​​​​​​

Special Education ​Categories
Austism
Cognitive Disability
Deaf-Blindness
​Deafness
​Developmental Delay​
​Emotional Disturbance
​Hearing Loss​
​Multiple Disabilities
​Orthopedic Impairments
Other Health Impaired​
Speech/Language Impairment​
​Specific Learning Disability
​Tramatic Brain Injury
Vision Loss

 

 For more information regarding disability categories and South Dakota Eligibility qualifications see p. 88-172 of the SD Eligibility Guide​


​Eligiblity Qualifications
​​ 1. An individual must be identified as having a disability; AND
​2. Disability must adversely affect educational performance and demonstrate a need for services
​​ ​3. The disability and affect require the need for specially designed instruction 
 

More information available at the South Dakota Department of Education website ​



  

 

 

 Special-Education-Acronyms-101.png