Exceptionality Chart

By: Alejandra Gonzalez

Exceptionality Definition Supplementary Aids & Services Laws Educator/Parent Website Resources

Learning The term “specific learning Modifications (IEPA) can be Individuals with
Disability disability” means a disorder given such as manipulatives, Disabilities
Texas Parent to Parent:
in one or more of the basic sensory breaks and extended Education Act
http://www.txp2p.org
psychological processes time on assignments/tests. (IDEA 2004)
involved in understanding or
Section 504
in using language, spoken or
written, which disorder may Texas Education Agency:
manifest itself in the http://tea.texas.gov/
imperfect ability to listen,
think, speak, read, write,
spell, or do mathematical Center for Parent Information and
calculations (Individuals Resources:
with Disabilities Education http://www.parentcenterhub.org/
Act [IDEA], 2004).

Communication IDEA (2004) defines speech  A speech pathologist Individuals with

Disorder and language impairments  Language strategies Disabilities
Parent Companion First years:
as “a communication  Graphic organizers Education Act
http://www.parentcompanion.org/
disorder such as stuttering,  Assistive Technology (IDEA 2004)
impaired articulation, a that include AAC, Texas Education Agency:
Section 504 of
language impairment, or a which is a device that http://tea.texas.gov/
Rehabilitation Act.
voice impairment that contains a set of
adversely affects a child’s symbols.
educational performance.”  IEP

American Speech-
Language-Hearing
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Association defines a
communication disorder as
impairment in the ability to
receive, send, process, and
comprehend concepts or
verbal, nonverbal and
graphic symbols systems.
Emotional or An inability to build or  IEP – that can determine Chapter 89, Council for Exceptional Children:
Behavioral maintain satisfactory a BIP and subchapter AA http://www.ccbd.net/about/
Disorders interpersonal relationships accommodations/modifi Texas
with peers and teachers. cations. Commissioner
 Wraparound services rules 34 DFR,
Inappropriate types of
behavior of feelings under  Class wide Peer S300.89c) (94).
Tutoring (CWPT). Stated that a
normal circumstances,
student with
which end up having a
emotional
negative effect in school and
disturbance is one
out school.
who has been
determined to meet
the criteria for
Believed causes can be emotional
biological (temperament) disturbance.
and environmental factors
(family and school factors).
ADHD Depending on the  Section
circumstances, IDEA could 504
 IEP Texas Education Agency:
cover ADHD under its  Applicable
"other health impairment,"  Medication http://tea.texas.gov/
students
"serious emotional  Verbal cues to stay on
will receive Navigate Life Texas:
disturbance," or "specific task
special
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learning disability"  Sensory breaks education https://www.navigatelifetexas.org
categories.  Manipulatives services.
 Flexible seating

Intellectual Intellectual disability,  IEP IDEA Special Education Guide:

Disability formerly labeled “mental  Providing preferential http://www.specialeducationguide.co
Section 504
retardation,” seating m/disability-profiles/intellectual-
 One on one disability/
 Small Group The ARC: http://www.thearc.org
As defined by IDEA it is a  Modifying lesson/task
“significantly sub average  Extended time CEC: DADD http://daddcec.org
general intellectual
functioning, existing
concurrently [at the same
time] with deficits in
adaptive behavior and
manifested during the
developmental period, that
adversely affects a child’s
educational performance.”
Autism “a developmental disability  IEP IDEA
significantly affecting verbal  Accommodations
Education Special Education Guide:
and nonverbal  Modifications Sciences Reform http://www.specialeducationguide.co
communication and social  Sensory breaks Act of 2002 m/
interaction, generally  Flexible Seating
evident before age three,  Paired reading U.S. Department of Education:
that adversely affects a http://idea.ed.gov/explore/
 Preprinted notes
 Recorded lectures
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child’s educational Autism insurance Texas Education Agency:
performance.” - IDEA reform on June 15, http://tea.texas.gov/
2007
Autism speaks:
https://www.autismspeaks.org/

Multiple Two characteristics common  IEP IDEA

Disabilities to different definitions:  Small group
Section 504 Special Education guide:
extent support required  One on one http://www.specialeducationguide.co
(usually extensive and  Assistive Technology m/disability-profiles/multiple-
pervasive), two or more
P disabilities/
disabilities typically occurs
simultaneously. Center for Parent Information and
Resources:
http://www.parentcenterhub.org/reposi
tory/foradults/

Physical IDEA refers to physical  IEP ADA https://www.disability.gov/

Disabilities & disabilities as orthopedic  Electronic wheelchairs
IDEA
OHI impairments and defines the
term as orthopedic AAPD
impairment means a severe
orthopedic impairment that The Federal Fair
adversely affects a child’s Housing Act and
educational performance. the Fair Housing
The term includes Amendment Act.
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impairments caused by
congenital anomaly,
impairments caused by
disease, and impairments
from other causes.
Traumatic IDEA outlines the  IEP IDEA Special Education Guide:
Brain Injury conditions that fall within  Technology http://www.specialeducationguide.co
Section 504
this classification, formally  Strategies for memory m/disability-profiles/traumatic-brain-
defining TBI as “an retention injury/
acquired injury to the brain
Texas Education Agency:
caused by an external
http://tea.texas.gov/
physical force, resulting in
total or partial functional National Resource Center for
disability or psychosocial Traumatic Brain Injury:
impairment, or both, that http://www.tbinrc.com/
adversely affects a child’s
educational performance. Brain Injury Association of America:
http://www.biausa.org/brain-injury-
community.htm
Hearing Loss “a hearing impairment that  IEP IDEA
is so severe that the student  Interpreters
Hearing Loss of America:
is impaired in processing  Assistive technology http://www.hearingloss.org/content/ot
linguistic information
her-laws
through hearing, with or
without amplification, and
that adversely affects the
student’s educational
performance. -IDEA
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Visual An impairment in vision  IEP IDEA American foundation for the blind:
Impairments that, even with correction,  Accommodating print in http://www.afb.org/default.aspx
Section 504
Including adversely affects a child’s the classroom
American Council of the Blind:
Blindness educational performance.  Expanded core http://www.acb.org/node/1639
The term includes both curriculum
partial sight and blindness.  Orientation and mobility Teaching students with visual
 Learning medium impairments:
 Learning Media http://www.teachingvisuallyimpaired.
Assessment com/parent-resources.html
National Federation of the Blind:
https://nfb.org/parent-resources
Gifted & a child who performs at or  Differentiated 1988 - Jacob Javits National Association for Gifted
Talented shows the potential for instruction Gifted and Children:
performing at a remarkably Talented Students https://www.nagc.org/resources-
high level of Education Act publications/resources-parents
accomplishment when
No Child Left Supporting Emotional Needs of the
compared to others of the
Behind Gifted:
same age, experience, or
http://sengifted.org/archives/articles/re
environment and who:
sources-for-parents-of-gifted-children
exhibits high performance
capability in an intellectual,
creative, or artistic area,
possesses an unusual
capacity for leadership,
excels in a specific
academic field.

Text book used: Exceptional Lives – Special Education in Today’s School

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