When is a preschool child with disabilites eligible for these services?
Children from age three to kindergarten age are eligible for ECSE if they have a substantial delay in two or more of the skill areas listed above, or meet eligibility criteria for a specific listed disabling condition (autism, blindness, deaf/blind, hearing impairment, mental retardation, multiple disabilities, orthopedic impairment, other health impairment, serious emotional disturbance, specific learning disabilities, speech/language impairment, traumatic brain injury, and visual impairment.) The rules set out specific criteria for each of these conditions.
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