CDA EARLY LEARNING CENTER

Children between the ages of three and five may be eligible for special education services. These students are identified either as they transition from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare Infant Toddler Program or through the School District Developmental Screener. These screenings provide parents with information regarding their child’s development in speech and language, large and small muscles, concepts, and vision and hearing. They are conducted throughout the school year at the CDA Early Learning Center as part of the School District’s child find process.

The Early Childhood IEP has the early childhood outcomes embedded into the process as part of the student’s Present Level of Performance in the three outcome areas.  The child’s IEP incorporates multiple sources of information to describe a child’s current level of functioning.  This information will include testing used to determine the student’s eligibility for special education and related services, one or more norm-referenced or curriculum-based assessment, parent interviews and reports on child’s skill and behavior, progress notes from therapists working with the child, information from the Infant Toddler Program if available, observations by a teacher or child care provider, or other sources.