Positive Supports
Positive supports for this disability could include the preference of written words/visuals over auditory instructions.
What is Autism?
This is defined as a developmental disability that significantly affects verbal and non-verbal communication and social interaction and adversely affects emotional performance.
What is Autism?
The acronym for this is ADHD.
What is Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder?
This is the number of federal categories of disability.
What is 13?
Positive supports for this disability could include being able to stand or fidget.
What is ADHD/Other Health Impairments?
This impairment definition includes students who have ADHD.
What is Other Health Impairments (OHI)?
The acronym for this is SLP.
What is Speech-Language Pathologist?
Students in this category often engage in repetitive activities and stereotypical movements, are resistant to change in daily routines or the environment, and have unusual responses to sensory experiences.
What is Autism/Autism Spectrum Disorder?
Positive supports for this disability could include appropriate accommodations, modifications, and assistive technologies.
What is Specific Learning Disability (SLD)?
This term includes conditions such as perceptual disabilities, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, and developmental aphasia.
What is Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD)?
The acronym for this is IEP.
What is Individualized Education Program?
This is individualized instruction designed to meet the unique needs of students with disabilities to give them access to general education.
What is special education?
It is important to consider the devices or tools used by students in this category as part of the student’s body.
What is Orthopedic Impairments?
This term includes congenital impairments, impairments, caused by disease, and impairments from other causes.
What is Orthopedic Impairments (OI)?
The acronym for this is OHI.
What is Other Health Impairment?
Students in this category often experience withdrawal, or anxiety, depression, issues with mood, feelings of low self-worth, aggression, hyperactivity, or impulsivity.
What is Emotional Disturbance?
Positive supports for this disability could include tactile sign language.
What is Deafblindness?
This disability category includes students with simultaneous hearing and visual impairments, the combination of which causes such severe communication and other developmental and educational needs.
What is Deafblindness?
The acronym for this is SLD.
What is Specific Learning Disability?
This is the process a school uses to identify and address the reasons behind challenging behavior.
What is Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA)?