Step 4: How is a student identified as needing special education?
At the evaluation meeting the IEP team meets to:
- review the results of assessments;
- document the need for special education by identifying a special education disability
- has a negative impact on your child's educational performance; and
- impairs your child's ability to meet general educational objectives; and
- identify individualized goals and objectives to meet your child's educational needs.
Areas of Disability
- Learning disability
- Visual disability
- Deaf
- Hard of hearing
- Mental retardation
- Speech/language impairment
- Deaf-blind
- Orthopedic impairment
- Other health impairment
- Multiple disabilities
- Autism
- Emotional disturbance
- Traumatic brain injury