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The definition of the 12 categories
What does IDEA say about the disability?
The definition of the 12 categories
What does IDEA say about the disability?
The last two categories with a definition and what does IDEA state?
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This disorder is usually announced at an early age, typically around three. This disorder causes slow development in social interaction and communication/behavior skills. There can be different levels of severity.
What is Autism spectrum disorders (ASD)?
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IDEA states that children with disabilities, including autism, are entitled to early intervention services and special education. Before having special education services, the student must go through a few processes: an unstructured diagnostic play session, evaluation, speech assessment, parent interview, current behavior, and an evaluation on life skills. Some accommodations that the student will receive are a quiet testing place, ways to identify their problem and how to keep calm, give extremely clear directions, and another accommodation is to break assignments into small sections instead of an overall big lesson.
What does IDEA state about Autism spectrum disorders (ASD)?
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The way that orthopedic impairment children qualify for special education services are because of IDEA. IDEA is required to offer the services and accommodations to a child with this disability.
What is Orthopedic impairment (OI)?
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IDEA says that the students who are diagnosed with the disability are affected in educational performances. This disability can cause health problems such as: poliomyelitis, bone tuberculosis, cerebral palsy, etc. The accommodations of this disability would be for a school to have proper equipment for the child to get around in. Some others would be having more time to get from class to class, more time for test, and closer seating/parking.
What does IDEA state about Orthopedic impairment (OI)?
100
Traumatic brain injury is a complex injury that has several levels of disability. Having damage to the brain can result in having mild, moderate, and severe symptoms. Brain injuries occur from hitting the head violently.
What is Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)?
200
If the student is deaf-blind, this means that they have little to no sight and hearing. This student requires adaptations in the classroom. It causes them to have severe communication and developmental complications.
What is Deaf-Blind?
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A child with this case is allowed early intervention programs; it is crucial that they start the child in these programs as early as possible. Under IDEA, a child with this disability is allowed the special education services. With the special education services, they try to especially work on their individual needs. Some accommodations made for these students are: obtaining braille materials, oral tests, have the classroom appropriate for their needs, and have some group work.
What does IDEA state about Deaf-Blind?
200
This disability causes loss in strength, vitality, and alertness. There can be several health impaired disabilities.
What is Other Heath Impaired (OHI)?
200
This causes complications when it comes to labeling a disability. Part C of IDEA allows for early interventions in these children’s lives. Again, IDEA list this disability allowing for the students to obtain the services. Some accommodations made for the students are: medication at school, rest times during school, assistive technology, and maybe having two sets of books for home and school.
What does IDEA state about Other Health Impaired (OHI)?
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IDEA decided to qualify brain injuries for special education services. The accommodations for this disability is to have rules and a schedule to stick to everyday, or give only one step at a time, and maybe even stay in touch with their parents. Staying in touch with the parents can help both the school and the home life understand what everyone needs to do to keep the student on track to learning more.
What does IDEA state about Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)?
300
Students with hard of hearing may only hear or pick up certain frequencies. They rely mostly on hearing aids or reading ones lips. These students have trouble following lectures and long conversations. Those who are completely dear may not even have communication skills. They cannot speak, therefore they rely of sign language.
What is Deaf and Hard of Hearing (HH)?
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These students qualify for special education services due to the fact that they have a disability that falls under IDEA. Some accommodations for deaf and hard of hearing student may be that they have interpreters, note takers, or maybe even video presentations.
What does IDEA state about Deaf and Hard of Hearing (HH)?
300
Developmental delay causes a delay in a child’s development in adaptive behavior, cognition, communication, motor development or emotional development. All types of activity can have a delay and could be labeled with this disability.
What is Significant developmental delay (SDD)?
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A student may qualify for special education services due to IDEA, art B and part C. IDEA says that a student with developmental delay is eligible for the services. The main accommodations made for these students are some like these: you may have to alter the level of work and how you present it, have proper equipment, and make sure the environment is something they can work in.
What does IDEA state about Significant developmental delay (SDD)?
300
Visual impairment and blindness is the type of disability that causes low vision or complete blindness. It can be caused from several different categories. The student may not be able to see, or they have very low vision/sight. The student may not have the ability to fix their problem, such as wearing glasses, contacts, or taking medicine. In this case, they most likely qualify for special education services.
What is Visual Impairment & Blindness?
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This disability is caused from a biological abnormality. These students have trouble with social interaction and academic settings.
What is Emotional and behavior disorders (EBD)?
400
Emotional disturbance falls under IDEA and states that all students who have trouble maintaining relationships, feelings of disturbances, mood changes, etc. Most accommodations that are needed for these students consist of setting goals for the students to reach, setting clear rules and sticking to them, and the students also benefit from having cue words to say when they are having bad behavior. This allows them to realize their behavior and not embarrass them in front of their peers.
What does IDEA state about Emotional and behavior disorders (EBD)?
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A specific learning disability targets a certain type of disability regarding a certain skill. An SLD can cause a student from understanding how to read, write, speak, do math, and reason.
What is Specific learning disability (SLD)?
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Like all other disabilities, this too falls under IDEA. IDEA makes the student eligible for the special education services. The student has to be tested and evaluated before they are put into the program. Accommodations made for specific learning disability can differ, but most of the time they relate to giving the student a little more time. You may have to read slower, provide them with materials to be help the student see larger text or bigger utensils, and maybe even have a student take notes for the student having trouble.
What does IDEA state about Specific learning disability(SLD)?
400
IDEA says that a student who is visually impaired, even with correction, adversely affects the child’s educational performance. It says both blind and partial sight. Therefore, if the child cannot see or nearly cannot see, then the district, under IDEA, is required to provide the services. The accommodations provided for these students are much like the deaf-blind disability. They must provide braille, give the student oral assignments, technology must read aloud or have optional work, textbooks in audio format, and overall more time for assignments.
What does IDEA state about Visual Impairment & Blindness?
500
This disability prevents students from having everyday practical and social skills. Those diagnosed with intellectual disability has certain limitations in mental functioning. They are like young children; they cannot care for themselves easily.
What is Intellectual disabilities (ID)?
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Like all other disabilities, IDEA covers intellectual disability. However, IDEA was changed from sating that students were mentally retarded to intellectual disability. The students are entitled to have specialized education under IDEA as well. Accommodations that are involved with this disability is to have a quiet work place. Some other things that help the student is to have a hands on learning project(s). Having a schedule to stick with daily helps the student know what they should be doing, and it helps them grasp the concepts of the daily schedule. Another accommodation that helps intellectual disabled children could be to take safety measures all over the classroom; do not have sharp edges or objects out.
What does IDEA state about Intellectual disabilities (ID)?
500
Speech language impairment is a communication disorder; this can be stuttering, voice impairment, and/or impaired articulation, that affects the student’s speech.
What is Speech-Language Impairment?
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IDEA in 2004 stated that speech language impairment is a communication disorder. Because of this, the student is allowed to have the education services. Accommodations that this student is granted are: substitute oral assignments with written ones, send them to a speech class, and don’t interrupt the student (allow them to finish what they are saying), and understand that they may not be able to do as much as other students.
What does IDEA state about Speech-Language Impairment?
500
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