Michigan Administrative Code
Department - Education
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Special Education Programs and Services
Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section R. 340.1714 - Severe multiple impairment; determination
Universal Citation: MI Admin Code R. 340.1714
Current through Vol. 25-4, March 15, 2025
Rule 14.
(1) Students with severe multiple impairments shall be determined through the manifestation of either of the following:
(a)
Development at a rate of 2 to 3 standard deviations below the mean and 2 or
more of the following conditions:
(i) A
hearing impairment so severe that the auditory channel is not the primary means
of developing speech and language skills.
(ii) A visual impairment so severe that the
visual channel is not sufficient to guide independent mobility.
(iii) A physical impairment so severe that
activities of daily living cannot be achieved without assistance.
(iv) A health impairment so severe that the
student is medically at risk.
(b) Development at a rate of 3 or more
standard deviations below the mean or students for whom evaluation instruments
do not provide a valid measure of cognitive ability and 1 or more of the
following conditions:
(i) A hearing impairment
so severe that the auditory channel is not the primary means of developing
speech and language skills.
(ii) A
visual impairment so severe that the visual channel is not sufficient to guide
independent mobility.
(iii) A
physical impairment so severe that activities of daily living cannot be
achieved without assistance.
(iv) A
health impairment so severe that the student is medically at risk.
(2) A determination of impairment shall be based upon a full and individual evaluation by a multidisciplinary evaluation team, which shall include a psychologist and, depending upon the disabilities in the physical domain, the multidisciplinary evaluation team participants required in R 340.1707, R 340.1708, or R 340.1709, R 340.1709a, or R 340.1716.
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