lopm
enta
l del
ay b
y C
DS
, an
d fo
r w
hom
the
IEP
Tea
m
cann
ot a
chie
ve c
onse
nsus
on
Par
t B c
rite
ria
for
the
kind
erga
rten
yea
r, th
e el
igib
le
chil
d m
ay c
onti
nue
unde
r th
e de
velo
pmen
tal d
elay
cri
teri
a fo
r th
at y
ear.
Dur
ing
the
kind
erga
rten
yea
r, th
e IE
P T
eam
w
ill d
eter
min
e by
mea
ns o
f fu
rthe
r ev
alua
tion
, ass
essm
ents
an
d cl
assr
oom
obs
erva
tion
s,
whe
ther
the
child
is e
ligi
ble
as a
ch
ild
wit
h a
disa
bili
ty u
nder
Par
t B
cri
teri
a.
Reg
ulat
ions
5/
2010
ht
tp:/
/ww
w.m
aine
.gov
/edu
cati
on/s
pece
d/do
cum
ents
/071
c101
-20
10fi
nal2
010.
(d
ownl
oade
d 1/
6/20
11)
MD
"Dev
elop
men
tal d
elay
" :
25%
del
ay in
one
are
a
or
Aty
pica
l dev
elop
men
t or
beha
vior
or
Dia
gnos
ed c
ondi
tion
wit
h hi
gh p
roba
bili
ty o
f de
lay
3 th
roug
h 9
MD
Tec
hnic
al A
ssis
tanc
e B
ulle
tin
8 12
/200
9 ht
tp:/
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w.m
aryl
andp
ubli
csch
ools
.org
/NR
/rdo
nlyr
es/0
F00
C26
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FD
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58-8
0C3-
3DA
05A
224B
2E/2
2583
/TA
B8R
evis
edD
ecem
ber2
009.
R
egul
atio
ns
5/7/
2007
ht
tp:/
/ww
w.d
sd.s
tate
.md.
us/c
omar
/co
mar
htm
l/13
a/13
a.05
.01.
03.h
tm
(dow
nloa
ded
1/5/
2011
)
NECTAC Notes No. 27 - 13 - January 2011
Sta
te
Dev
elop
men
tal D
elay
(D
D)
or E
arly
Ch
ild
hoo
d-S
pec
ific
(E
C)
Cat
egor
y/C
lass
ific
atio
n a
nd
Cri
teri
a A
ge R
ange
for
DD
or
EC
Cat
egor
y
Not
es
DD
/EC
use
rel
ativ
e to
oth
er
Par
t B
cat
egor
ies,
Tra
nsi
tion
, A
ge R
ange
Sour
ce
and
D
ate
MA
“Dev
elop
men
tal d
elay
”:
Lea
rnin
g ca
paci
ty s
igni
fica
ntly
lim
ited
, im
pair
ed, o
r de
laye
d an
d is
ex
hibi
ted
by d
iffi
cult
ies
in o
ne o
r m
ore
area
s
3 th
roug
h 9
R
egul
atio
ns
2/27
/200
7 ht
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w.d
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ass.
edu/
law
sreg
s/6
03cm
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htm
l?se
ctio
n=02
#sta
rt
(dow
nloa
ded
1/5/
2011
) M
I
“Ear
ly c
hild
hood
dev
elop
men
tal d
elay
”:
50%
del
ay in
one
or
mor
e ar
eas
3 th
roug
h 7
Par
t B c
ateg
orie
s: U
se D
D if
pr
imar
y de
lay
can
not b
e di
ffer
enti
ated
thro
ugh
othe
r cr
iteri
a (c
ateg
orie
s)
Reg
ulat
ions
6/
2010
ht
tp:/
/ww
w.m
ichi
gan.
gov/
docu
me
nts/
mde
/200
9-04
3_E
D_S
peci
al_E
duca
tion
_Rul
e_U
pdat
e_Ju
ne20
10_3
2475
2_7.
(dow
nloa
ded
1/5/
2011
) M
N
“D
evel
opm
enta
l del
ay”:
1.
5 S
D in
two
area
s or
D
iagn
osed
phy
sica
l or
men
tal c
ondi
tion
or
diso
rder
wit
h hi
gh
prob
abil
ity
of r
esul
ting
in d
evel
opm
enta
l del
ay
or
Pro
fess
iona
l jud
gmen
t (i.e
., te
am o
verr
ide)
3 th
roug
h 6
R
egul
atio
ns
10/1
2/20
07
http
s://
ww
w.r
evis
or.m
n.go
v/ru
les/
?id
=35
25
(dow
nloa
ded
1/5/
2011
)
MS
“Dev
elop
men
tal d
elay
”:
1
.5 S
D o
r 25
% d
elay
in tw
o ar
eas or
Dia
gnos
is o
f di
sord
er o
f kn
own
etio
logy
or
chro
nic
or a
cute
med
ical
co
ndit
ion
by p
hysi
cian
wit
h re
sear
ch to
sup
port
pre
dict
ed d
elay
s
Bir
th th
roug
h 9
Par
t B c
ateg
orie
s: I
f th
e el
igib
ility
cr
iteri
a ar
e cl
earl
y m
et f
or o
ne
or m
ore
of th
e ot
her
twel
ve (
12)
elig
ibil
ity
cate
gori
es, D
D s
houl
d no
t be
used
.
