Head Start Children Finishing First Grade: Preliminary Data on School Identification of Children at Risk for Special Education.

Forness, Steven R.; Ramey, Sharon L.; Ramey, Craig T.; Hsu, Chuanchieh; Brezausek, Carl M.; MacMillan, Donald L.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ563943

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Publication Date: 1998

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Head Start Children Finishing First Grade: Preliminary Data on School Identification of Children at Risk for Special Education.

Forness, Steven R.; Ramey, Sharon L.; Ramey, Craig T.; Hsu, Chuanchieh; Brezausek, Carl M.; MacMillan, Donald L.; And Others

Behavioral Disorders, v23 n2 p111-24 Feb 1998

A study examined the identification rate of mental retardation, learning disabilities, speech or language impairments, and emotional disturbance of 4,161 Head Start children as they completed first grade. Only 26% of the children meeting research diagnostic criteria in these four major categories were identified by the schools. (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Disabilities, Disability Identification, Early Identification, Economically Disadvantaged, Emotional Disturbances, Incidence, Language Impairments, Learning Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Primary Education, Young Children

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Language: English

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