45 CFR 1308 Head Start Program Performance Standards on Services for Children with Disabilities - Head Start

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45 CFR 1308 Head Start Program Performance Standards on Services for Children with Disabilities


This Performance Standard is to ensure that children with disabilities enrolled in Head Start programs receive all the services to which they are entitled. Disabilities coordinators and parents of specials needs children should review this regulation to ensure that children with special needs benefit while in Head Start.

45 CFR 1308 Head Start Program Performance Standards on Services for Children with Disabilities Title 45--Public Welfare CHAPTER XIII--OFFICE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PART 1308--HEAD START PROGRAM PERFORMANCE STANDARDS ON SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES 1308.1 Purpose. 1308.2 Scope. 1308.3 Definitions. 1308.4 Purpose and scope of disabilities service plan. 1308.5 Recruitment and enrollment of children with disabilities. 1308.6 Assessment of children. 1308.7 Eligibility criteria: Health impairment. 1308.8 Eligibility criteria: Emotional/behavioral disorders. 1308.9 Eligibility criteria: Speech or language impairments. 1308.10 Eligibility criteria: Mental retardation. 1308.11 Eligibility criteria: Hearing impairment including deafness. 1308.12 Eligibility criteria: Orthopedic impairment. 1308.13 Eligibility criteria: Visual impairment including blindness. 1308.14 Eligibility criteria: Learning disabilities. 1308.15 Eligibility criteria: Autism. 1308.16 Eligibility criteria: Traumatic brain injury. 1308.17 Eligibility criteria: Other impairments. 1308.18 Disabilities/health services coordination. 1308.19 Developing individualized education programs (IEPs). 1308.20 Nutrition services. 1308.21 Parent participation and transition of children into Head Start and from Head Start to public school.

45 CFR 1308 Head Start Program Performance Standards on Services for Children with Disabilities. 2005. English.

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Last Updated: March 24, 2009