Disability Conditions

Federal and state rules and regulations define the following disability conditions for the purposes of special education:

• Auditory Impairment
• Autism
• Deaf-Blindness
• Emotional Disturbance
• Intellectual Disability
• Multiple Disabilities
• Noncategorical Early Childhood
• Orthopedic Impairment
• Other Health Impairment
• Specific Learning Disability
• Speech or Language Impairment
• Traumatic Brain Injury
• Visual Impairment

 
Services

Eligible students' programs of services are determined by their Admission, Review, and Dismissal Committees. Students' programs of services are individualized; there is not a one-size-fits-all program. The list below includes - but is not limited to - various services students might receive.

• Accommodations - Intended to reduce or even eliminate the effects of student’s disability but do not reduce learning expectations
• Modifications - Practices and procedures that change the nature of the task or target skill
• Speech therapy
• Behavior intervention
• Occupational therapy
• Physical therapy
• Psychological services/counseling
• Orientation & mobility training
• Audiology
• Parent training
• In-home training
• Adapted physical education
• Assistive technology
• Special transportation
• Transition services - Focused on improving the academic and functional achievement of the child with a disability to facilitate the child's movement from school to post-school activities