Poli
cies
7/
2009
ht
tp:/
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w.m
de.k
12.m
s.us
/SP
EC
IA
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CA
TIO
N/p
olic
ies/
2009
/Pol
icy_
06-1
7-09
(d
ownl
oade
d 1/
5/20
11)
MO
“Dev
elop
men
tal d
elay
”:
2 S
D o
r eq
uiva
lent
leve
ls in
one
are
a
1.5
SD
or
equi
vale
nt le
vels
in tw
o ar
eas
or
Pro
fess
iona
l jud
gmen
t – s
igni
fica
nt d
efic
it th
at d
oes
not m
eet s
tate
d cr
iter
ion;
or,
fun
ctio
ning
abo
ve c
rite
rion
due
to in
tens
ive
earl
y in
terv
enti
on, t
o av
oid
regr
essi
on
3 th
roug
h 5
A
ge r
ange
: C
hild
ren
kind
erga
rten
ag
e el
igib
le m
ay c
onti
nue
elig
ibil
ity
as a
You
ng C
hild
w
ith
a D
evel
opm
enta
l Del
ay if
th
ey w
ere
iden
tifi
ed a
s su
ch
prio
r to
att
aini
ng k
inde
rgar
ten
age
elig
ibil
ity.
Stat
e Pl
an
2010
ht
tp:/
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e.m
o.go
v/sc
hool
law
/rul
esre
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nc_B
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ef_M
at/I
DE
AP
artB
.ht
m
S
tand
ards
1/
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11
http
://d
ese.
mo.
gov/
divs
pece
d/C
ompl
ianc
e/S
tand
ards
Man
ual/
inde
x.ht
ml
(dow
nloa
ded
1/5/
2011
) M
T
“Dev
elop
men
tal d
elay
”:
2 S
D in
one
are
a 1.
5 S
D in
two
area
s
3 th
roug
h 5
R
ules
10
/29/
2005
ht
tp://
ww
w.m
trul
es.o
rg/g
atew
ay/r
ule
no.a
sp?R
N=
10%
2E16
%2E
3010
(d
ownl
oade
d 1/
5/20
11)
NECTAC Notes No. 27 - 14 - January 2011
Sta
te
Dev
elop
men
tal D
elay
(D
D)
or E
arly
Ch
ild
hoo
d-S
pec
ific
(E
C)
Cat
egor
y/C
lass
ific
atio
n a
nd
Cri
teri
a A
ge R
ange
for
DD
or
EC
Cat
egor
y
Not
es
DD
/EC
use
rel
ativ
e to
oth
er
Par
t B
cat
egor
ies,
Tra
nsi
tion
, A
ge R
ange
Sour
ce
and
D
ate
NE
"Dev
elop
men
tal d
elay
":
2 S
D in
one
are
a 1.
3 S
D in
two
area
s or
In
form
ed c
lini
cal o
pini
on o
f qu
alif
ied
prof
essi
onal
s in
con
sult
atio
n w
ith
the
fam
ily
or
Dia
gnos
ed p
hysi
cal o
r m
enta
l con
diti
on w
ith h
igh
prob
abili
ty o
f re
sult
ing
in d
evel
opm
enta
l del
ay
Bir
th th
roug
h 8
Par
t B c
ateg
orie
s: D
evel
opm
enta
l de
lay
mus
t be
cons
ider
ed a
s on
e po
ssib
le e
ligi
bilit
y ca
tego
ry f
or
infa
nts
and
todd
lers
bir
th
thro
ugh
age
four
, and
is a
di
scre
tion
ary
opti
on f
or s
choo
l di
stri
cts
to u
se f
or c
hild
ren
ages
fi
ve th
roug
h ei
ght.
Gui
deli
nes
9/20
08
http
://w
ww
.chi
ldfi
nd.n
e.go
v/cd
ocs/
Ver
ific
atio
nGui
deli
nes.
