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Patterns in the Identification of and Outcomes for Children and Youth With Disabilities
NCEE 2010-4005
January 2010

Exhibit ES.1. National number of children identified for services under IDEA, by age (2005)

Exhibit ES.1. National number of children identified for services under IDEA, by age (2005)

Exhibit reads: Nationwide, 41,865 children less than 1 year old were identified for services under Part C of IDEA in 2005.

NOTE: The numbers of children identified in the exhibit are aggregated counts of children identified for services under IDEA, based on enrollment numbers at a single time point between October 1, 2005, and December 1, 2005. These annual counts include both children newly identified in the year represented by the count and children identified in earlier years who continue to receive services under IDEA. Data represent the counts for the 50 states and the District of Columbia, including Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) children. This exhibit displays the number of children identified for services under IDEA from birth through age 21.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS), Part C Child Count, 1997–2006, retrieved December 7, 2007, from http://www.ideadata.org/PartCChildCount.asp.