1308 Children with Disabilities - Module Four

 This Head Start Standards Training Module includes parts of 1308.10 to parts of 1308.19
Pages 167 - 169

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Office of Human Development Services, HHS

 § 1308.14

child belongs, observation and professional judgment are to be used instead.

(d) Determination that a child is mentally retarded is never to be made on the basis of any one test alone.

§ 1308.11 Eligibility criteria: Hearing impairment including deafness.

(a) A child is classified as deaf if a hearing impairment exists which is so severe that the child is impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing, with or without amplification, and learning is affected. A child is classified as hard of hearing who has a permanent or fluctuating hearing impairment which adversely affects learning; or

(b) Meets the legal criteria for being hard of hearing established by the State of residence; or

(c) Experiences recurrent temporary or fluctuating hearing loss caused by otitis media, allergies, or eardrum perforations and other outer or middle ear anomalies over a period of three months or more. Problems associated with temporary or fluctuating hearing loss can include impaired listening skills, delayed language development, and articulation problems. Children meeting these criteria must be referred for medical care, have their hearing checked frequently, and receive speech, language or hearing services as indicated by the IEPs. As soon as special services are no longer needed, these children must no longer be classified as having a disability.

§ 1308.12 Eligibility criteria: Orthopedic impairment.

(a) A child is classified as having an orthopedic impairment if the condition is severe enough to adversely affect a child’s learning. An orthopedic impairment involves muscles, bones, or joints and is characterized by impaired ability to maneuver in educational or noneducational settings, to perform fine or gross motor activities, or to perform self-help skills and by adversely affected educational performance.

(b) An orthopedic impairment includes, but is not limited to, spina bifida, cerebral palsy, loss of or deformed limbs, contractures caused by

"An orthopedic impairment involves muscles, bones, or joints and is characterized by impaired ability to maneuver in educational or noneducational settings, to perform fine or gross motor activities, or to perform self-help skills and by adversely affected educational performance."

 

 burns, arthritis, or muscular dystrophy.

§ 1308.13 Eligibility criteria: Visual impairment including blindness.

(a) A child is classified as visually impaired when visual impairment, with correction, adversely affects a child’s learning. The term includes both blind and partially seeing children. A child is visually impaired if:
(1) The vision loss meets the definition of legal blindness in the State of residence; or
(2) Central acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with corrective lenses, or visual acuity is greater than 20/200, but is accompanied by a limitation in the field of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees.
(3) A child is classified as having a visual impairment if central acuity with corrective lenses is between 20/70 and 20/200 in either eye, or if visual acuity is undetermined, but there is demonstrated loss of visual function that adversely affects the learning process, including faulty muscular action, limited field of vision, cataracts, etc.

"A child is classified as visually impaired ... includes both blind and partially seeing children."

§ 1308.14 Eligibility criteria: Learning disabilities.

(a) A child is classified as having a learning disability who has a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, which may manifest itself n imperfect ability to listen, think, speak or, for preschool age children, acquire the precursor skills for reading, writing, spelling or doing mathematical calculations. The term includes such conditions as perceptual disabilities, brain injury, and aphasia.

(b) An evaluation team may recommend that a child be classified as having a learning disability if:
(1) The child does not achieve commensurate with his or her age and ability levels in one or more of the areas listed in (a) above when provided with appropriate learning experiences for the age and ability; or
(2) The child has a severe discrepancy between achievement of developmental
 

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Test Questions:

    Select the correct "True" or "False" option.
1. A child is classified as hard of hearing who has a permanent or fluctuating hearing impairment which adversely affects learning.     (1308.11)
  True  
  False  
2. An orthopedic impairment includes, but is not limited to, spina bifida, cerebral palsy, loss of or deformed limbs, but not contractures caused by burns, arthritis, or muscular dystrophy.      (1308.12)
  True  
  False  
3. A child is classified as having a learning disability could include such conditions as perceptual disabilities, brain injury, and aphasia.     (1308.14)
  True  
  False  

§ 1308.15

 45 CFR Ch. XIII (10–1–05 Edition)

milestones and intellectual ability in one or more of these areas: oral expression, listening comprehension, prereading, pre-writing and pre-mathematics; or

(3) The child shows deficits in such abilities as memory, perceptual and perceptual-motor skills, thinking, language and non-verbal activities which are not due to visual, motor, hearing or emotional disabilities, mental retardation, cultural or language factors, or lack of experiences which would help develop these skills.

