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Download full textIowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. Div. of Elementary and Secondary Education. – 1997
This guide from Iowa is intended to: clarify changes in the state's new rules on special education; make the state's definition of mental disability operational; provide practical guidelines on preferred practices for determination of mental disability and the need for special education services; and highlight prescriptive assessment practices…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Definitions, Delivery Systems, Disability Identification
Peer reviewedMaurer, Steve – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1997
Describes Iowa's use of the term "mental disability" rather than mental retardation and an IQ cutoff score of 85 for classification of mental disability. Revised draft guidelines for the identification of mental disability are presented that contain four criteria, including an IQ cutoff score of 75. (CR)
Descriptors: Classification, Definitions, Disability Identification, Educational Diagnosis
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. Bureau of Special Education. – 1997
This guide presents practice recommendations developed by a special Iowa study group as a result of change in 1995 from state-developed definition and eligibility criteria for learning disability to the definition and evaluation requirements of federal regulations. The recommendations focus on preferred practices in assessment, evaluation, and…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Definitions, Disability Identification, Educational Legislation
