Supporting All Children

Our Work with Children with Special Needs

Part A General Provisions

Part B Assistance for Education of all Children with Disabilities

Part C Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities

Part D National Activities to Improve Education of Children with Disabilities

Early Start (ages 0-2.9)Teachers, parents, health workers to….. San Andreas Regional Center (800) 404 5900 or fax

medical/developmental information (408) 392-3821

Preschool ( ages 2.9 -5)Parents to….. School district AND San Andreas Regional Center

Intake Coordinator ( 408) 374-9960

EARLY START ELIGIBILITY (AGES 0-2.9) EDUCATION ELIGIBILITY ( AGES 0-2.9)

Ages Birth -23 months: 33% developmental delay in one or more domain

Ages 24-33 months: 50% delay in any one of the domains OR 33% delay in two or more domains.

Autism Deaf-Blindness Deafness Emotional Disturbance Hearing Impairment Mental Retardation Multiple Disabilities Orthopedic Impairment Other Health Impairment Specific Learning Disability Speech Language Traumatic Brain Injury Visual Impairment

Students with disabilities receive their education in a regular classroom environment to the maximum extent appropriate or , to the extent such placement is not appropriate, in an environment with the least possible amount of segregation from the non disables students’ nondisabled peers and community.

Special Education classes ( School District) Hospitals Special schools Private schools Home Instruction Parent Cooperatives Adult Education Libraries, play groups, restaurant, teen parenting….. Federal program: Head Start (must be income eligible) State program: State preschool

Mandate: Must receive services with children who do not have a disability. ( Least Restrictive Environment)

An individual with a disability means any person age 3-22 has:

mental or physical impairment which substantially limits one or more of major life activity;

a record of such an impairment; or is regarded as having such an impairment

Under Section 504, impairment may include any disorder or disability that “substantially” reduces a student’s ability to access learning in the educational environment because of a learning or behavior related condition

INCLUSION MAINSTREAMING Understood to mean

that children receive at least a certain portion of his/her education in a regular classroom.

Used in initial years (1974) of IDEA, but “inclusion” is the preferred more “politically correct” term.