{"id":784,"date":"2018-11-20T15:31:02","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T15:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/?page_id=784"},"modified":"2024-04-22T19:14:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T19:14:11","slug":"childcount","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/childcount\/","title":{"rendered":"Child Count"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a id=\"overview\" class=\"anchor\" name=\"overview\"><\/a>\u200bWDBTAP provides free services to deafblind children from the ages of birth t\u200bhrough\u200b\u200b students in high school transition programs up to age\u200b 21. These services are made possible through grant funding from the Office of Special Education Programing (OSEP). To qualify for the grant,\u200b WDBTAP\u200b is required to\u200b administer\u200b an annual\u200b child count on behalf of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI).\u200b This information must be updated annually for students to continue participating in WDBTAP programming at home or at school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a class=\"anchor\" name=\"form\" id=\"form\"><\/a>To submit your information for 2024, please fill out the<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/vQjRCN4SsN\"> 2024 WDBTAP Deafblind Child Count form<\/a> by March 1, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"data\" class=\"anchor\" name=\"data\"><\/a>2023 Wisconsin Deafblind Child Count Data<\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/2023-child-count-data.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3249 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/2023-child-count-data.jpg\" alt=\"2023 Wisconsin Deafblind Child Count Data\n145 Children on the child count December 1, 2023\nMale 80\nFemale 64\nAge of Children on Child Count\n3% ages 0 - 2\n6% ages 3 - 5\n34% ages 6 - 11\n41% ages 12 - 17\n17% ages 18 - 21\n\nEtiologies\nHereditary 78 children\nPrenatal \/ Congenital 19 children\nPremature 6 children\nPost-natal \/ Non-congenital 18 children\nno determination 24  children \n\nDegree of vision loss\nLow Vision 48 children\nLegally Blind 34 children\nLight Perception only 5 children\nTotally Blind 12 children\nProgressive Vision Loss 36 children\nFurther Testing Needed 6 children\n\nAdditional Disabilities \nOrthopedic \/ Physical (104) Cognitive (94) Behavioral (32)\nSpeech \/ Language (126) Complex Health Care (102) Other Impairments (61)\nOne or More Additional Disabilities (136)\n\nWDBTAP Logo\nOSEP Logo, ideas that work \" width=\"612\" height=\"792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/2023-child-count-data.jpg 612w, https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/04\/2023-child-count-data-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bWDBTAP provides free services to deafblind children from the ages of birth t\u200bhrough\u200b\u200b students in high school transition programs up to age\u200b 21. These services are made possible through grant funding from the Office of Special Education Programing (OSEP). To qualify for the grant,\u200b WDBTAP\u200b is required to\u200b administer\u200b an annual\u200b child count on behalf of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI).\u200b This information must be updated annually for<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/childcount\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-784","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=784"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3253,"href":"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/784\/revisions\/3253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}