1. IDEA Disabilities
1.1. 1.Autism
1.1.1. A developmental disability significantly affecting verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction, generally evident before age three, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance.
1.1.2. Accommodations, intervention and technology: Allow these students repeated instructions, stations, and a dedicated aid to assist with learning.
1.2. Deaf and Blindness
1.2.1. hearing and visual impairments, the combination of which causes such severe communication and other developmental and educational needs
1.2.2. Accommodation, Interventions, and Technology: With these students, head phone sets, braille, a dedicated aid, and videos could assist with learning.
1.3. Deafness
1.3.1. A hearing impairment so severe that a child is impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing, with or without amplification, that adversely affects a child's educational performance.
1.3.2. Accommodations, intervention and technology: braille and a one on one aid.
2. IDEA Disabilites
2.1. Intellectual Disability
2.1.1. Significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning, existing concurrently [at the same time with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance.
2.1.2. Accommodations and Interventions: tutoring services and a one on one aid.
2.2. Multiple Disabilities
2.2.1. impairments (such as mental retardation-blindness, mental retardationorthopedic impairment, etc.), the combination of which causes such severe educational needs
2.2.2. Accommodations and interventions: Small group setting and rotating centers/ leval readers.
2.3. Orthopedic Impairment
2.3.1. A severe orthopedic impairment that adversely affects a child’s educational performance. The term includes impairments caused by a congenital anomaly, impairments caused by disease
2.3.2. Accommodations and interventions: OT services and pull out sessions with the life skills classroom teacher.
3. IDEA Disabilities
3.1. Traumatic Brain Injury
3.1.1. An acquired injury to the brain caused by an external physical force, resulting in total or partial functional disability or psychosocial impairment, or both, that adversely affects a child's educational performance.
3.1.2. Accommodations: A small group setting and therapy.
3.2. Visual Impairment Including Blindness
3.2.1. An impairment in vision that, even with correction, adversely affects a child’s educational performance. The term includes both partial sight and blindness.
3.2.2. Accommodations and Interventions: A one on one aid as well as a small group setting.
3.3. Payroll
3.3.1. Employee
4. IDEA Disabilities
4.1. Developmentaly Delayed
4.1.1. defined by each State, means a delay in one or more of the following areas: physical development; cognitive development; communication; social or emotional development; or adaptive [behavioral] development. defined by each State, means a delay in one or more of the following areas: physical development; cognitive development; communication; social or emotional development; or adaptive [behavioral] development.
4.1.2. Accommodations, intervention and technology: A pull out classroom setting, one on one support and tutoring services.
4.2. Emotional Disturbance
4.2.1. A condition exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics over a long period of time and to a marked degree that adversely affects a child’s educational performance: (a) An inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors. (b) An inability to build or maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers and teachers. (c) Inappropriate types of behavior or feelings under normal circumstances.
4.2.2. Accommodations, intervention and technology: a therapeutic setting and one on one interventions.
4.3. Hearing Impariment
4.3.1. An impairment in hearing, whether permanent or fluctuating, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance but is not included under the definition of "deafness."
4.3.2. Accommodations and interventions/ technology: visual aids and a smart board in the classroom.
5. IDEA Disabilities
5.1. Other Health Impariments
5.1.1. Having limited strength, vitality, or alertness, including a heightened alertness to environmental
5.1.2. Accommodations/ Interventions: A small group setting.
5.2. Specific Learning Disabilities
5.2.1. stimuli, that results in limited alertness with respect to the educational environment A disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, that may manifest itself in the imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or to do mathematical calculations.
5.2.2. Accommodations and interventions: An inclusion classroom with a special education teacher. These students can also grow by being paired with a stronger student.
5.3. Speech or Language Impairment
5.3.1. A communication disorder such as stuttering, impaired articulation, a language impairment, or a voice impairment that adversely affects a child’s educational performance.
5.3.2. Accommodations and Interventions: OT and Speech pullout services would be needed.
6. Case Studies
6.1. ED student
6.1.1. Darin is entering his 6th grade year at school. Over the summer, his older brothers were shot and killed. Darin is now an only child and is struggling to cope. he is having out burst in class and at times he struggles to focus. What should be done?
6.1.2. ANSWER: Darin should be evaluated to see if he may be suffering as an Emotionally Disturbed student due to the trauma that has taken place in his home life. This could affect his academic performance if it is not addressed properly.
6.2. LD Student
6.2.1. A male student is now enrolled into his 3rd grade year of elementary school. He has always been seen as a lower performing student however he has gotten by. This year he has Ms. Smith who is a very dedicated teacher. Ms. Smith sees that this male student is performing lower than his peers. What should she do?
6.2.2. ANSWER: Ms. Smith should have this male student reported to the student support services team. if he has been a struggling student for 3-4 years, he may have a learning disability that needs to be properly addressed with an IEP in place for classroom instruction.
6.3. Visual Impairment Student
6.3.1. Twin female students are enrolled into their first school since birth. They are 4 years old and struggle with word identification and reading the classroom board. The teachers notice the sturggle and contact the parent. The parent has the students evaluated by a doctor who diagnosis them with Glaucoma. What does the school do?
6.3.2. ANSWER: The school must have the girls evaluated for special education services. The students need to be placed on a 504 or IEP to assist them visually in the classroom setting. All standardized testing and classroom assignments must be adjusted to fit the medical needs of these students.