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COGNITIVE DISABILITIES
Definition and Eligibility Criteria
Disproportionality InstituteAugust 2007
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Why Are We Here?
• To provide information on the definition of Cognitive Disabilities.
• To provide information on eligibility criteria for Cognitive Disabilities.
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DEFINITION
• Cognitive disability means:
• significantly sub-average intellectual functioning
• that exists concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior
• and that adversely affects educational performance.
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Assumptions
• Valid assessment considers cultural and linguistic diversity as well as differences in communication and behavioral factors
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Assumptions
• The deficits in adaptive behaviors occurs within the context of community environments typical of the individual’s age peers
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Assumptions
• Specific adaptive behavior deficits often coexist with strengths in other adaptive behaviors or other personal capabilities
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Assumptions
• With appropriate supports and services over a sustained period, the life functioning of the individual with cognitive disabilities will generally improve
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Eligibility Criteria
The IEP team may identify a child as having a cognitive disability if the child meets the criteria specified in PI 11.36 (1) (b) with regards to;
• Intellectual Functioning• Adaptive Behavior• Academic Functioning
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Intellectual Functioning
• The child has a standard score of 2 or more standard deviations below the mean on a least one individually administered intelligence test developed to assess intellectual functioning.
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Intellectual Functioning
When evaluating a child, the child has;
• A standard score between 1 and 2 standard deviations below the mean on at least one individually administered intelligence test
• The child has been documented as having a cognitive disability in the past
• The child’s condition is expected to last indefinitely
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Intellectual Functioning - Evaluation Tools
• Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth Edition (WISC-IV)
• Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales-Fifth Edition (SB5)
• Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children-Second Edition (KABC-2)
• Woodcock-Johnson III Test of Cognitive Abilities (WJ-III)
• Differential Abilities Scale (DAS)• Naglieri Test of Nonverbal Intelligence• Comprehensive Test of Nonverbal Intelligence
(C-TONI)
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Adaptive Behavior
The child has deficits in adaptive behavior:
• As demonstrated by a standard score of 2 or more standard deviations below the mean on standardized or nationally-normed measures
• As measured by comprehensive, individual assessments
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Adaptive Behavior
• Assessments include interviews of the parents, tests, and observations of the child in adaptive behavior which are relevant to the child’s age
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Adaptive Behavior
Adaptive Behavior to be assessed includes;
• Communication (relevant for ages 3-21)
• Self-care (relevant for ages 3-21)
• Home-living skills (relevant for ages 6-21)
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Adaptive Behavior
• Social skills (relevant for ages 3-21)
• Appropriate use of resources in the community ( relevant for ages 6-21)
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Adaptive Behavior
• Self-direction (relevant for ages 6-21)
• Health and Safety (relevant for ages 6-21)
• Applying academic skills in life (relevant for ages 6-21)
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Adaptive Behavior
• Leisure (relevant for ages 6-21)
• Work (relevant for ages 14-21)
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Adaptive Behavior Rating Scales• AAMD Adaptive Behavior Scales and
the School Edition • Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales • the Scales of Independent Behavior
(SIB)• Adaptive Behavior Rating Scale (ABS)• Adaptive Behavior Assessment
System (ABAS)
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Academic Functioning
• The child is age 3 through 5 and has a standard score of 2 or more standard deviations below the mean on standardized or nationally-normed measures, as measured by comprehensive, individual assessments in at least 2 of the following areas:
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Academic Functioning
• Academic readiness
• Comprehension of language or communication
• Motor skills
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Academic Readiness – Evaluation Tools• Battelle Developmental Inventory
(BDI-2) • Developmental Assessment of
Young Children (DAYC) • Learning Accomplishment Profile
(LAP-3) • Mullen Scales of Early Learning:
AGS Edition
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Comprehension of Language or Communication - Evaluation Tools• Preschool language Scale-Revised
(PLS-3)• DAYC • BDI-2 • LAP-3
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Motor Skills – Evaluation Tools• Peabody Developmental Motor
Scales• DAYC • BDI-2• LAP-3
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Academic Functioning
• The child is age 6 through 21 and has a standard score of 2 or more standard deviations below the mean on standardized or nationally-normed measures, as measured by comprehensive, individual assessments, in;
• general information
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Academic Functioning
• And at least 2 of the following areas:
• Written language
• Reading
• Mathematics
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Academic Functioning - Evaluation Tools• Woodcock Johnson III• PIAT – R• Key Math• Woodcock Reading Mastery• Woodcock-McGrew-Werden Mini
Battery of Achievement
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Levels of SupportsIn the 1992 AAMR definition of CD, levels ofsupports are used to reflect intensities of supports and services necessary forindividuals with CD to become moreindependent, productive, and integrated intothe community.
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Note
• Cognitive disabilities typically manifest before age 18
• An etiology should be determined when possible, so that the IEP team can use this information for program planning
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Need for Special Education[ PI 11.35 (3)]• “Disability” means impairment and need for special education
• Not automatic
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Need for Special Education
The IEP team shall identify all of the following:
• Needs that cannot be met in regular education as structured
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Need for Special Education
Modifications, if any, in regular education, such as;
• Adaptation of content
• Adaptation of methodology
• Adaptation of delivery of instruction
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Need for Special Education
Modifications, if any, in regular education, that allow the child:
• To access general education curriculum
• To meet the educational standards that apply to all.
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Need for Special Education
Additions or modifications, if any, not provided in general curriculum, including:• Replacement content
• Expanded core curriculum
• Other supports
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Resources• American Association on Mental
Retardation (1992), Mental Retardation, Definition, Classification, and Systems of Supports, Washington D.C., Author
• American Association on Mental Retardation (1992), Mental Retardation, Definition, Classification, and Systems of Supports Workbook, Washington D.C., Author
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Questions