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Disabilities & Services

Disability Conditions

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

  • Deaf / Hard of Hearing
  • Autism
  • Deaf-Blindness
  • Developmental Delay
  • Emotional Disability
  • Intellectual Disability
  • Multiple Disabilities
  • Orthopedic Impairment
  • Other Health Impairment
  • Specific Learning Disability including dyslexia and related disorders. Click here for additional information about dyslexia
  • 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 alter the learning expectations by changing 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