Educational Needs for Children with Disabilities

Whether your child is a baby, toddler, or school-age, he or she may need help with learning. The following links provide information about different topics in educating children with disabilities. When you choose these links, you will leave the Children with Disabilities section and be taken to the main area of the OLRS web site. To return to the Children with Disabilities section, use the "Back" button in your browser.

• Early Intervention Services: Information about services for children birth through two years.
• Special Education Services: Information about services for pre-school and school-age children.
• Transition Services Planning: Information about services for children preparing to leave school for adult life.
• Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA): Information about the federal law that provides certain guarantees for children receiving early intervention, special education, or transition planning services.
• No Child Left Behind Act: Information about the federal law that toward works to close the achievement gap between disadvantaged and minority students and their peers.