State and Jurisdictional Eligibility Definitions for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities Under IDEA Part C
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Idaho
Part C Developmental Delay Eligibility Criteria
30% below age norm or exhibits a six-month delay, whichever is less; or at least 2 SD below the mean in one developmental area; or at least 1.5 SD below the mean in two or more developmental areas
At-Risk Served Under Federal Part C Policies
State Part C Eligibility Policy
Selected Categories of Diagnosed Conditions
Hearing Impairment
List of established conditions includes the following confirmed sensory impairments:
- Deaf-blind - Concomitant hearing and vision loss, the combination of which causes severe communication and other developmental and education problems
- Hearing impaired - Auditory impairments which include:
- Hard of hearing - Those children whose hearing is not included under the definition of deaf
- Deaf - Those children whose impairment in hearing, whether permanent or fluctuating, that adversely affects a child's development, or impacted by a hearing impairment that is so severe that the child is impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing, with or without amplification that adversely affect a child's development
- Hearing loss in any degrees listed below (in one or both ears at one or more of the following frequencies- 500 Hz, 1000 Hz and 4000 Hz):
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- Mild hearing loss - 20-40 dB HL
- Moderate hearing loss - 41-55 dB HL
- Moderately severe hearing loss - 56-70 dB HL
- Severe hearing loss - 71-90 dB HL
- Profound hearing loss - 91 or greater dB HL
- Hearing loss (deaf or hard of hearing) that meets legal definition of such an impairment in the State of Idaho
- Chronic Otitis Media, chronic allergies, and/or eardrum perforations which result in temporary or fluctuating hearing loss and may impair listening skills, language development, or articulation
Vision Impairment
List of established conditions includes the following confirmed sensory impairments:
- Deaf-blind - Concomitant hearing and vision loss, the combination of which causes severe communication and other developmental and education problems
- Visually impaired - Visual impairments which, even with correction, adversely affect a child's functioning. The term includes both partially sighted and blind. "Partially sighted" refers to the ability to use vision as one channel of learning if learning materials are adapted. "Blind" refers to the prohibition of vision as a channel of learning, regardless of adaptation of materials. The child has documentation of a visual impairment, not primarily perceptual in nature, resulting in measured acuity of 20/70 or poorer in the better eye with correction, or a visual field restriction of 20 degrees as determined by an optometrist or ophthalmologist.
Prenatal Exposure to Substances
List of established conditions includes syndromes related to mother's substance ingestions (e.g., fetal alcohol syndrome) or infant/toddler positive exposure related to parental abuse (e.g., child tested positive for methamphetamine or cocaine).
Prematurity
List of established conditions includes:
- GA less than or equal to 32 weeks
- Prematurity (<36 weeks GA) PLUS significant environmental risk (1 or more factors)
Low Birth Weight, Very Low Birth Weight, Small for Gestational Age
List of established conditions includes birth weight below 1500 g (VLBW) and SGA as diagnosed by physician, less than or equal to 10th percentile.
Prenatal Exposure to Zika
Not included on state list of diagnosed/established conditions.
Summary of State and Jurisdictional Eligibility Definitions
- Eligibility for IDEA Part C Services
- Selected Diagnosed/Established Conditions
- Frequency of Developmental Delay Definitions
- Developmental Delay Eligibility Criteria
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