IDEA 14

1. Deaf-Blindnes - simultaneous visual and hearing disabilities

2. Deafness - a child who cannot function in an academic environment without a hearing device - Use of a hearing device, placement in an environment that uses sign language

3. Developmental Delay - an age-relative delay in physical, cognitive, socio-emotional, communicative or behavioral development - Push in support from a special education teacher

4. Emotional Disturbance - severe emotionally driver behavior that adversely affects a child's academic performance - Time with School Counselor

5. Other health impairment - limited strength, vitality or alertness, or hyper-sensitivity to stimuli that impairs academic performance - Occupational therapy one on one

6. Specific Learning Disability - a disability in one of the areas of cognition associated with language - One on One time with a special education teacher

7. Speech or Language Impairment - a communication disorder that adversely affects academic performance - Time with a speech and language pathologist

8. Traumatic Brain Injury - an injury to the brain caused by external force that adversely affects academic performance

9. Autism - developmental disability often characterized by repetitive activities, adverse reaction to change in routines or environment and unusual responses to sensory stimulus - Dedicated aid push-in to class

10. Hearing Impairment - Impairment of hearing that adversely affects a child's academic performance but does not qualify as Deafness - Hearing device

11. Intellectual Disability - significantly below average intellectual ability that impairs a child's ability to functions academically - IEP

12. Multiple Disabilities - simultaneous combination of impairments that cannot be treated individually in a special education program geared toward one of the impairments alone

13. Orthopedic impairment - severe orthopedic impairment that inhibits a child's academic performance - Occupational therapy

14. Visual Impairment Including Blindness - a visual impairment that even with corrective tools impairs academic performance - Special placement