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1342.12 (Encl 2)
adversely affects educational performance, and that exhibits one or more of the following
characteristics:
(1) An inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health
factors.
(2) An inability to build or maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with
peers and teachers.
(3) Inappropriate types of behavior under normal circumstances.
(4) A tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or
school problems.
(5) A general pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression.
The term includes children who are schizophrenic, but does not include children who are socially
maladjusted, unless it is determined that they are seriously emotionally disturbed.
i. Specific Learning Disability. A disorder in one or more of the basic psychological
processes involved in understanding or in using spoken or written language that may manifest itself
as an imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or do mathematical calculations.
The term includes such conditions as perceptual handicaps, brain injury, minimal brain
dysfunction, dyslexia, and developmental aphasia. The term does not include children who have
learning problems that are primarily the result of visual, hearing, or motor handicaps, mental
retardation, emotional disturbance, or environmental, cultural, or economic differences.
j. Speech Impaired. A communication disorder, such as stuttering, impaired
articulation, language impairment, or a voice impairment, that adversely affects a child's
educational performance.
k. Visually Handicapped. A visual impairment that, even with correction, adversely
affects a child's educational performance. The term includes both partially seeing and blind
children.
6. Include; Such As. Not all the possible items are covered, whether like or unlike the ones
named.
7. Independent Evaluation. An evaluation conducted by a qualified examiner who is not
employed by the DoDDs school with responsibility for educating the child being evaluated.
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