(c) This definition for learning disabilities applies to four and five year old children in Head Start. It may be used at a program’s discretion for children younger than four or when a three year old child is referred with a professional diagnosis of learning disability. But because of the difficulty of diagnosing learning disabilities for three year olds, when Head Start is responsible for the evaluation it is not a requirement to use this category for three year olds.

"... because of the difficulty of diagnosing learning disabilities for three year olds, when Head Start is responsible for the evaluation it is not a requirement to use this category for three year olds."

§ 1308.15 Eligibility criteria: Autism.

A child is classified as having autism when the child has a developmental disability that significantly affects verbal and non-verbal communication and social interaction, that is generally evident before age three and that adversely affects educational performance.

§ 1308.16 Eligibility criteria: Traumatic brain injury.

A child is classified as having traumatic brain injury whose brain injuries are caused by an external physical force, or by an internal occurrence such as stroke or aneurysm, with resulting impairments that adversely affect educational performance. The term includes children with open or closed head injuries, but does not include children with brain injuries that are congenital or degenerative or caused by birth trauma.

§ 1308.17 Eligibility criteria: Other impairments.

(a) The purposes of this classification, ‘‘Other impairments,’’ are:
(1) To further coordination with LEAs and reduce problems of recordkeeping;
(2) To assist parents in making the transition from Head Start to other placements; and
(3) To assure that no child enrolled in Head Start is denied services which would be available to other preschool children who are considered to have disabilities in their State.

(b) If the State Education Agency eligibility criteria for preschool children include an additional category which is appropriate for a Head Start child, children meeting the criteria for that category must receive services as children with disabilities in Head Start programs. Examples are ‘‘preschool disabled,’’ ‘‘in need of special education,’’ ‘‘educationally handicapped,’’ and ‘‘non-categorically handicapped.’’

"... no child enrolled in Head Start is denied services which would be available to other preschool children who are considered to have disabilities in their State.

(c) Children ages three to five, inclusive, who are experiencing developmental delays, as defined by their State and as measured by appropriate diagnostic instruments and procedures, in one or more of the following areas: physical development, cognitive development, communication development, social or emotional development, or adaptive development, and who by reason thereof need special education and related services may receive services as children with disabilities in Head Start programs.

(d) Children who are classified as deaf-blind, whose concomitant hearing and visual impairments cause such severe communication and other developmental problems that they cannot be accommodated in special education programs solely for deaf or blind children are eligible for services under this category.

(e) Children classified as having multiple disabilities whose concomitant impairments (such as mental retardation and blindness), in combination, cause such severe educational problems that they cannot be accommodated in special education programs solely for one of the impairments are eligible for services under this category. The term does not include deaf-blind children, for recordkeeping purposes.

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Test Questions:

Select the response that is the most correct.
4. A child is classified as having a learning disability    (1308.14)
  a. if the child shows deficits in such abilities as memory, perceptual and perceptual-motor skills, thinking, language, but not non-verbal activities.
  b. often due to cultural issues with their family.
  c. if this is related to lack of experiences that have not allowed the child to develop some skills.
  d. if the child shows deficits in such abilities as memory, perceptual and perceptual-motor skills, thinking, language and non-verbal activities.
5. A child is classified as having autism      (1308.15)
  a. when the child has a developmental disability that significantly affects verbal and non-verbal communication and social interaction.
  b. when the child has a developmental disability that significantly affects verbal and non-verbal communication but not social interaction.
  c. when the child has a developmental disability that significantly affects verbal and social interaction but not non-verbal communication.
  d. when the child has a developmental disability that significantly affects non-verbal communication and social interaction but not verbal communication.
6. A child is classified as having traumatic brain injury      (1308.16)
  a. whose brain injuries are caused by an external physical force, or by an internal occurrence.
  b. must also have the diagnosis of mental retardation.
  c. if the problem is related to congenital development.
  d. if the problem is cause by a birth defect.

