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Every Child is Entitled to a Free Appropriate Public Education
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Districts within the East San Gabriel Valley Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) offer programs for youngsters, between the ages of birth and 21 years of age, who have:
· Communication problems
· Leaning difficulties
· Physical disabilities
· Severe disabilities
If you think your child needs special help in school, call his/her school or district office of Special Education at the appropriate number listed below. |
Los distritos dentro del Plan Local de Educación Especial del East San Gabriel Valley (SELPA) ofrece programas para jóvenes desde su nacimiento hasta los 21 años de edad que tienen:
· Problemas de comunicación
· Dificultades en el Aprendizaje
· Incapacidades físicas
· Incapacidades severas
Si usted cree que su niño/a necesita educación especial, comuníquese con su oficina escolar o llame a la oficina de Educación Especial de su distrito al número apropiado. |
Risk Factors The following factors may place children at greater risk for health and developmental concerns:
- Prematurity or low birth weight
- Vision or hearing difficulties
- Prenatal exposure or other types of exposure to drugs, alcohol, or tobacco
- Poor nutrition or difficulties eating (lacks nutritious foods, vitamins, proteins, or iron in diet)
- Exposure to lead-based paint (licking, eating, or sucking on lead-base painted doors, floors, furniture, toys, etc.)
- Environmental factors, such as abuse or neglect
Behaviors and Relationships Some of the following behaviors may be cause for concern in any child:
- Avoids being held, does not like being touched
- Resists being calmed, cannot be comforted
- Avoids or rarely makes eye contact with others
- Does not play with others
- Acts aggressively on a regular basis, hurts self or others
Hearing
- Has frequent earaches
- Has had many ear, nose, or throat infections
- Does not look where sounds or voices are coming from or react to loud noises
- Talks in a very loud or very low voice, or has an unusual sound
- Does not always respond when called from across a room even when it is for something that the child is usually interested in or likes
- Turns body so that the same ear is always turned toward a sound
Seeing
- Closes one eye or tilts head when looking at an object
- Has difficulty following objects or looking at people when talked to
- Has difficulty focusing or making eye contact
- Usually holds books or objects very close to face or sits with face very close to television
- Has an eye or eyes that look crossed or turned, or eyes do not move together
Moving
- Has stiff arms or legs
- Pushes away or arches back when held close or cuddled
- Shows poor coordination and falls or stumbles a lot when running, has difficulty turning pages in a book
- By age four, has difficulty standing on one foot for a short time
- By age five, does not skip or hop on one foot, has difficulty drawing simple shapes
Communicating
- does not try to say familiar rhymes or songs; cannot follow simple directions
- By age four, does not tell stories, whether real or make-believe, or ask questions; does not talk so that adults outside the family can understand
Thinking
- By age four, does not answer simple questions, such as “What do you do when you are hungry?” or “What color is this?”
- By age five, does not understand the meaning of today, yesterday, or tomorrow
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