14 Categories of Special Needs Students
by Kendall Connolly
1. Speech/Language Impairment
1.1. Interventions
1.2. Assistive Technology
2. Autism
2.1. Interventions
2.1.1. Sensory Reactions: Intervention ideas
2.1.2. Fixations: Intervention Ideas
2.1.3. Social Interaction: Intervention Ideas
3. Specific Learning Disability
3.1. Dyslexia
3.2. Dysgraphia
3.3. Dyscalculia
4. Other Health Impairment
4.1. ADHD/ADD
4.2. Tourette's
4.2.1. Interventions
4.3. ADD/ADHD
5. Deaf/Blind
5.1. Interventions
5.2. Assistive Technology
6. Deafness
6.1. Interventions
6.2. Assistive Technology
7. Developmental Delay
7.1. Interventions
7.2. Assistive Technology
8. Emotional Disturbance
8.1. Anxiety
8.2. Conduct Disorder
8.3. Bipolar Disorder
8.4. Eating Disorder
8.5. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
8.6. Psychotic Disorder
8.7. Anxiety
9. Hearing Impairment
9.1. Interventions
9.2. Assistive Technology
10. Intellectual Disability
10.1. Interventions
11. Orthopedic Impairment
11.1. Neuromotor Impairment
11.2. Degenerative Diseases
11.3. Musculoskeletal Disorders
11.4. Interventions
11.5. Assistive Technology
12. Traumatic Brain Injury
12.1. Interventions
13. Visual Impairment, Including Blindness
13.1. Interventions
13.2. Assistive Technology
14. Multiple Disabilities
14.1. Interventions