Nevada § 388.5185 - Development and dissemination of written resource for use by parents or guardians to evaluate development of language and literacy skills

§ 388.5185. Development and dissemination of written resource for use by parents or guardians to evaluate development of language and literacy skills

1. The State Board shall evaluate the criteria recommended by the Advisory Committee

on Language Development for Children Who Are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Blind or Visually

Impaired pursuant to NRS 388.518 for use by parents or guardians to evaluate the development of language and literacy

skills by children who are less than 6 years of age and are deaf, hard of hearing,

blind or visually impaired, including, without limitation, children who are both deaf

and blind. If the State Board determines that the criteria recommended by the Committee pursuant

to NRS 388.518 : (a) Meet the requirements of that section, the State Board must adopt the criteria

for the purposes described in subsection 2. (b) Do not meet the requirements of that section, the State Board must revise the

criteria in a manner that meets the requirements of that section and adopt the revised

criteria for the purposes described in subsection 2. 2. The Department shall develop a written resource for use by parents or guardians

to evaluate the development of language and literacy skills by children who are less

than 6 years of age and are deaf, hard of hearing, blind or visually impaired, including,

without limitation, children who are both deaf and blind. The written resource must: (a) Describe how to use the criteria adopted pursuant to subsection 1 to evaluate

the development of language and literacy skills by children who are deaf, hard of

hearing, blind or visually impaired, including, without limitation, children who are

both deaf and blind; (b) Be written clearly and present the criteria in a manner that is easy for parents

to use; (c) State that parents have the right to select whether to evaluate the development

of language and literacy skills by their child using American Sign Language, spoken

or written English, with or without the use of visual supplements or braille, as applicable; (d) State that the resource is not a formal assessment of the development of language

and literacy skills and that the observations by a parent may differ from data presented

at a meeting concerning an individualized education program or individualized family

service plan; (e) State that a parent may bring the resource to a meeting concerning an individualized

education program or individualized family service plan for purposes of sharing observations

concerning the development of language and literacy skills by his or her child; and (f) Include balanced and comprehensive information about languages, modes of communication

and available services and programs for children who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind

or visually impaired, including, without limitation, children who are both deaf and

blind. 3. The Department shall disseminate the resource to parents or guardians described

in subsection 2, including, without limitation, by: (a) Making written copies of the resource available at locations and events where

such parents or guardians are likely to be present; (b) Posting the resource on an Internet website maintained by the Department; and (c) Providing written copies of the resource to the Aging and Disability Services

Division of the Department of Health and Human Services for distribution to such parents

or guardians who receive services from the Division.