Developmental Delay for the CSET

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Excerpt from the CSET study guide

Teacher candidates studying for the CSET exam should know about developmental delay as it adversely affects a child’s educational performance.

Developmental delay refers to children aged 3 through 9 who are experiencing delays, as measured by appropriate diagnostic instruments and procedures, in one or more of the following areas: physical, cognitive, communication, social or emotional, or adaptive development that adversely affects a child’s educational performance. Other disability categories shall be used if they are more descriptive of a young child’s strengths and needs. Local school systems have the option of using Developmental Delay as a disability category.

Eligibility Standards
a. A child is evaluated through an appropriate multi-measure diagnostic procedure,
administered by a multi-disciplinary assessment team in all of the following areas
(not only areas of suspected delays):

(1) physical development which includes fine and gross motor skills combined

The ability to use small and large muscles effectively
• fine motor: the use of small muscle groups of the arms and hands to eat, drink, dress, and
write, etc.
• gross motor: the use of large muscle groups of the neck, trunk, arms, and legs for
ambulation, etc.

(2) cognitive development

The ability to comprehend, remember, and make sense out of experience, including:
• attending skills
• abstract thinking or reasoning
• capacity to acquire knowledge

(3) communication development which includes receptive and expressive language skills combined

• Preverbal Skills – the use of nonverbal behaviors such as body movements, grimaces, and
vocalizations that are unclear signals,
• Pragmatics – functional communication that includes intentions and discourse,

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