SPECIAL EDUCATION
Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Qualified children are entitled to Special Education accommodations and Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) to give them the same Educational opportunities as their peers.
Through services in schools and at private providers, Special Education gives students with special needs the kind of attention and tools they need to succeed in learning.
The purpose of Special Education is to “Level the playing field” byproviding specialized services to students with disabilities so that they can succeed academically.
The umbrella term of Special Education broadly identifies the Academic, Physical, Cognitive and Social emotional instruction offered to children who are
faced with one or more disabilities. These disabilities are categorized into following:-
- Autism spectrum disorder.
- Deaf blindness.
- Deafness of hearing impairment
- Emotional disturbance
- Intellectual disability
- Orthopedic impairment
- ADHD
- Speech language impairment
- Specific learning disability
- Visual impairment