§ 307.4 - What definitions apply to the Services for Children with Deaf-Blindness program?

(a) Definitions in EDGAR. The following terms used in this part are defined in 34 CFR 77.1:

(b) Definitions in 34 CFR part 300. The following terms used in this part are defined in 34 CFR part 300.

(c) Other definitions.

Children with deaf-blindness. For the purposes of this part, the term, children with deaf-blindness, means children and youth having auditory and visual impairments, the combination of which creates such severe communication and other developmental and learning needs that they cannot be appropriately educated without special education and related services, beyond those that would be provided solely for children with hearing impairments, visual impairments, or severe disabilities, to address their educational needs due to these concurrent disabilities. This term also means infants and toddlers with deaf-blindness.

Children with disabilities. (1) For the purposes of this part, the term children with disabilities means children—

(i) With mental retardation, hearing impairments including deafness, speech or language impairments, visual impairments including blindness, serious emotional disturbance, orthopedic impairments, autism, traumatic brain injury, other health impairments, or specific learning disabilities; and

(ii) Who, for that reason, need special education and related services.

(2) For children aged three to five, inclusive, the term may, at State's discretion, include children—

(i) Who are experiencing developmental delays, as defined by the State and as measured by appropriate diagnostic instruments and procedures, in one or more of the following areas: physical development, cognitive development, communication development, social or emotional development, or adaptive development; and

(ii) Who, for that reason, need special education and related services.

Infants and toddlers with deaf-blindness. For the purposes of this part, the term infants and toddlers with deaf-blindness means individuals from birth through age 2 who are experiencing developmental delays in hearing and vision, have a diagnosed physical or mental condition that has a high probability of resulting in developmental delays in hearing and vision, or are at risk of having substantial developmental delays in hearing and vision if early intervention services are not provided.