13-33B-5. Resource for parents to monitor and track deaf and hard-of-hearing children's language acquisition.

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The department shall incorporate language developmental milestones set, pursuant to the process specified in § 13-33B-8 , for the purpose of developing a resource for parents to monitor and track deaf and hard-of-hearing children's expressive and receptive language acquisition and developmental stages toward English literacy. The parent resource shall:

(1)Include language and developmental milestones selected pursuant to § 13-33B-8 ;

(2)Be appropriate for use, in both content and administration, with deaf and hard-of-hearing children from birth to five years of age, inclusive, who use English or ASL, or both;

(3)Present developmental milestones in terms of typical development of all children, by age range;

(4)Written in a way parents can use clearly and easily;

(5)Align to the state's early learning guidelines and state standards in English language arts;

(6)Make clear that the parent resource is not a formal assessment of language and literacy development and that a parent's observations of the parent's children may differ from the formal assessment data presented at an IFSP or IEP meeting; and

(7)Make clear the parent may bring the parent resource to an IFSP or IEP meeting for the purpose of sharing the parent's observations about the child's development.