This document discusses support for children with special needs. It covers several parts of the law related to assisting children with disabilities from infancy through age 22. It provides information on determining eligibility for early intervention from ages 0-2.9 and for special education from ages 3-22. It discusses the mandate for students with disabilities to receive their education in regular classrooms to the maximum extent appropriate. Finally, it defines inclusion as receiving at least part of one's education in a regular classroom and distinguishes it from the older term "mainstreaming".

1. Supporting All Children
Our Work with Children with Special Needs

2.  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

5. 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

6. EARLY START ELIGIBILITY (AGES 0-2.9) EDUCATION ELIGIBILITY ( AGES 0-2.9)
 Ages Birth -23 months: 33%  Autism
developmental delay in one or
 Deaf-Blindness
 Deafness
more domain  Emotional Disturbance
 Hearing Impairment
 Ages 24-33 months: 50%  Mental Retardation
delay in any one of the  Multiple Disabilities
domains OR 33% delay in two  Orthopedic Impairment
or more domains.
 Other Health Impairment
 Specific Learning Disability
 Speech Language
 Traumatic Brain Injury
 Visual Impairment

7. 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.

8.  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)

9. 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

10. INCLUSION MAINSTREAMING
 Understood to mean that  Used in initial years (1974)
children receive at least a of IDEA, but “inclusion” is
certain portion of his/her the preferred more
education in a regular “politically correct” term.
classroom.