SPED VOCAB
Common examples of this category include stutters or lisping.
Speech or language impairment.
Covers a wide range of conditions that might limit strength, energy or alertness. A common example within this category is ADHD.
Other Health Impairment.
This category is used when a combination of disabilities requires a highly specialized approach.
Multiple Disabilities.
Includes a range of vision problems that aren't fixable with eye wear.
Visual impairment, including blindness.
This category is used for young kids who are late to developmental milestones like walking or talking.
Developmental Delay.
This is the most common category in special education, and covers a wide range of differences that make it hard to read, write, listen, reason or do math.
Specific Learning Disability
This category covers below average intellectual ability.
Intellectual Disability
This covers an injury that occurs after a child is born. This can be caused by things like being shaken as a baby, or hitting your head in an accident.
Traumatic Brain Injury.
This pillar guarantees that educational services:
are provided at public expense under public supervision, provide a chance for students to meet challenging goals, are provided from preschool to high school (3-21).
Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
This category covers a range of hearing issues. These can be permanent or change over time.
Hearing impairment (Hard of Hearing), including Deafness.
Covers severe hearing and vision loss, requiring unique communication programs,
Deaf-blindness.
This category covers mental health issues such as, anxiety disorder or, oppositional defiant disorder.
Emotional Disturbance.
This pillar is used to:
1. determine if a student qualifies as a "child with a disability"
2. determine the educational needs of a student
Appropriate Evaluation.
This pillar under IDEA requires that: "To the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities...are educated with children who are not disabled."
Least Restrictive Environment.
A common developmental disability that affects communication and social skills. Can also affect behavior.
Autism Spectrum Disorder.
This category includes issues with bones, muscles or joints. An example from this category is cerebral palsy.
Orthopedic Impairment.
This pillar is a written document containing written progress goals for each student with a disability. The document is developed and revised by a team each year. The team includes the student, educators, parents and others who have needed expertise.
Individualized Education Program (IEP)
This pillar ensures that parents and the student (when appropriate) have meaningful participation in: IEP development, educational placement decisions, transition planning and services.
Parent/Student participation in decision making.
This pillar ensures the rights of children with disabilities and their parents are protected. These rights can be invoked if a parent disagrees with educators, including: mediation conference, due process hearing, and the resolution facilitator process.
Procedural Safeguards.