PECT Disability Categories and Eligibility 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which category requires that the condition adversely affect performance and not be primarily the result of visual, hearing, or motor disabilities?
- Specific Learning Disability (Correct answer)
- Deaf-Blindness
- Orthopedic Impairment
- Traumatic Brain Injury
Correct answer: Specific Learning Disability
SLD must not be primarily caused by sensory, motor, intellectual, or environmental factors.
Question 2: A child exhibits an inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors over a long period. Which category fits?
- Autism
- Emotional Disturbance (Correct answer)
- Intellectual Disability
- Other Health Impairment
Correct answer: Emotional Disturbance
Emotional Disturbance includes an inability to learn not explained by other factors over a long time.
Question 3: Which category applies to a student with cerebral palsy that limits physical movement in the classroom?
- Multiple Disabilities
- Orthopedic Impairment (Correct answer)
- Other Health Impairment
- Developmental Delay
Correct answer: Orthopedic Impairment
Orthopedic Impairment covers severe physical impairments such as cerebral palsy affecting performance.
Question 4: The category 'Developmental Delay' may be used for children within which age range?
- Birth through 9
- 3 through 9 (Correct answer)
- 5 through 12
- Birth through 5
Correct answer: 3 through 9
States may apply Developmental Delay to children ages 3 through 9 at their discretion.
Question 5: A student sustained an open head injury in a car accident, now affecting cognition and behavior. Which category applies?
- Intellectual Disability
- Traumatic Brain Injury (Correct answer)
- Emotional Disturbance
- Specific Learning Disability
Correct answer: Traumatic Brain Injury
TBI results from an acquired external physical force causing functional disability.
Question 6: Which combination of impairments forms its OWN separate IDEA category rather than being grouped under Multiple Disabilities?
- Autism and Intellectual Disability
- Deaf-Blindness (Correct answer)
- ADHD and SLD
- Speech and Hearing Impairment
Correct answer: Deaf-Blindness
Deaf-Blindness is a distinct category due to its unique communication and developmental needs.
Question 7: Eligibility determinations must be made by which group?
- The classroom teacher alone
- The school psychologist alone
- A team of qualified professionals and the parent (Correct answer)
- The principal
Correct answer: A team of qualified professionals and the parent
IDEA requires a team including qualified professionals and the parent to determine eligibility.
PECT Disability Categories and Eligibility 3
Which category requires that the condition adversely affect performance and not be primarily the result of visual, hearing, or motor disabilities?