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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kindergarten teacher here. I have a student this year who came in with an IEP from preschool under the category of developmental delay.  She receives services in speech/language for expressive and receptive delays and cognitive services, with goals like identifying the letters in her name and counting to 10. Her speech goals are using the pronoun I, identifying nouns and verbs, and answering who and what questions.

This child is on track to meet her speech goals by her IEP meeting next month but has made no progress at all toward her academic/cognitive goals. The service providers do not seem concerned with the lack of progress and actually said that due to her delays the goals may be too challenging and she needs easier ones in her new IEP, and that we should not worry if she doesn’t appear to be learning much with the current level of support because she is at a three-year-old level developmentally.

I did try to advocate for more service minutes (she is only pulled out 30 min 3x a month for speech and 60 minutes weekly for cognitive).

I brought up that I am concerned about her being in school every day just watching other kids learn. I was told that she may catch up in the future because some kids with developmental delays do (although I haven’t seen this happen in all my years teaching kindergarten), but we shouldn’t sweat her lack of progress because she isn’t ready from a developmental standpoint. I also don’t see how not providing more intensive services or a more restrictive placement is going to help her catch up.

Does anyone have a similar child? I guess I am looking for insight on what to do differently or how to advocate for her. I have 25 students, several with other special needs and behavioral issues, so it is difficult for me to figure out how to work with her more in the gen ed classroom.

Thank you so much![/quote]

As children begin kindergarten and start school, needs can become more clear. For example, it’s a challenge to test academic skills in preschoolers.  We don’t have many details to help us assess and interpret, even though many posters are doing so. When was student found eligible? Are they an English learner?  Do you suspect another disability like autism or Other health impairment? Keep in mind it is a challenge to qualify for Spevific Kearning Disability at such a young age, and many are qualified under Developmental Delay until needs are more clear and testing is more valid.

You could suggest an IEP meeting to document your academic concerns and consider if students  services are adequate. That is common.  You could ask your team if a reevaluation is appropriate, to help determine what her needs are and what services are needed.  It sounds like her language is developing through speech/language services and through being in the classroom setting.[/quote]

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