Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Development Delays?? Kimberly is a Pre-K student that is showing delays in areas of language/literacy and mathematics. She is unable to answer WH questions. For example, when you ask her, "What do you cut paper with?" and you show her pictures of a pair of scissors and glue: She points to the glue or you ask her, "What makes a spider web?" and she says a book. In mathematics, she is unable to match simple pictures of a cat, dog and mouse. This same assessment has been done over and over for the past month with the same results. Her teacher states that she does not talk at all during large group and when asked a question Kimberly just nods her head. What do you suggest the next step should be? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) Making notes of theses interactions and observances to provide proof to the students parents and other school staff is one of the first things. You can only suggest testing to the parents, it does not mean they will take you up on it. In which case they do not, you will have to work with the student to the best of your ability implementing different strategies. If the student is not making academic gains, then she will be looked at for ESE.