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It is important for researchers and practitioners to understand how early referral decisions are made in communities because the long-term consequences of an at-risk child being referred (or not) to an agency for evaluation and intervention are profound...

With a number of disparities present in the diagnosis and treatment of children with autism spectrum disorders, the education system plays a crucial role in the provision of both these service elements. Based on school and federal census data, this article...

The present study combined a functional abilities approach to characterizing childhood disability with person-oriented analytic techniques to identify and describe functional profiles of young children with disabilities. Nationally representative data from...

This article provides a systematic and impartial analysis of the law, including hearing and review officer as well as judicial decisions, specific to the intersection of response to intervention (RTI) and school districts’ ongoing affirmative obligation of...

Although child find activities has been a fundamental requirement under IDEA for decades, school personnel occasionally fail to implement this requirement despite clear signs of academic and behavioral problems exhibited by students, potentially indicative...

With an increasing awareness of dyslexia among parents and educators, it is crucial that teachers understand how to identify reading difficulties early, use data collected through the assessment process to make eligibility decisions, and link data to...

This study examined school readiness at kindergarten entry for low-income children whose disability indicators were identified before age 3. Data were collected as part of the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Longitudinal Follow-up study. Children...