{"data":{"id":"us-sd/sdcl-13-33b-5","jurisdiction":"us-sd","citation":"SDCL § 13-33B-5","heading":"Resource for parents to monitor and track deaf and hard-of-hearing children's language acquisition.","body":"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:\n(1) Include language and developmental milestones selected pursuant to § 13-33B-8;\n(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;\n(3) Present developmental milestones in terms of typical development of all children, by age range;\n(4) Written in a way parents can use clearly and easily;\n(5) Align to the state's early learning guidelines and state standards in English language arts;\n(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\n(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.","path":["TITLE 13. EDUCATION","CHAPTER 13-33B. PROGRAMS FOR DEAF AND HARD-OF-HEARING CHILDREN"],"source_url":"https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/13-33B-5","current_through":"2026-08-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:18:56Z","sha256":"ea1403665075ee45bf1b92a329f39b81302f3cd2c509400892c0aecf7772d21f","source_id":"us-sd","stale":false,"prev":"us-sd/sdcl-13-33b-4","next":"us-sd/sdcl-13-33b-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}