PECT Disability Categories and Eligibility 3

Question 1

Which category requires that the condition adversely affect performance and not be primarily the result of visual, hearing, or motor disabilities?

Accepted Answer

Specific Learning Disability

Answer

Deaf-Blindness

Answer

Orthopedic Impairment

Answer

Traumatic Brain Injury

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?

Accepted Answer

Emotional Disturbance

Answer

Autism

Answer

Intellectual Disability

Answer

Other Health Impairment

Question 3

Which category applies to a student with cerebral palsy that limits physical movement in the classroom?

Accepted Answer

Orthopedic Impairment

Answer

Multiple Disabilities

Answer

Other Health Impairment

Answer

Developmental Delay

Question 4

The category 'Developmental Delay' may be used for children within which age range?

Accepted Answer

3 through 9

Answer

Birth through 9

Answer

5 through 12

Answer

Birth through 5

Question 5

A student sustained an open head injury in a car accident, now affecting cognition and behavior. Which category applies?

Accepted Answer

Traumatic Brain Injury

Answer

Intellectual Disability

Answer

Emotional Disturbance

Answer

Specific Learning Disability

Question 6

Which combination of impairments forms its OWN separate IDEA category rather than being grouped under Multiple Disabilities?

Accepted Answer

Deaf-Blindness

Answer

Autism and Intellectual Disability

Answer

ADHD and SLD

Answer

Speech and Hearing Impairment

Question 7

Eligibility determinations must be made by which group?

Accepted Answer

A team of qualified professionals and the parent

Answer

The classroom teacher alone

Answer

The school psychologist alone

Answer

The principal