Office of Human Development Services, HHS § 1308.19

§ 1308.19

§ 1308.18 Disabilities/health services coordination.

(a) The grantee must ensure that the disabilities coordinator and the health coordinator work closely together in the assessment process and follow up to assure that the special needs of each child with disabilities are met.

(b) The grantee must ensure coordination between the disabilities coordinator and the staff person responsible for the mental health component to help teachers identify children who show signs of problems such as possible serious depression, withdrawal, anxiety or abuse.

(c) Each Head Start director or designee must supervise the administration of all medications, including prescription and over-the-counter drugs, to children with disabilities in accordance with State requirements.

(d) The health coordinator under the supervision of the Head Start director or designee must.
(1) Obtain the doctor’s instructions and parental consent before any medication is administered.
(2) Maintain an individual record of all medications dispensed and review the record regularly with the child’s parents.
(3) Record changes in a child’s behavior which have implications for drug dosage or type and share this information with the staff, parents and the physician.
(4) Assure that all medications, including those required by staff and volunteers, are adequately labeled, stored under lock and key and out of reach of children, and refrigerated, if necessary.

Subpart E—Education Services Performance Standards

§ 1308.19 Developing individualized education programs (IEPs)

(a) When Head Start provides for the evaluation, the multidisciplinary evaluation team makes the determination whether the child meets the Head Start eligibility criteria. The multidisciplinary evaluation team must assure that the evaluation findings and recommendations, as well as information from developmental assessment, observations and parent reports, are considered in making the determination

 whether the child meets Head Start eligibility criteria.

(b) Every child receiving services in Head Start who has been evaluated and found to have a disability and in need of special education must have an IEP before special education and related services are provided to ensure that comprehensive information is used to develop the child’s program.

(c) When the LEA develops the IEP, a representative from Head Start must attempt to participate in the IEP meeting and placement decision for any child meeting Head Start eligibility requirements.

(d) If Head Start develops the IEP, the IEP must take into account the child’s unique needs, strengths, developmental potential and the family strengths and circumstances as well as the child’s disabilities.

(e) The IEP must include:
(1) A statement of the child’s present level of functioning in the social-emotional, motor, communication, selfhelp, and cognitive areas of development, and the identification of needs in those areas requiring specific programming.
(2) A statement of annual goals, including short term objectives for meeting these goals.
(3) A statement of services to be provided by each Head Start component that are in addition to those services provided for all Head Start children, including transition services.
(4) A statement of the specific special education services to be provided to the child and those related services necessary for the child to participate in a Head Start program. This includes services provided by Head Start and services provided by other agencies and non-Head Start professionals.
(5) The identification of the personnel responsible for the planning and supervision of services and for the delivery of services.
(6) The projected dates for initiation of services and the anticipated duration of services.
(7) A statement of objective criteria and evaluation procedures for determining at least annually whether the short-term objectives are being achieved or need to be revised.
 

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Test Questions:

    Select the correct "True" or "False" option.
7. The health coordinator under the supervision of the Head Start director or designee must maintain an individual record of all medications dispensed and review the record regularly with the child’s parents.     (1308.18)
  True  
  False  
8. When Head Start provides for the evaluation, the multidisciplinary evaluation team makes the determination whether the child meets the Head Start eligibility criteria.     (1308.19)
  True  
  False  
9. The IEP must include a statement of annual goals, including short term objectives for meeting these goals.    (1308.19)
  True  
  False  

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