This decision is made by the IEP committee. The educational setting or program which helps the exceptional student to work and learn to the best of his ability, and which allows him to spend as much time as possible in the general education program. MR - Mental Retardation Significantly sub average general intellectual functioning, existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period, that adversely affects a child's educational performance. A special education cooperative which exists to meet the individual and unique needs of students with identified disabilities from the member districts. By joining together, districts are able to provide appropriate and progressive programs for students with low-incidence disabilities.
Professional services are available to member districts on a contract basis.
Intervention is integrated within the student's total educational experience and closely coordinated with other aspects of the student's program. PT - Physical Therapy Facilitates the development of functional movement skills including adapting equipment for mobility and positioning. Intervention is integrated with the student's total educational experience and is closely coordinated with other aspects of the student's program. A communication disorder, such as stuttering, impaired articulation, a language impairment, or a voice impairment that adversely affects a child's educational performance. Disability A disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, that may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or do mathematical calculations, including such conditions as perceptual disabilities, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, and developmental aphasia.