Education for Special Needs Students

1. Education for
Students
with Special Needs

3. Special Education Categories
 Autistic
 Seriously emotionally
disabled
 Deaf-Blind
 Hearing impaired
 Intellectually disabled
 Orthopedically
impaired
 Other health impaired
(includes ADHD)
 Specific learning
disabled (includes
dyslexia)
 Speech/language
disabled
 Visually Impaired

4. The Special Education Process
Identifying students with special needs
Most schools do screen testing to
identify children with special needs
Initial evaluation is usually
conducted by a school psychologist

5. Special Education Referal Process
 Child must be “referred” to be evaluated
for possible special education services
 Referral: must be in writing, dated,
addressed to principal, state reason for
referral in terms of lack of educational
performance
 Child can be referred by the parent or an
educator
 The parents must agree for the evaluation
to proceed

6. Special Education
 Eligibility
 Developmental delay
 Cognitive development
 Physical development
 Communication development
 Social-emotional development
 Adaptive development
 Child must have a disability that interferes
with educational progress
 As a result of the disability, the child must
need special education.
 Special education is designed to to meet
the unique needs of the child

7. Special Education Categories
 Autistic
 Seriously emotionally
disabled
 Deaf-Blind
 Hearing impaired
 Multi-handicapped
 Intellectually disabled
 Orthopedically impaired
 Developmentally delayed
(up to age 8)
 Other health impaired
(includes ADHD)
 Specific learning disabled
(includes dyslexia)
 Speech/language
disabled
 Traumatic brain injured
 Visually Impaired

8. Effective Instructions of Students
With Special Needs
 Teachers should Design instruction
in separate classrooms or in a small
setting in possible
 One on One system in which an
individual is communicating with
one another person

9. Individual Needs
 Develop an IEP
 IEP is a “blueprint” for the child’s special
education
 Contains annual goals
 Specifies how much/what kind of special
education student will get
 Specifies the setting in which the services
will be delivered
 Specifies accommodations
 IEP must be written by a team of persons
knowledgeable about the child and the
child’s needs, including parents
 IEP must be revised at least once a year

10. Available Services
 Federal and state laws provide certain
services
 Begins with free, multidisciplinary
evaluation within 45 days of referral
 Coordinated through Children’s
Developmental Services Agency
 Eligible children qualify for an IFSP –
Individualized Family Service Plan
 Child Service Coordinator will help family
access array of services