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Download full textDistrict of Columbia Public Schools, 2020
The purpose of this guidebook is to guide the provision of Speech and Language Pathology services in order to support the educational goals of eligible students with disabilities in the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS). It is designed with the purpose of assuring that all Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) in the District of Columbia…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Students with Disabilities, Public Schools
District of Columbia Public Schools, 2021
The purpose of this guidebook is to: (1) Assist Speech-Language Pathology service providers as they support the educational goals of eligible students with disabilities in the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS); and (2) Ensure that all Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) in the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) operate with the…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Public Schools, Personnel Policy
Direct linkSchalock, Robert L.; Borthwick-Duffy, Sharon A.; Bradley, Valerie J.; Buntinx, Wil H. E.; Coulter, David L.; Craig, Ellis M.; Gomez, Sharon C.; Lachapelle, Yves; Luckasson, Ruth; Reeve, Alya; Shogren, Karrie A.; Snell, Martha E.; Spreat, Scott; Tasse, Marc J.; Thompson, James R.; Verdugo-Alonso, Miguel A.; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Yeager, Mark H. – American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2010
This Manual contains the most current and authoritative information and knowledge on intellectual disability, including best practice guidelines on diagnosing and classifying intellectual disability and developing a system of supports for people living with an intellectual disability. Written by a committee of 18 experts, "Intellectual…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Classification, Definitions
World Health Organization, Geneva (Switzerland). – 1980
The manual contains three classifications (impairments, disabilities, and handicaps), each relating to a different plane of experience consequent upon disease. Section 1 attempts to clarify the nature of health related experiences by addressing reponse to acute and chronic illness; the unifying framework for classification (principle events in the…
Descriptors: Classification, Communication Disorders, Definitions, Disabilities
Whitcomb, Sara A.; Merrell, Kenneth W. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2013
Generally recognized as the standard work in its field, "Behavioral, Social, and Emotional Assessment of Children and Adolescents" provides a comprehensive foundation and guide for conducting conceptually sound, culturally responsive, and ecologically oriented assessments of student social and emotional behavior. It is aimed at graduate…
Descriptors: Social Development, Emotional Development, Behavior Development, Child Development
Peer reviewedBeadles, Robert J., Jr. – RE:view, 2001
This article discusses the movement toward focusing on the individual rather than the disabling condition when referring to people with disabilities and contrasts acceptable and unacceptable terminology for people with different types of disabilities. The terms "impairment,""disability," and "handicap" are defined. (CR)
Descriptors: Adults, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Children, Classification
Peer reviewedJones, Thomas W. – Volta Review, 1984
Approaches to identifying, classifying, and placing multiply handicapped hearing impaired students are reviewed, and a model is described in which five factors differentiate among students: instructional objectives, environment, rate, methodology, and staffing. (CL)
Descriptors: Classification, Disability Identification, Hearing Impairments, Models
Peer reviewedJordan, Cyndi – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2000
This article reviews the guidelines developed by a task force of the Association of Higher Education and Disabilities for the documentation of a learning disability at the postsecondary level. Guidelines are provided for the use and implementation of the guidelines. The potential misuse of the guidelines is also addressed. (Contains six…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Classification, Documentation, Guidelines
Carroll, Martha E.; Dennison, Martha Jo – 1998
This handbook is designed to introduce adults in Girl Scouting to the rewards, pleasures, and challenges of working with girls who have disabilities. Included in the book are definitions of various disabling conditions, ways in which activities can be adapted, and behavioral expectations. Also included are activities for simulation of the…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Attitudes toward Disabilities, Behavior Disorders, Classification
Alberta Learning, Edmonton. Special Education Branch. – 2002
Designed to assist school authorities in identifying students with disabilities who are eligible for funding in Alberta, Canada, this manual provides information on the identification and review of students with severe disabilities. The first section provides information and case studies of students with severe cognitive or emotional/behavioral…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Assistive Technology, Autism, Blindness
Peer reviewedYawkey, Thomas D.; Toro-Lopez, Juan A. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1985
Play materials may be classified according to (1) their characteristics and use (subdivisions of instructional materials, real objects, constructive or creative play objects, and toys), and (2) empirically derived approaches (those developed by L. McCune-Nicholich and T. Yawkey). Educational implications are addressed. (CL)
Descriptors: Classification, Disabilities, Play, Toys
Peer reviewedFetzer, Erin A. – Gifted Child Today, 2000
A review of learning disabilities in gifted children provides definitions of "learning disabilities" and "giftedness", a classification of gifted students with learning disabilities, the importance of a multidimensional approach to identifying students with gifts/learning disabilities, characteristics, programming guidelines, teaching strategies,…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Classification, Definitions, Disability Identification
Peer reviewedCrowner, T. Timothy – Exceptional Children, 1985
A taxonomy of special education finance sets forth terms in four categories: bases, formula, types, and sources. Such a taxonomy can be used for comparative analysis, standard guidelines, and efficacy research. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Classification, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Policy
Peer reviewedHelton, George B. – Focus on Exceptional Children, 1984
The article presents an assessment system and specific techniques appropriate for the classification and programing of mentally retarded, learning disabled, and emotionally disturbed students. Factors to be integrated in assessment are considered, sequencing aspects are noted, and suggestions are given for choosing asessment instruments. (CL)
Descriptors: Classification, Emotional Disturbances, Evaluation Methods, Learning Disabilities
Clarke, B. R.; Kendall, D. C. – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1980
The Canadian article explores some of the implications of assigning handicapped children to two commonly used categories: learning disabilities and hearing impairments. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classification, Definitions, Foreign Countries
