Student with Disabilities

The term, “a child with a disability,” is defined as a child who has been evaluated   by a district’s pupil appraisal services PASS and identified as having mental retardation, a hearing impairment (including deafness), a speech or language impairment, a visual impairment (including blindness), serious emotional disturbance, an orthopedic impairment, autism, traumatic brain   injury, other health impairment, a specific learning disability, deaf-blindness, or multiple disabilities, and who, by reason thereof, needs special education and related services. If it is determined that a child has one of the disabilities identified above but only needs a related service and not special education, the child is not a child with a disability. If the related service required by such a child is considered special education rather than a related service   under state standards, the child would be determined to be a child with a disability.
 

A wide range of special education services are available to elementary and   secondary school-aged children. These services are determined by the IEP team. The programs utilize various organizational structures, including regular classes with supplementary aide and services, self-contained classes, resource rooms, combination self-contained/resource room, inclusion settings, and itinerant services.There are several programs available to preschool children. The kind of services are determined by the IEP team. They range from services provided in the child’s residence, itinerant services outside the home, services within a regular early childhood class and early childhood special education settings.