(dow
nloa
ded
1/18
/201
1)
NV
“Dev
elop
men
tal d
elay
”:
2
SD
in o
ne a
rea
1
SD
in tw
o ar
eas
3 un
til 6
th b
irth
day
if
on o
r be
fore
9/3
0 of
cu
rren
t sch
ool y
ear
R
egul
atio
ns
9/18
/200
8 ht
tp:/
/nde
.doe
.nv.
gov/
Spe
cial
EdR
eso
urce
s/R
064-
08A
(d
ownl
oade
d 1/
27/2
011)
N
H
“D
evel
opm
enta
l del
ay”:
A d
elay
in o
ne o
f th
e fi
ve d
evel
opm
enta
l are
as a
nd n
eedi
ng s
peci
al
educ
atio
n an
d re
late
d se
rvic
es
3 th
roug
h 9
R
egul
atio
ns
6/30
/08
http
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ww
.edu
cati
on.n
h.go
v/in
str
ucti
on/s
peci
al_e
d/do
cum
ents
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ules
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ld_d
isab
(d
ownl
oade
d 1/
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11)
NJ
“Pre
scho
ol c
hild
wit
h a
disa
bili
ty”:
33%
in o
ne a
rea
2
5% in
two
area
s
3 th
roug
h 5
R
egul
atio
ns
12/6
/201
0 ht
tp://
ww
w.s
tate
.nj.u
s/ed
ucat
ion/
code
/cur
rent
/tit
le6a
/cha
p14.
(dow
nloa
ded
1/5/
2011
) N
M
“D
evel
opm
enta
lly d
elay
ed”:
2 S
D o
r 30
% in
one
are
a or
Pro
fess
iona
l jud
gmen
t of
qual
ifie
d ev
alua
tor
and
IEP
team
3 th
roug
h 9
Par
t B c
ateg
orie
s:
Dev
elop
men
tall
y de
laye
d m
ay
only
be
used
if c
hild
doe
s no
t qu
alif
y un
der
anot
her
cate
gory
.
Reg
ulat
ions
12
/31/
2009
ht
tp://
ww
w.n
mcp
r.st
ate.
nm.u
s/nm
ac/
part
s/ti
tle06
/06.
031.
0002
.htm
(d
ownl
oade
d 1/
6/20
11)
NY
“P
resc
hool
stu
dent
wit
h a
disa
bili
ty”:
2 S
D o
r 33
% d
elay
in o
ne a
rea
1
.5 S
D o
r 25
% d
elay
in tw
o ar
eas or
1
2-m
onth
del
ay in
one
or
mor
e ar
eas
or
Mee
t the
cri
teri
a fo
r A
utis
m, D
eafn
ess,
Dea
f-bl
indn
ess,
Hea
ring
im
pair
men
t, O
rtho
pedi
c im
pair
men
t, O
ther
hea
lth
impa
irm
ent,
Tra
umat
ic b
rain
inju
ry, V
isua
l im
pair
men
t
3 th
roug
h 5,
if
5th
bir
thda
y no
t on
or b
efor
e D
ecem
ber
1
Par
t B c
ateg
orie
s: D
oes
not u
se
disa
bilit
y ca
tego
ries
of
Em
otio
nal d
istu
rban
ce,
Lea
rnin
g di
sabi
liti
es, M
enta
l re
tard
atio
n*, M
ulti
ple
disa
bili
ties
, Spe
ech/
lang
uage
im
pair
men
t
*Not
e th
at in
201
0, P
L 1
11-2
56,
Ros
a’s
Law
, cha
nged
the
term
m
enta
l ret
arda
tion
to in
tell
ectu
al
disa
bili
ty. S
tate
pol
icie
s ar
e be
ing
chan
ged
as w
ell.
Reg
ulat
ions
8/
2009
ht
tp:/
/ww
w.p
12.n
ysed
.gov
/spe
cial
ed/
law
sreg
s/pa
rt20
0.ht
m
(dow
nloa
ded
1/27
/201
1)
NECTAC Notes No. 27 - 15 - January 2011
Sta
te
Dev
elop
men
tal D
elay
(D
D)
or E
arly
Ch
ild
hoo
d-S
pec
ific
(E
C)
Cat
egor
y/C
lass
ific
atio
n a
nd
Cri
teri
a A
ge R
ange
for
DD
or
EC
Cat
egor
y
Not
es
DD
/EC
use
rel
ativ
e to
oth
er
Par
t B
cat
egor
ies,
Tra
nsi
tion
, A
ge R
ange
Sour
ce
and
D
ate
NC
“Dev
elop
men
tally
del
ayed
”:
(A)
Del
ayed
/Aty
pica
l Dev
elop
men
t 2
SD
or
30%
del
ay in
one
are
a 1.
