Fourth Grade Outcomes of Children with a Preschool History of Developmental Disability

Special education outcomes were evaluated for 3,608 children (2,513 males) with a preschool history of developmental disability. Sixty-six percent of the children had an identified disability in fourth grade. The percentage of children with a disability at outcome varied across preschool disability...

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Published in:Education and training in developmental disabilities 2009-12, Vol.44 (4), p.573-579
Main Author: Delgado, Christine E. F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autism
Autistic disorder
Classification
Developmental delay
Developmental Disabilities
Disabilities
Early Intervention
Elementary School Students
Emotional Disturbances
Florida
Grade 4
Language Impairments
Learning Disabilities
Mental Disorders
Mental Retardation
Outcomes of education
Preschool Children
Preschool education
Special education
Speech Impairments
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Summary:Special education outcomes were evaluated for 3,608 children (2,513 males) with a preschool history of developmental disability. Sixty-six percent of the children had an identified disability in fourth grade. The percentage of children with a disability at outcome varied across preschool disability categories from 54% to 96%. The consistency of classification at preschool and outcome was relatively high for children with trainable mental handicap/profound mental handicap (TMH/PMH), emotional handicap/severe emotional disturbance (EH/SED), specific learning disability (SLD), and autism (AT) and lower for children with educable mental handicap (EMH), speech and/or language impairment (SI/LI), and developmental delay (DD). Understanding the nature and course of developmental disabilities can inform early intervention services, service planning, and resource management.
ISSN:1547-0350