Types of Schools
All students must have access to this type of school
public
Trouble with speaking/communication disorder
Aphasia
Individualized Education Program acronym
IEP
Therapist to assist with mobility
physical therapist
Occurring before birth
prenatal
School parents would pay for
private
Development disability that affects verbal and non verbal communication, social interaction
Autism
Individuals with disabilities education act acronym
IDEA
Therapist to help with activities of daily living
occupational therapist
Occurring during or shortly after birth
perinatal
internet based schooling
cyber school
The inability to process information through the auditory channel
Hearing loss/deafness
Free appropriate public education acronym
FAPE
Therapist to assist with language and speaking
speech therapist
Occurring after birth
postnatal
program within the school for children with disabilities
special education class
slow learning of basic motor and language skills
intellectual disability
Least restrictive environment acronym
LRE
Health service provided in the school by a qualified person
School Nurse
Chromosomal abnormality most commonly trisomy 21
down syndrome
independently run public school
charter school
combination of impairments causing severe educational needs
multiple disabilities
Adequate yearly progress acronym
AYP
Person to determine hearing loss within a child
audiologist
Triplet repeat mutation on the X chromosome interferes with FMR-1 protein
fragile X syndrome