It can make a big difference to communicating with pupils with a variety of
severe special educational needs.
Not exact matches
There was a child with
severe food allergies that was a
special needs student because his allergies had affected
educational aspects of his life.
A child may be found eligible for
special education and related services as a child with multiple disabilities if there is an adverse effect on the child's
educational performance due to documented characteristics of multiple disabilities which are described as simultaneous impairments (Such as intellectual disability with blindness, intellectual disability with orthopedic impairment), the combination of which causes such
severe educational needs that they can not be accommodated in
special education programs solely for one of the impairments (this terms does not include deaf - blindness).
Deafblindness means concomitant hearing and visual impairments, the combination of which causes such
severe communication and other developmental and
educational needs that they can not be accommodated in
special education programs solely for students with deafness or students with blindness (Utah Special Education Rules,
special education programs solely for students with deafness or students with blindness (Utah
Special Education Rules,
Special Education Rules, II.J.2.
Current federal
special education law, IDEA, states that the use of
severe discrepancy (the difference between cognitive or IQ scores and
educational achievement scores) must not be required for identification of SLD including dyslexia.
The Education Specialist Credential authorizes the holder to teach students with mild / moderate or moderate /
severe disabilities (grades TK - age 22) in public or private school programs, clinics,
special schools, resource classrooms,
educational programs, residential facilities, hospitals, and other agencies serving persons with disabilities.
While private schools that receive vouchers through the program can not discriminate against students with disabilities, they are also not required to offer
special education services beyond those that can be provided with «minor adjustments» to their
educational program.2 This means that schools can deny admission outright to students such as Trinity if their needs are considered too
severe.
The IDEA officially defines the term as «concomitant [simultaneous] hearing and visual impairments, the combination of which causes such
severe communication and other developmental and
educational needs that they can not be accommodated in
special education programs solely for children with deafness or children with blindness.»
This framework recognises that
special educational needs occur along a continuum, ranging from mild to
severe, and from transient to long term, and that students require different levels of support depending on their identified
educational needs.