5 S
D o
r 25
% d
elay
in tw
o ar
eas
and
Info
rmed
edu
catio
nal/c
lini
cal o
pini
on a
nd a
ppro
pria
te a
sses
smen
t m
easu
res.
or
(B
) “
Del
ayed
/aty
pica
l beh
avio
r”:
evid
ence
that
the
patt
erns
of
beha
vior
occ
ur in
mor
e th
an o
ne
sett
ing
over
an
exte
nded
per
iod
of ti
me.
(i
) fo
r ag
es 3
-5, o
ne o
r m
ore
of th
e fo
llow
ing:
a.
de
laye
d or
abn
orm
alit
ies
in a
chie
ving
mil
esto
nes
and/
or
diff
icul
ties
wit
h is
sues
, suc
h as
: 1.
at
tach
men
t and
/or
inte
ract
ion
with
oth
er a
dult
s,
peer
s, m
ater
ials
, and
obj
ects
; 2.
ab
ility
to c
omm
unic
ate
emot
iona
l nee
ds;
3.
abil
ity to
tole
rate
fru
stra
tion
and
con
trol
beh
avio
r,
or
4.
abil
ity
to in
hibi
t agg
ress
ion.
b.
fe
arfu
lnes
s, w
ithd
raw
al, o
r ot
her
dist
ress
that
doe
s no
t re
spon
d to
com
fort
ing
or in
terv
enti
ons;
c.
in
disc
rim
inat
e so
ciab
ility
, for
exa
mpl
e, e
xces
sive
fa
mil
iari
ty w
ith r
elat
ive
stra
nger
s; o
r d.
S
elf-
inju
riou
s or
oth
er a
ggre
ssiv
e be
havi
or.
(ii)
fo
r ag
es 6
-7, t
wo
or m
ore
of th
e fo
llow
ing:
a.
th
e in
abili
ty to
inte
ract
app
ropr
iate
ly w
ith
adul
ts a
nd
peer
s;
b.
the
inab
ility
to c
ope
wit
h no
rmal
env
iron
men
tal o
r si
tuat
iona
l dem
ands
; c.
th
e us
e of
agg
ress
ion
or s
elf-
inju
riou
s be
havi
or, o
r d.
th
e in
abili
ty to
lear
n du
e to
soc
ial/e
mot
iona
l def
icits
. (i
ii)
Iden
tifi
cati
on b
ased
on
info
rmed
edu
cati
onal
/cli
nica
l op
inio
n an
d ap
prop
riat
e as
sess
men
t mea
sure
s.
3 th
roug
h 7
R
egul
atio
ns
6/20
10
http
://w
ww
.ncp
ubli
csch
ools
.org
/do
cs/e
c/po
licy
/pol
icie
s/po
licie
s-62
010.
G
uida
nce
8/20
08
http
://w
ww
.ncp
ubli
csch
ools
.org
/do
cs/e
c/po
licy
/for
ms/
guid
ing-
prac
tices
(d
ownl
oade
d 1/
5/20
11)
NECTAC Notes No. 27 - 16 - January 2011
Sta
te
Dev
elop
men
tal D
elay
(D
D)
or E
arly
Ch
ild
hoo
d-S
pec
ific
(E
C)
Cat
egor
y/C
lass
ific
atio
n a
nd
Cri
teri
a A
ge R
ange
for
DD
or
EC
Cat
egor
y
Not
es
DD
/EC
use
rel
ativ
e to
oth
er
Par
t B
cat
egor
ies,
Tra
nsi
tion
, A
ge R
ange
Sour
ce
and
D
ate
ND
"Non
-cat
egor
ical
del
ay":
2.
0 S
D o
r 30
% d
elay
in o
ne a
rea,
1.
5 S
D o
r 20
% in
two
area
s or
P
rofe
ssio
nal j
udgm
ent
or
Synd
rom
es a
nd d
isor
ders
ass
ocia
ted
with
dis
abil
ity; c
hild
ren
func
tion
ing
abov
e st
ated
cri
teri
a bu
t eli
gibl
e ba
sed
on e
xpec
ted
regr
essi
on if
inte
rven
tion
dis
cont
inue
d; c
hild
ren
impa
cted
by
seve
re
subs
tant
iate
d en
viro
nmen
tal d
epri
vati
on s
uch
as b
oth
pare
nts
bein
g de
velo
pmen
tall
y di
sabl
ed.
