Meeting or
activity shall mean those school - initiated meetings or
activities attended by parents or persons in parental relationship who are hearing impaired, which are specific to the
academic and / or disciplinary aspects
of their child's educational program, including, but not limited to, parent - teacher conferences; child study or building level team meetings; planning meetings with school counselors regarding educational progress and career planning;
suspension hearings or any conference with school officials relating to disciplinary actions.
Poverty, living in homes and / or communities in which violence, drugs, and other negative risk factors are present, abuse, violent or delinquent behavior, low self - efficacy,
academic failure, truancy /
suspension from school, avoidance
of reading or other «
academic» endeavors, depression, short attention span, withdrawal, lack
of appropriate social skills, anger, substance use, aggression, sexual
activity / teen pregnancy, and grief