ESE Eligibility in Florida Flashcards

ESE Overview

• Exceptional Student Education (ESE) provides access to educational programs for students with individual circumstances or disabilities.
• Florida's State Board of Education mandates that all children, ages 3 to 21, are entitled to Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) regardless of disability.
• There are 15 ESE programs available in Florida.

Florida's 15 ESE Programs

• Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
• Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing (DHH)
• Developmentally Delayed (DD)
• Dual-Sensory Impairment (DSI)
• Emotional/Behavioral Disability (E/BD)
• Gifted Programs
• Homebound or Hospitalized (HH)
• Intellectual Disability (InD)
• Language Impairment (LI)
• Other Health Impairment (OHI)
• Orthopedic Impairment (OI)
• Specific Learning Disability (SLD)
• Speech Impairment (SI)
• Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
• Visual Impairment (VI)

Categories of ESE Programs: ASD, DHH, DD

• ASD: Covers a wide range of disorders resulting in social and developmental skills impairment, requiring comprehensive assessments for eligibility.
• DHH: Serves students with hearing impairments affecting communication; regular audiological evaluations are necessary.
• DD: Focuses on early childhood development for children aged 0-5; eligibility requires delays in various developmental areas excluding giftedness.

Categories of ESE Programs: DSI, E/BD, Gifted

• DSI: Students exhibit impairments in both hearing and vision, requiring documentation from licensed professionals for eligibility.
• E/BD: Involves students unable to control emotional or behavioral responses leading to disruptive classroom behaviors; medical evaluations are needed to rule out other causes.
• Gifted: Acknowledges advanced academic abilities without a disability requirement; students often identified through notable classroom behavior, typically need to pass an academic evaluation.

Categories of ESE Programs: HH, InD, LI

• HH: For students temporarily unable to attend school due to illness, requiring documentation but not necessarily long-term disability services.
• InD: Refers to students with significantly below average academic skills and requires documented assessment showing performance two standard deviations below the mean.
• LI: Focuses on impairments in various aspects of language development, not tied to a lack of English proficiency.