Child With Pdd - Categories For Special Education

Child With Pdd3. Mental Retardation: Determined by IQ score; a child's
Have special education personnel stated that your childIQ score under 75 is considered to be in the mental
was ineligible for special education, because they doretardation range. Be careful if your child's IQ is normal
not fit into one of the 13 eligible categories? Does yourand decreases as they grow older, this is indicative of
child have Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)an inappropriate education, not necessarily mental
but you were told by school personnel that this doesretardation. Child With Pdd
not fit into the 13 eligible categories? Has your child4. Emotional Disturbance (ED): Many children with
been diagnosed as emotionally disturbed and youautism are being given an ED label-Why? Because in
believe the child has autism? This article will discussmy opinion special education personnel are reluctant to
how you can determine what category ofgive a child an autism label due to cost of special
classification that your child can receive specialeducation services. For a child to truly be ED, they
education services under. By knowing thesemust have no other disability!
categories you can advocate for the one that meets5. Deafness: This is a total loss of hearing and usually
your child's needs.requires physician documentation.
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)6. Hearing Impairment: Not a total loss of hearing as
states that every child with a disability must receive aabove!
free appropriate public education (FAPE). Also special7. Visual Impairment: Severe impairment not fixed by
education services to meet their unique needs. Labelsglasses or contacts.
or classifications do not determine, if a particular child is8. Deaf-Blindness: Total loss of hearing and total loss
eligible for a particular special education service, thoughof sight.
sometimes special education personnel act like it does.9. Specific Learning Disability (LD): Children with reading
Categories:difficulty despite appropriate instruction, math difficulty
1. Autism: If you suspect that your child has autism askdespite appropriate instruction, dyslexia, visual
special education personnel to give him or her, aprocessing disorder, sensory integration disorder (SID),
childhood autism rating scale (CARS). The scale isauditory processing disorder, all qualify under LD.
done by the parent answering 13 questions about their10. Multiple Disabilities. Must include another disability and
child, and a knowledgeable person giving a score toalso mental retardation.
the scale. The higher the number the more chance11. Orthopedic Impairment: A child with Cerebral Palsy
that the child has autism. If the scale is positive takewould qualify under this category.
your child to a specialized Pediatrician that specializes12. Speech or Language Impairment. Includes delayed
in autism.speech, communication disorder, language disorder
Pervasive developmental disorder is on the Autismsuch as dyslexia, receptive and expressive language
spectrum. Autism is one of the eligible categories fordisorder etc.
special education services. So a child with PDD is13. Traumatic Brain Injury: Any injury to the brain either
eligible for special education services under theat birth or when the child was older.
category of autism. Child With PddBy understanding the 13 categories and what is
2. OHI: For a child to be eligible under this categoryrequired for each one, you will be able to be an
usually requires some type of documentation from theinformed advocate for your child. Children who need
child's physician. Many children with ADD and ADHDspecial education services and do not get them may
receive special education services under this category.have their lives ruined forever!