ACCESS NEW HAMPSHIRE - Educational Supports for Children with Disabilities

The first policy brief of the Access New Hampshire initiative, Educational Supports for Children with Disabilities, was published on September 26, 2006 by the IOD.

Findings focused on multiple areas, including:

  • How many children with developmental disabilities and their families are served through Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 (IDEA)? What kinds of services do they receive?
  • What benchmarks can be used to determine the effectiveness of transition plans for young children from early intervention to preschool or other community programs, and from preschool to kindergarten?
  • How many children receive special education services? In the last five years, have there been changes in the numbers of special education students with specific disabilities?
  • To what extent are New Hampshire communities consistent in their provision of special education services to children with various types of disabilities who live in different regions of the state?
  • Compared to children without disabilities, how do children with disabilities fare on statewide assessments?
  • How much more likely is a child with a disability to drop out of high school as compared to a child without a disability?

To read the Access NH press release, click here

To download the complete report, click here (2MB pdf)

To learn more about emergent questions in the field of educational supports, click here

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