For Parents
Typical Warning Signs
It’s difficult to make generalizations about the characteristics of students with orthopedic impairment because the IDEA category contains such a wide variety of disorders, but some common characteristics include paralysis, unsteady gait, poor muscle control, and loss of limb.
Source: https://sites.google.com/site/specialeducationnation/orthopedic-impairment
Source: https://sites.google.com/site/specialeducationnation/orthopedic-impairment
When is orthopedic impairment most commonly discovered?
Students with an orthopedic impairment usually have a history of chronic disability and are diagnosed through routine doctor visits as infants and young children. In addition, students who are permanently injured, involving muscles, joints or bones, usually are diagnosed and receive rehabilitation services. Other impairments are caused by diseases or injuries. Some preventative measures include raising awareness of the importance of cleanliness, medical care, and nutrition for the development of strong bones; monitoring births to avoid conditions resulting from complicated births; and administering polio vaccinations to prevent polio and post-polio syndrome.
Source: https://sites.google.com/site/specialeducationnation/orthopedic-impairment
Source: https://sites.google.com/site/specialeducationnation/orthopedic-impairment
Child and Parent Rights
The IDEA requires schools to provide parents of a child with a disability a notice containing a full explanation of the Procedural Safeguards (legal rights) available under the IDEA and the accompanying federal regulations.
North Carolina Parent Rights Handbook: http://ec.ncpublicschools.gov/parent-resources/ecparenthandbook.pdf
North Carolina Parent Rights Handbook: http://ec.ncpublicschools.gov/parent-resources/ecparenthandbook.pdf
Additional Resources for Parents
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, Department for Exceptional Children website:
http://ec.ncpublicschools.gov/
The National Center on Physical Activity & Disability
http://www.ncpad.org/
A Guide for Developing IEPs
http://nichcy.org/wp-content/uploads/docs/pa12.pdf
Easter Seals--National Office
Easter Seals offers help, hope and answers to more than a million children and adults living with disabilities or special needs and their families each year. Services and support are provided through a network of more than 550 sites in the U.S. Each center provides exceptional services that are individualized, innovative, family-focused and tailored to meet specific needs of the particular community served.
230 West Monroe Street, Suite 1800
Chicago, IL 60606-4802
Web: www.easter-seals.org
Spina Bifida Association of America
The Spina Bifida Association (SBA) serves adults and children who live with the challenges of Spina Bifida. Since 1973, SBA has been the only national voluntary health agency solely dedicated to enhancing the lives of those with Spina Bifida and those whose lives are touched by this challenging birth defect. Its tools are education, advocacy, research, and service.
4590 MacArthur Boulevard, N.W., Suite 250
Washington, DC 20007
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.sbaa.org
United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc.
United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) educates, advocates and provides support services to ensure a life without limits for people with a spectrum of disabilities. UCP and its nearly 100 affiliates have a mission to advance the independence, productivity and full citizenship of people with a spectrum of disabilities by providing services and support to more than 176,000 children and adults every day
1660 L Street NW, Suite 700
Washington DC 20036
Web: www.ucp.org
Source: http://www.projectidealonline.org/orthopedicImpairments.php
http://ec.ncpublicschools.gov/
The National Center on Physical Activity & Disability
http://www.ncpad.org/
A Guide for Developing IEPs
http://nichcy.org/wp-content/uploads/docs/pa12.pdf
Easter Seals--National Office
Easter Seals offers help, hope and answers to more than a million children and adults living with disabilities or special needs and their families each year. Services and support are provided through a network of more than 550 sites in the U.S. Each center provides exceptional services that are individualized, innovative, family-focused and tailored to meet specific needs of the particular community served.
230 West Monroe Street, Suite 1800
Chicago, IL 60606-4802
Web: www.easter-seals.org
Spina Bifida Association of America
The Spina Bifida Association (SBA) serves adults and children who live with the challenges of Spina Bifida. Since 1973, SBA has been the only national voluntary health agency solely dedicated to enhancing the lives of those with Spina Bifida and those whose lives are touched by this challenging birth defect. Its tools are education, advocacy, research, and service.
4590 MacArthur Boulevard, N.W., Suite 250
Washington, DC 20007
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.sbaa.org
United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc.
United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) educates, advocates and provides support services to ensure a life without limits for people with a spectrum of disabilities. UCP and its nearly 100 affiliates have a mission to advance the independence, productivity and full citizenship of people with a spectrum of disabilities by providing services and support to more than 176,000 children and adults every day
1660 L Street NW, Suite 700
Washington DC 20036
Web: www.ucp.org
Source: http://www.projectidealonline.org/orthopedicImpairments.php