Ssls 738 Adaptive Learners

Special Education Eligibility The two-prong test 1. Child meets the definition of one of 13 exceptionality areas mandated in IDEA

2.

Child needs special education and related services in order to access and progress in the general education curriculum

Exceptionality Categories in IDEA Sources: Kansas Special Education Process Handbook Appendix A Missouri State Plan for Special Education, Part B 2007, Regulation III

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Autism Deaf/Blindness Emotional Disturbance (ED) Hearing Impairment and Deafness (HI) Mental Retardation (MR) Multiple Disabilities Orthopedic Impairment (OI) Other Health Impairment (OHI) Learning Disability (LD) Speech or Language Impairment Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Visual Impairment/Blindness Developmental Delay (age 9 and younger)

Intensity of Exceptionality Functional

Adaptive

Characteristics of Adaptive Learners (Mercer & Mercer, 2005)