3 th
roug
h 9
P
art B
cat
egor
ies:
Lim
ited
to
uncl
ear
diag
nosi
s an
d w
ell
docu
men
ted
dela
y
Gui
deli
nes
3/20
07
http
://w
ww
.dpi
.sta
te.n
d.us
/spe
ced/
guid
e/N
CD
guid
elin
es.p
df
(dow
nloa
ded
1/5/
2011
)
OH
“Dev
elop
men
tal d
elay
”:
2
SD
in o
ne a
rea
(if
deve
lopm
enta
l are
a is
cog
niti
ve o
r ad
apti
ve,
chil
d m
ust h
ave
del
ay in
one
oth
er a
rea)
1.5
SD
in tw
o ar
eas
3 th
roug
h 5
Par
t B c
ateg
orie
s: (
1) F
irst
co
nsid
er th
e ap
plic
abil
ity o
f th
e ot
her
disa
bili
ty c
ateg
orie
s;
(2)
If c
hild
is e
ligi
ble
unde
r C
ogni
tive
dis
abili
ty, E
mot
iona
l di
stur
banc
e, S
peec
h or
lang
uage
im
pair
men
t, D
D m
ay b
e us
ed if
m
ore
appr
opri
ate;
or
(3)
Det
erm
ine
if th
e ch
ild
mee
ts th
e cr
iteri
a fo
r D
D
Gui
danc
e 9/
10
http
://w
ww
.edr
esou
rces
ohio
.org
/og
dse/
10_-
_pre
scho
ol/1
0-1/
docu
men
t (d
ownl
oade
d 1/
19/2
010)
OK
“Dev
elop
men
tal d
elay
”:
2
SD
or
50%
in o
ne a
rea
1
.5 S
D o
r 25
% d
elay
in tw
o ar
eas
o
r In
ext
raor
dina
ry c
ases
whe
n a
stan
dard
ized
sco
re c
anno
t be
dete
rmin
ed, a
chi
ld m
ay b
e de
term
ined
to h
ave
a di
sabi
lity
base
d on
fu
ncti
onal
ity
and
the
info
rmed
opi
nion
of
the
grou
p w
ith
docu
men
tati
on o
f th
e ra
tion
ale
for
the
inab
ility
to o
btai
n a
stan
dard
ized
sc
ore.
F
or c
hild
ren
Kin
derg
arte
n sc
hool
age
(tu
rnin
g fi
ve b
y S
epte
mbe
r 2)
to
age
nine
, cri
teri
a fo
r de
lay
in d
evel
opm
enta
l dom
ains
or
indi
cato
rs f
or
spec
ific
dis
abil
ity c
ateg
orie
s m
ay b
e us
ed to
det
erm
ine
elig
ibili
ty.
3 th
roug
h 8
Pro
cedu
res
2007
ht
tp://
sde.
stat
e.ok
.us/
Cur
ricu
lum
/Spe
cEd/
pdf/
Com
plia
nce/
Polic
ies_
Proc
edur
es.p
df
D
evel
opm
enta
l Del
ay D
efin
itio
n ef
fect
ive
1/31
/200
8 ht
tp://
sde.
stat
e.ok
.us/
Cur
ricu
lum
/Spe
cEd/
Ear
ly_C
hild
hood
.htm
l (d
ownl
oade
d 1/
3/20
11)
OR
"Dev
elop
men
tal d
elay
":
1
.5 S
D in
two
area
s
3 up
to th
e a
ge o
f el
igib
ility
for
pub
lic
scho
ol
R
ules
6/
2010
ht
tp://
ww
w.o
de.s
tate
.or.
us/o
ffic
es/
slp/
sped
oars
(d
ownl
oade
d 1/
3/20
11)
NECTAC Notes No. 27 - 17 - January 2011
Sta
te
Dev
elop
men
tal D
elay
(D
D)
or E
arly
Ch
ild
hoo
d-S
pec
ific
(E
C)
Cat
egor
y/C
lass
ific
atio
n a
nd
Cri
teri
a A
ge R
ange
for
DD
or
EC
Cat
egor
y
Not
es
DD
/EC
use
rel
ativ
e to
oth
er
Par
t B
cat
egor
ies,
Tra
nsi
tion
, A
ge R
ange
Sour
ce
and
D
ate
PA
“D
evel
opm
enta
l del
ay”:
1.5
SD
or
25%
del
ay in
one
or
mor
e ar
eas
3 to
fir
st g
rade
ent
ry,
coul
d be
5.5
yea
rs a
s se
t by
LE
A
R
egul
atio
ns
7/1/
2008
ht
tp://
ww
w.p
atta
n.ne
t/reg
sfor
ms/
cha
pter
14(s
choo
ldis
tric
ts).
aspx
(
dow
nloa
ded
1/3/
2011
) R
I “D
evel
opm
enta
l del
ay”:
2 S
D o
r 25
% d
elay
in o
ne a
rea
1
.5 S
D in
two
area
s
3 th
roug
h 8
R
egul
atio
ns
7/1/
2010
ht
tp:/
/ww
w.r
ide.
