MULTIPLE DISABILITIES

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MULTIPLE DISABILITIES

Authorities:  34 CFR Part 300; 19 TAC Chapter 89

 
 
 
  FEDERAL AND STATE REQUIREMENTS
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The child must be assessed in all areas of suspected disability. Citations:
300.304(c)(4)
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The local education agency must comply with EVALUATION PROCEDURES.
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In Texas, the group of qualified professionals that determines whether the child is a child with a disability and the educational needs of the child is the child's ADMISSION, REVIEW, AND DISMISSAL COMMITTEE.

Citations:
89.1040(b)
89.1050(a)(5)
 
EVALUATION PROCEDURES
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The group of qualified professionals that collects or reviews evaluation data in connection with the determination of the child's eligibility based on a multiple disabilities impairment must include the members required in two or more of the applicable specific eligibility frameworks.
 
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
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Multiple disabilities means impairments occurring at the same time (such as intellectual disabilities-blindness or intellectual disabilities-orthopedic impairment), the combination of which causes such severe educational needs that they cannot be accommodated in special education programs solely for one of the impairments. Citations:
300.8(c)(7)
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In meeting the criteria for multiple disabilities, that a combination of impairments causes severe educational needs that they cannot be accomplished in special education programs solely for one of the impairments, a child with multiple disabilities is one who has a combination of disabilities and who meets all of the following conditions: Citations:
89.1040(c)(6)(A)
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  • The disabilities are expected to continue indefinitely; and
 Citations:
89.1040(c)(6)(A)(i)
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  • The disabilities severely impair the child's performance in two or more of the following areas:
 Citations:
89.1040(c)(6)(A)(ii)
300.8(c)(7)
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    • Psychomotor skills;
 Citations:
89.1040(c)(6)(A)(ii)(I)
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    • Self-care skills;
 Citations:
89.1040(c)(6)(A)(ii)(II)
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    • Communication;
 Citations:
89.1040(c)(6)(A)(ii)(III)
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    • Social and emotional development; or
 Citations:
89.1040(c)(6)(A)(ii)(IV)
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    • Cognition.
 Citations:
89.1040(c)(6)(A)(ii)(V)
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A child who has more than one disability but who does not meet the criteria must not be classified or reported as having multiple disabilities. Citations:
89.1040(c)(6)(B)
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Multiple disabilities does not include deaf-blindness. Citations:
300.8(c)(7)
  Last Updated : Wed, Dec 11, 2024