California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 8 - Commission on Teacher Credentialing › Chapter 1 - Credentials Issued Under the Teacher Preparation and Licensing Law of 1970 › Article 2 - Credential Types, Authorizations, and Requirements › Section 80048.6 - Authorizations for Education Specialist Instruction Credentials and Special Education Added Authorization

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The following definitions apply to
				  authorizations for Education Specialist Instruction Credentials and Special
				  Education Added Authorizations:
(1) "Service
				  across the continuum of program options available"; Pursuant to Education Code
				  Sections
				  56031,
				  56360, and
				  56361, the
				  continuum includes resource rooms or services; special education settings;
				  general education settings; special schools; home/hospital settings; state
				  hospitals; development centers; correctional facilities; non-public,
				  non-sectarian schools and agencies as defined in Education Code Sections
				  56365 and
				  56366; and
				  alternative and non-traditional instructional public school settings other than
				  classrooms.
(2) "Developmental
				  delay": Student who needs special education and related services by
				  experiencing a delay in one or more of the following: physical development,
				  cognitive development, communication development, social or emotional
				  development or adaptive development.
(3) "Hard-of-hearing or hearing loss includes
				  unilateral or bilateral, whether fluctuating, conductive, sensorineural, and/or
				  auditory neuropathy": Hearing impairment or hearing loss, whether permanent or
				  fluctuating, that adversely affects a child's educational performance but that
				  is not included under the definition of deafness but may include problems
				  involving the cochlea, the sensory organ of hearing.
(4) "Educational Assessment": Assessment of
				  students in a comprehensive manner within the authorization of the teaching
				  credential or added authorization using multiple sources of information and a
				  variety of strategies that directly measure a student's performance to meet
				  goals in areas of grade-level academic curriculum and/or functional goals
				  designed to meet the Individualized Education Program (IEP), Individualized
				  Family Service Program, and/or Individualized Transition Plan goals and
				  objectives regarding eligibility and services that directly result from the
				  student's disability according to state and federal accountability systems. The
				  assessment process may include both formal and informal assessments to evaluate
				  students' educational instruction needs and strengths for the purpose of making
				  accommodations, modifications, and instructional decisions.
(5) "Special Education Support": Support
				  includes participation in the IEP, Individualized Family Service Program,
				  and/or Individualized Transition Plan process including planning and
				  implementation of the student's IEP, Individualized Family Service Program,
				  and/or Individualized Transition Plan; providing consultative, collaborative,
				  and coordinating specially designed instruction with students, parents,
				  teachers, and other community and school personnel; planning, developing, and
				  implementing instructional program plans relative to and within the
				  authorization of the credential or added authorization. Special education
				  support does not include providing language, speech and hearing therapy,
				  orientation and mobility, or audiology services.