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From Research to Practice

Support for Developmental Delay as a Preschool Category of Exceptionality

University of California, Los Angeles Address correspondence to Lucinda P. Bernheimer, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 760 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1759

BARBARA K. KEOGH

JENNIFER J. COOTS

University of California, Los Angeles

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act introduces a new discretionary category of preschool eligibility: "developmental delay." A recent DEC position paper supports the use of this new category but raises concerns about the transition from the broad category of developmental delay instead of eligibility categories commonly used in elementary school. Investigators at UCLA have been following two cohorts of young children with developmental delays and their families since 1979. Findings from these longitudinal studies relate directly to the concerns raised in the DEC document and support the introduction of the new category of eligibility.

Journal of Early Intervention, Vol. 17, No. 2, 97-106 (1993)
DOI: 10.1177/105381519301700202


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