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MENTAL RETARDATION  
 
Authorities:  20 U.S.C. §§ 1401, 1414; 34 C.F.R. Part 300; 19 T.A.C. Chapter 89
 
 
 
Requisitos Federales y Estatales Citas

D
The child must be assessed in all areas of suspected disability. 300.304(c)(4)
1414(b)(3)(B)


GROUP OF QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS


P
The group must comply with the EVALUATION PROCEDURES framework. 


CRITERIA


D
A child may be considered to be a child with mental retardation if: 300.8(c)(6)
89.1040(c)(5)
1401(3)(A)


D
  • When given a standardized, individually administered test of cognitive ability, the child demonstrates significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning in which the overall test score is at least two standard deviations below the mean, when taking into consideration the standard error of measurement of the test;
300.8(c)(6)
89.1040(c)(5)(A)
1401(3)(A)


D
  • The child demonstrates concurrent deficits in at least two of the following areas of adaptive behavior:
 		300.8(c)(6)
89.1040(c)(5)(B)
1401(3)(A)


P
    • Communication;
 		89.1040(c)(5)(B)


P
    • Self-care;
 		89.1040(c)(5)(B)


P
    • Home living;
 		89.1040(c)(5)(B)


P
    • Social/interpersonal skills;
 		89.1040(c)(5)(B)


P
    • Use of community resources;
 		89.1040(c)(5)(B)


P
    • Self-direction;
 		89.1040(c)(5)(B)


P
    • Functional academic skills;
 		89.1040(c)(5)(B)


P
    • Work;
 		89.1040(c)(5)(B)


P
    • Leisure;
 		89.1040(c)(5)(B)


P
    • Health; and
 		89.1040(c)(5)(B)


P
    • Safety;
 		89.1040(c)(5)(B)


D
  • The child's deficits are manifested during the developmental period; and
 		300.8(c)(6)
89.1040(c)(5)
1401(3)(A)


D
  • By reason of the mental retardation, the child needs special education and related services.
 		300.8(a)(1)
1401(3)(A)


ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION


P
The DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY must be made by the admission, review and dismissal (ARD) committee.

 
 
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