ri.g
ov/S
peci
al_P
opu
lati
ons/
Sta
te_f
eder
al_r
egul
atio
ns/R
I B
oard
of
Reg
ents
for
E
lem
enta
ry a
nd S
econ
dary
E
duca
tion
Reg
ulat
ions
Gov
erni
ng
the
Edu
cati
on o
f C
hild
ren
Wit
h D
isab
iliti
es A
dopt
ed J
une
3 20
10.p
df
(do
wnl
oade
d 1/
3/20
11)
SC
“Dev
elop
men
tal d
elay
”:
2
SD
in o
ne a
rea
1
.5 S
D in
two
area
s
3 th
roug
h 9
R
egul
atio
ns
2007
ht
tp:/
/ed.
sc.g
ov/a
genc
y/of
fice
s/ec
/sta
tere
gs/S
tate
Reg
ulat
ions
2007
.htm
l Pr
oces
s G
uide
10
/1/2
010
http
://e
d.sc
.gov
/age
ncy/
Stan
dard
s-an
d-L
earn
ing/
Exc
epti
onal
-C
hild
ren/
old/
ec/s
tate
regs
/doc
umen
ts/S
EP
G10
0110
.doc
(
dow
nloa
ded
1/3/
2011
) SD
“Dev
elop
men
tal d
elay
”:
Has
Par
t B d
isab
ility
or
seve
re d
elay
whi
ch is
def
ined
as
2
SD
in o
ne a
rea
1
.5 S
D in
two
area
s or
P
rofe
ssio
nal j
udgm
ent (
i.e.,
team
ove
rrid
e)
3 th
roug
h 5
R
egul
atio
ns
12/8
/200
9 ht
tp:/
/doe
.sd.
gov/
oess
/doc
umen
ts/S
PE
D_A
DM
IN_R
UL
ES
Eli
gibi
lity
Gui
de
10/2
010
http
://d
oe.s
d.go
v/oe
ss/d
ocum
ents
/E
ligi
bilt.
(dow
nloa
ded
1/6/
2011
)
NECTAC Notes No. 27 - 18 - January 2011
Sta
te
Dev
elop
men
tal D
elay
(D
D)
or E
arly
Ch
ild
hoo
d-S
pec
ific
(E
C)
Cat
egor
y/C
lass
ific
atio
n a
nd
Cri
teri
a A
ge R
ange
for
DD
or
EC
Cat
egor
y
Not
es
DD
/EC
use
rel
ativ
e to
oth
er
Par
t B
cat
egor
ies,
Tra
nsi
tion
, A
ge R
ange
Sour
ce
and
D
ate
TN
"Dev
elop
men
tal d
elay
":
2 S
D o
r 40
% d
elay
in o
ne a
rea
1.5
SD
or
25%
del
ay in
two
area
s
3 th
roug
h 9
Age
ran
ge:
Initi
al e
ligi
bilit
y as
D
evel
opm
enta
l Del
ay s
hall
be
dete
rmin
ed b
efor
e a
chil
d’s
7th
birt
hday
. P
art B
cat
egor
ies:
Whe
n on
e ar
ea
is d
eter
min
ed to
be
defi
cit b
y 2.
0 st
anda
rd d
evia
tion
s or
40%
of
the
chil
d’s
chro
nolo
gica
l age
, th
e ex
iste
nce
of o
ther
dis
abil
ity
cate
gori
es th
at a
re m
ore
desc
ript
ive
of th
e ch
ild'
s le
arni
ng s
tyle
sha
ll b
e ru
led
out.
Rul
es
8/20
09
http
://w
ww
.sta
te.tn
.us/
educ
atio
n/sp
eced
/doc
/828
09st
ater
ules
Spe
cial
Edu
cati
on M
anua
l 5/
2008
ht
tp:/
/ww
w.s
tate
.tn.u
s/ed
ucat
ion/
spec
ed/d
oc/8
0608
SE
MM
anua
lfin
al.p
df
(dow
nloa
ded
1/3/
2011
)
TX
“Non
cate
gori
cal e
arly
chi
ldho
od”:
May
be
used
whe
n a
chil
d m
eets
cri
teri
a fo
r
spe
cifi
c le
arni
ng d
isab
ility
, men
tal r
etar
dati
on,
e
mot
iona
l dis
turb
ance
, or
autis
m, o
r w
hen
eval
uati
on
d
ata
esta
blis
h a
beli
ef th
at th
e ch
ild
mee
ts th
e
r
equi
rem
ents
for
one
or
mor
e of
thes
e ca
tego
ries
.
3 th
roug
h 5
Par
t B c
ateg
orie
s: M
ay b
e us
ed
whe
n th
e ch
ild
mee
ts th
e cr
iter
ia
for
spec
ific
lear
ning
dis
abil
ity,
men
tal r
etar
datio
n*, e
mot
iona
l di
stur
banc
e, o
r au
tism
*N
ote
that
in 2
010,
PL
111
-256
, R
osa’
s L
aw, c
hang
ed th
e te
rm
men
tal r
etar
dati
on to
inte
llec
tual
di
sabi
lity
. Sta
te p
olic
ies
are
bein
g ch
ange
d as
wel
l.
