{"id":26112,"date":"2021-04-15T10:53:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T14:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=26112"},"modified":"2021-04-15T10:53:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T14:53:59","slug":"special-factors-in-ieps-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/special-factors-in-ieps-what-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Factors in IEPs: What You Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Special%20Factors%20in%20IEPs%3A%20What%20You%20Need%20to%20Know\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p>The IDEA requires IEP teams to consider and address several Special Factors that affect children&#8217;s ability to learn, including:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Behavior<\/strong>: If your child\u2019s behavior interferes with his learning or the learning of others, the team must devise strategies to address this behavior. These strategies include positive behavioral interventions and supports. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/advoc\/ltrs\/behavior_obligate.htm\">Kids with Behavior Problems: What Are Schools Required to Do?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Limited English Proficiency<\/strong>: If your child has limited proficiency in English, the IEP must identify and meet his language needs. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/identifying-and-meeting-a-childs-language-needs\/?preview_id=146&amp;preview_nonce=ae92913009&amp;post_format=standard&amp;_thumbnail_id=26076&amp;preview=true\">Identifying and Meeting a Child\u2019s Language Needs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Communication Needs<\/strong>: A child with a communication disorder has trouble communicating with others. The child may not understand or make the sounds of speech or may struggle with word choice, word order, or sentence structure. There are many types of communication disorders including (but not limited to):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mixed receptive-expressive language disorder<\/li>\n<li>Expressive language disorder.<\/li>\n<li>Speech-sound disorders<\/li>\n<li>Childhood-onset fluency disorder<\/li>\n<li>Social communication disorder<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If your child has communication needs, the IEP team must address these needs. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/discipl.suspend.crabtree.htm\">Discipline, Suspensions, Expulsions of Child with Language and Communication Problems by Bob Crabtree, Esq<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deafness \/ Hard of Hearing<\/strong>: If your child is deaf or hard of hearing, the IEP team must identify her language and communication needs, including her opportunities to communicate with her classmates and school staff, her academic levels, and opportunities for direct instruction in her language and communication mode.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blindness \/ Visual Impairment<\/strong>: If your child is blind or visually impaired, the IEP team must provide for instruction in Braille or the use of Braille, unless the Team determines &#8212; after an appropriate evaluation &#8212; that the child does not need instruction in Braille.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Assistive technology:<\/strong> Many children have difficulties with reading, writing, and math. Some children have problems with vision, hearing, listening, and\/or communicating. Others have physical, mobility, and motor problems. <\/p>\n<p>The IEP team is required to make decisions about assistive technology devices and services based on your child\u2019s unique needs so the child can be more confident and independent. If the IEP team determines that your child needs assistive technology devices and services, the school district is responsible for providing these and cannot use lack of availability or cost as an excuse. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/info\/atech.index.htm\" title=\"Assistive Technology Devices &#038; Services\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Assistive Technology Devices and Services<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources<\/strong>:<br \/>\nIDEA statute: 20 U.S.C. 1414(d)(3)(B), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/selaw2\/selaw2.htm\">Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd edition,<\/a> page 103.<\/p>\n<p>IDEA regulations, 34 CFR \u00a7300.324, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/bks\/selaw2\/selaw2.htm\">Wrightslaw: Special Education Law, 2nd edition,<\/a> page 249-250.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IDEA requires IEP teams to consider and address several Special Factors that affect children&#8217;s ability to learn, including: Behavior: If your child\u2019s behavior interferes with his learning or the <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/special-factors-in-ieps-what-you-need-to-know\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-idea-2004"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26112"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26122,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26112\/revisions\/26122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}