IDEA Services- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IDEA
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law that makes available a free
appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation and
ensures special education and related services to those children.
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law that makes available a free
appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation and
ensures special education and related services to those children.
The IDEA governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education,
and related services to more than 7.5 million (as of school year 2020-21) eligible infants,
toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities.
Infants and toddlers, birth through age 2, with disabilities and their families receive early
intervention services under IDEA Part C. Children and youth ages 3 through 21 receive special
education and related services under IDEA Part B.
Greenwood District 52 offers services to students ages 3 to 21 who qualify for one of the 13
defined state/federal categories of disabilities.
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Deaf Blindness
Developmental Delay
Emotional Disabilities
Intellectual Disabilities
Multiple Disabilities
Orthopedic Disabilities
Other Health Impairment
Speech or Language Impairment
Specific Learning Disabilities
Traumatic Brain Injury
Visual Impairment