Reg
ulat
ions
11
/11/
2007
ht
tp://
ritte
r.te
a.st
ate.
tx.u
s/ru
les/
tac/
chap
ter0
89/c
h089
aa.h
tml
(dow
nloa
ded
1/3/
2011
)
UT
“Dev
elop
men
tal d
elay
”:
2.5
SD
or
< 1
%il
e in
one
are
a 2.
0 S
D o
r <
2%
ile
in tw
o ar
eas
1.5
SD o
r <
7%
ile
in th
ree
area
s
3 th
roug
h 7
Par
t B c
ateg
orie
s: W
hen
adeq
uate
ev
alua
tion
dat
a ar
e av
aila
ble,
ch
ildr
en m
ust b
e cl
assi
fied
in
one
of th
e ot
her
spec
ific
di
sabi
litie
s ca
tego
ries
.
Reg
ulat
ions
In
eff
ect 1
2/20
10 p
er U
RL
bel
ow
http
://w
ww
.sch
ools
.uta
h.go
v/sa
rs/
DO
CS
/law
/fin
alru
les.
aspx
(d
ownl
oade
d 1/
3/20
11)
NECTAC Notes No. 27 - 19 - January 2011
Sta
te
Dev
elop
men
tal D
elay
(D
D)
or E
arly
Ch
ild
hoo
d-S
pec
ific
(E
C)
Cat
egor
y/C
lass
ific
atio
n a
nd
Cri
teri
a A
ge R
ange
for
DD
or
EC
Cat
egor
y
Not
es
DD
/EC
use
rel
ativ
e to
oth
er
Par
t B
cat
egor
ies,
Tra
nsi
tion
, A
ge R
ange
Sour
ce
and
D
ate
VT
“Eli
gibl
e fo
r E
ssen
tial
Ear
ly E
duca
tion
(E
EE
)” b
ased
on:
Dev
elop
men
tal d
elay
: 2
SD
(2%
ile)
or
40%
del
ay in
one
are
a 1.
5 S
D (
7%il
e) in
two
area
s or
M
edic
al c
ondi
tion
dia
gnos
ed b
y a
licen
sed
phys
icia
n th
at m
ay r
esul
t in
sig
nifi
cant
del
ays
by th
e ti
me
of th
e ch
ild’
s si
xth
birt
hday
or
A
chi
ld w
ho r
ecei
ved
spec
ial i
nstr
ucti
on, d
evel
opm
enta
l the
rapy
se
rvic
es o
r sp
eech
ser
vice
s th
roug
h an
IF
SP
sha
ll b
e el
igib
le f
or
EE
E w
itho
ut n
eed
for
addi
tion
al e
valu
atio
n.
3 th
roug
h 5
Tra
nsit
ion:
A c
hild
who
rec
eive
s sp
ecia
l ins
truc
tion
, de
velo
pmen
tal t
hera
py s
ervi
ces,
or
spe
ech
serv
ices
thro
ugh
an
IFSP
sha
ll b
e el
igib
le f
or E
EE
w
itho
ut n
eed
for
addi
tion
al
eval
uati
on. F
or c
hild
ren
who
tr
ansi
tion
to E
EE
ser
vice
s, th
e pa
rent
sha
ll b
e as
ked
to c
onse
nt
to E
EE
pla
cem
ent f
or th
e pe
riod
of
tim
e be
twee
n ag
e 3
and
the
date
the
init
ial e
valu
atio
n un
der
Par
t B is
due
. Ini
tial
con
sent
for
ev
alua
tion
and
pla
cem
ent u
nder
Pa
rt B
sha
ll o
ccur
whe
n th
e in
itia
l eva
luat
ion
for
earl
y in
terv
enti
on e
xpir
es a
fter
3
year
s or
soo
ner
if r
eque
sted
by
the
pare
nt o
r re
spon
sibl
e ag
ency
.
Reg
ulat
ions
6/
10/2
010
http
://e
duca
tion
.ver
mon
t.gov
/new
/pd
fdoc
/boa
rd/r
ules
/236
0.pd
f (
dow
nloa
ded
1/3/
2011
)
VA
“Dev
elop
men
tal d
elay
”:
D
elay
in o
ne o
r m
ore
area
s or
An
esta
blis
hed
phys
ical
or
men
tal c
ondi
tion
that
has
a h
igh
prob
abil
ity
of r
esul
ting
in a
dev
elop
men
tal d
elay
2 th
roug
h 6
A
ge r
ange
: V
A c
hang
ed a
ge r
ange
fr
om 2
thro
ugh
8 to
2 th
roug
h 6
in 2
010.
