Elementary Special Education

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To qualify for services in learning disabilities the student must be tested 
by the school psychologist and the Learning Disabilities teacher.  They will 
give various standardized tests and will do observations.  To qualify the 
student must have 1.) a gap between their ability and their achievment, 
                  2.) difficulty with information processing, and
                  3.) severe underachievment in the classroom.

To qualify for services in speech the student's speech must be:
                  1.) interfering with communication and
                  2.) be below 70 standard score on an articulation test

To qualify for language services the student's language skills must
                  1.) interfere with communication and
                  2.) a language sample shows language below or different
                      from students the same age or cognitive ability and
                  3.) score below a standard score of 70 on 2 normed tests

To qualify for fluency disorder (stuttering) services the problem must:
                  1.) interfere with communication and
                  2.) occur during 5% of words on 2 or more speech samples

These are the BASIC qualifications for SOME of the special education 
services.  For further information contact one of the special education staff 
members.

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Elementary Special Education

Who Qualifies?