The term applies to open or closed head injuries resulting in mild, moderate or severe impairments in one or more areas, including cognition, language, memory, attention, reasoning, abstract thinking, judgment, problem solving, sensory, perceptual and motor abilities, psychosocial behavior, physical functions, information processing and speech. The term does not include brain injuries that are congenital, degenerative, injuries induced by birth trauma, abnormal growths, cerebral hemorrhage, aneurysm, infectious diseases and miscellaneous conditions that are toxic, anoxic or hypoxic. Medical certification of the injury to the brain. An educational assessment addressing adverse affects of the injury. Motor testing is required if the student exhibits motor impairments.
Psychosocial testing is required if the student exhibits changed behavior.
A visual impairment as determined by evaluation, that even with correction, adversely affects the child's performance in the educational environment and requires the provision of special education and related services. The term includes both partial sight and blindness. Medical documentation of a diagnosed visual impairment by a person who is licensed to make such diagnoses according to state law. For initial determination of eligibility prior to placement into a program for the visually impaired, the student must have an ophthalmologic evaluation to establish whether an impairment is present, whether it is progressive, and the severity of the impairment. Educational implications of the impairment provided by an educational specialist in the area of the visual impairment.