A d
ocum
ent e
xpla
inin
g th
e ra
tion
ale
for
the
chan
ge is
li
nked
in th
e ne
xt c
olum
n.
Reg
ulat
ions
1/
25/ 2
010
http
://w
ww
.doe
.vir
gini
a.go
v/sp
ecia
l_ed
/reg
ulat
ions
/sta
te/r
egs_
spec
ed_d
isab
ilit
y_va
(
dow
nloa
ded
1/3/
2011
)
Dev
elop
men
tal D
elay
: [A
ge
Cha
nge]
ht
tp:/
/ww
w.d
oe.v
irgi
nia.
gov/
spec
ial_
ed/r
egul
atio
ns/s
tate
/fas
t_fa
cts/
fas
t_fa
ct_d
ev_d
elay
4/
2010
(d
ownl
oade
d 1/
3/20
11)
WA
“Dev
elop
men
tal d
elay
”:
C
hild
mee
ts c
rite
ria
for
deve
lopm
enta
l del
ay —
2
SD
in o
ne a
rea
1.5
SD
in tw
o ar
eas
3 th
roug
h 8
R
ules
11
/1/2
009
http
://a
pps.
leg.
wa.
gov/
WA
C/d
efau
lt.a
spx?
cite
=39
2-17
2A-0
1035
(d
ownl
oade
d 1/
3/20
11)
WV
“Pre
scho
ol s
peci
al n
eeds
”:
25%
del
ay in
two
area
s
3 th
roug
h 5
(beg
inni
ng o
f sc
hool
ye
ar if
chi
ld tu
rns
3 in
the
fall
)
R
egul
atio
ns
1/20
10
http
://w
vde.
stat
e.w
v.us
/osp
/pol
icy2
419.
htm
l (d
ownl
oade
d 1/
3/20
11)
NECTAC Notes No. 27 - 20 - January 2011
Sta
te
Dev
elop
men
tal D
elay
(D
D)
or E
arly
Ch
ild
hoo
d-S
pec
ific
(E
C)
Cat
egor
y/C
lass
ific
atio
n a
nd
Cri
teri
a A
ge R
ange
for
DD
or
EC
Cat
egor
y
Not
es
DD
/EC
use
rel
ativ
e to
oth
er
Par
t B
cat
egor
ies,
Tra
nsi
tion
, A
ge R
ange
Sour
ce
and
D
ate
WI
“Sig
nifi
cant
dev
elop
men
tal d
elay
”:
1.5
SD
in tw
o ar
eas
(or
equi
vale
nt s
core
)
3 th
roug
h 5
or
belo
w c
ompu
lsor
y sc
hool
age
Par
t B c
ateg
orie
s: A
ll o
ther
su
spec
ted
hand
icap
ping
co
ndit
ions
sha
ll b
e co
nsid
ered
be
fore
iden
tify
ing
a ch
ild’s
pr
imar
y di
sabl
ing
cond
itio
n as
S
igni
fica
nt D
evel
opm
enta
l D
elay
.
Reg
ulat
ions
7/
01
http
://d
pi.w
i.gov
/spe
d/pi
11_0
701.
htm
l#11
.35
In
tera
ctiv
e H
andb
ook
6/20
09
http
://w
ww
.spe
cial
ed.u
s/is
sues
-el
igib
ility
/sig
nifi
cant
dd.h
tml
(dow
nloa
ded
1/3/
2011
) W
Y
“D
evel
opm
enta
l del
ay”:
C
hild
doe
s no
t qua
lify
in o
ther
cat
egor
ies;
1.
75 S
D in
one
are
a
1.5
SD
in tw
o or
mor
e ar
eas
an
d R
esul
ts o
f he
arin
g an
d vi
sion
scr
eeni
ng c
onfi
rm c
hild
’s p
erfo
rman
ce
is n
ot a
res
ult o
f he
arin
g or
vis
ion
impa
irm
ent
3 th
roug
h 9
P
art B
cat
egor
ies:
Dev
elop
men
tal
Del
ay is
a c
ateg
ory
avai
labl
e to
ch
ildr
en a
ges
3 th
roug
h 9
who
do
not
qua
lify
in o
ther
ca
tego
ries
but
mee
t the
D
evel
opm
enta
l Del
ay c
rite
ria.
Rul
es
3/23
/201
0 ht
tp://
wdh
.sta
te.w
y.us
/Med
ia.a
spx?
med
iaId
=91
57
(dow
nloa
ded
1/3/
2011
)
NECTAC Notes No. 27 - 21 - January 2011
