January 2017 - Special Education: What Do the Latest Numbers Tell Us?

Introduction

This first edition of NASET’s new series, Special Education: What Do the Latest Numbers Tell Us?, will focus on the latest data under Infants and Toddlers Served Under IDEA, Part C. The Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986 established the Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities under Part H (now Part C) of IDEA. Providing early intervention services to children with disabilities as early as birth through age 2 and their families helps to improve child developmental outcomes that are critical to educational success. Early intervention services are designed to identify and meet children’s needs in five developmental areas: physical development, cognitive development, communication development, social or emotional development, and adaptive development. The early intervention program assists states in developing and implementing a statewide, comprehensive, coordinated, and multidisciplinary interagency system to make early intervention services available for all infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families.

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