This course was designed to help administrators learn about the IDEA’s 13 disability categories of eligibility for special education and related services. In addition, this course examines the causes and methods for diagnosing these disabilities and examines case law as a strategy for reducing liability risk when serving students with disabilities.

Chapters

Chapter 1 Hearing and Visual Disabilities
Chapter 2 Developmental and Emotional Disabilities
Chapter 3 Specific Learning Disabilities and Speech or Language Impairments
Chapter 4 Other Disabilities: Multiple Disabilities, TBI, OI and OHI

Learning Outcomes

After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:

• Describe the 13 disability categories defined by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004.
• Identify disability definition that changed with the 2004 reauthorization of IDEA.
• Recognize some of the causes of and methods for diagnosing different disabilities.
• Explain some of the challenges that administrators face when identifying and serving special education students.
• Complete chapter assessments with 100 percent mastery and the final assessment with 80 percent mastery.