The 3-tiered process for determining whether a student qualifies for having a specific learning disability.
What is "Response to Intervention?"
A majority of students served under OHI have this medical diagnosis:
What is ADHD?
Maximim IQ score for someone to be identified with Intellectual Disability?
What is 70?
The age group that has the highest prevalence of emotional disturbance.
What are adolescents?
Students with ASD share these characteristics:
What are: restricted interests; social interaction deficits; functional impairments
Students with SLD are most commonly identified during this stage.
What are: "The elementary grades"
Besides ADHD, these other two conditions also could qualify as "Other Health Impairments"
What is: Epilepsy, Diabetes,
Asthma, Cancer, Heart Conditions,
HIV/AIDS, Allergies
The skills used by individuals to meet the functional demands in their environment
What are "Adaptive skills?"
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The complex interaction of these two factors is understood to lead to emotional disturbance.
The source of the current clinical (medical) definition of ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder
DSM-V
The percentage of all students w/ disabilities who have SLD
What is 33%?
The written plan for accommodations provided for students with health conditions that do NOT adversely affect education performance.
What are: "504 plans?"
Potential cause for intellectual disability related to maternal drinking
What is fetal alcohol syndrome?
The types of circumstances in which inappropriate types of behavior should be observed for a students with ED.
What are "Normal Circumstances?"
Ruled out as causes for autism spectrum disorder
What are "childhood vaccines and poor parenting skills."
Before RTI, The old model for determining whether or not a student had a specific learning disability?
What is the "discrepancy model?"
A student's medical condition must reduce THIS in order for the student to qualify for an OHI.
What is "Alertness for learning OR regular school attendance?"
A condition most often related to intellectual disabilities in which the 21st pair of chromosomes is affected
What is Down Syndrome?
The duration of time that inappropriate behavior leading to poor educational outcomes should be observed for a student to qualify for ED. (Note: it's ok to be ambiguous).
What is "a long duration of time?"
American scientist who first described children who were aloof and avoided social interactions, the condition now referred to as autism
Who is "Kanner?"
What are: listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or do mathematical calculations?
The percentage of all students w/ disabilities who have OHI?
What is 15%?
Characterized by significant impairment in 3 life functions, with impairments and need for support expected to last for the duration of an individual's life.
What are "developmental disabilities?
A somewhat confusing category of misbehavior that is NOT included as qualifying for "emotional disturbance?
What is "social maladjustment?"
Rate of live births that are currently diagnosed with ASD.
What is: 1 in 54.