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Article: Head Start children at risk: Relationship of prenatal drug exposure to identification of special needs and subsequent special education kindergarten placement
- Article from:
- Behavioral Disorders
- Article date:
- February 1, 1998
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CopyrightCopyright Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders Feb 1998. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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ABSTRACT. The relationship between prenatal drug exposure, emotional and behavioral disorder (E/BD) identification in Head Start, and subsequent special education kindergarten placement in a sample of 145 Head Start children was examined. Results showed that 47% of the drug-exposed group versus 35% of the non-drug-exposed group met classification criteria for E/BD. In addition, 53% of the drug-exposed group were placed into special education kindergarten programs versus 29% of the non-drug-exposed group. Previous research has suggested that identification of children with E/BD in Head Start, in itself, does not predict eventual special education placement. However, prenatal drug exposure of ...