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| How many categories of eligibility? |
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| What are these categories? |
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| auditory impaired, autistic, cognitively impaired, communication impaired, emotionally disturbed, multiply disabled, deaf/blind, orthopedically impaired, other helath impairment, preschool child with a disability, social maladjustment, specific learning disability, traumatic brain injury, visually impaired. |
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| Under what category does ADHD fall? |
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| What does 'preschool child with a disability' mean? |
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| a child between three and five experiencing developmental delay as measured by appropriate diagnostic instruments and procedures. |
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| What category is referred to as a disorder in one or more of the psychological processes involved in understanding or using language, spoke or written? |
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| Specific Learning Disability |
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| Under which category does a child with blindness fall? |
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| Under 'visually impaired'. Deaf/Blindness refers to concomitant hearing and visual impairments. |
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| What are the criteria for 'Emotionally Disturbed'? |
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One or more of the following :
inability to learn not explained by other factors, an inability to maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships, inappropriate behaviors or feelings under normal circumstances, pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression, a tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or school problems. |
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| What is the category associated with a disorder in the areas of morphology, syntax, semantics, and/or pragmatics? |
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| What are the three subcategories for Cognitively Impaired? |
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1. Mild cognitive impairment (educable)
2. Moderate cognitive impairment (trainable)
3. Severe cognitive impairment (eligible for day training) |
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| What are the two subcategories for Auditory Impairment? |
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- Deafness
- Hearing impaired |
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| came from the 1973 Rehabilitation Act (based on anti-discrimination legislation) requiring states to provide handicapped children with 'reasonable accommodations'. A student can have a 504 plan if they have a documented mental or physical impairment that substantially limits a major life activity. major life activities include learning, seeing, hearing, speaking, mental illness, visual/hearing impairment. No funding is attached. A 'record of impairment ' is attached. Reevaluation must occur every three years. |
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Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Rights of parents and students:
- The right to inspect records within 45 days of request
- the right to request an amendment to records
- the right to file a complaint to the US Department of Ed regarding failures to comply with FERPA |
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| Intervention and Referral Services. Intervention needs to be tried out by the teacher and I and RS prior to referral. |
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