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1st grade student - velars

I have a first grade student who really struggles with a lot of phono errors including fronting, stopping, gliding, and cluster reduction. I am using a cycles approach but velars are so challenging for this student. He didn’t regress during breaks, but Im debating on whether he should qualify for ESY due to the errors. His overall intelligibility isn’t too poor, but I feel like since some of his errors are way passed developmentally appropriate that maybe should qualify for ESY. What would you do in this case?