Definitions
What is Multiple Disabilities?
The presence of concomitant impairments.
What is the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act?
A law that makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and related services to those children.
What is Concomitant Impairments
The combination of two or more impairments which causes such intense educational needs that they cannot be accommodated in a special education classroom by soley addressing one of the impairments.
What is the Americans With Disabilities Act?
Someone who provides one-on-one tutoring, assist with classroom management, provide instructional assistance, conduct parental involvement activities, provide support in a library, and act as a translator.
What are Social Needs?
Complex Communication Needs/Difficulty producing speech self-care skills cognitive tasks.
What is Multiple Disabilities Specialist?
Work Closely with school teams and other professionals to help develop and implement supports for students with moderate to severe multiple disabilities.
What are Physical Needs?
Abnormal Muscle tone, Hearing/Vision impairments, Seizures, and Hydrocephalus.
What are some examples of Multiple Disabilities
Down Syndrome, Deafness, Cerebral Palsy, and Autism.
Emotional Irregularities difficulty Communicating Emotions Low Self Esteem and Loneliness.