Orientation and mo
“Orientation and mobility services”
means services provided
to blind or visually impaired children by qualified personnel
to enable those children to attain systematic orientation to and
safe movement within their environments in school, home, and
community; and includes travel training instruction, and teaching
children the following, as appropriate:
1. Spatial and environmental concepts and use of information
received by the senses (e.g., sound, temperature, and
vibrations) to establish, maintain, or regain orientation and
line of travel (e.g., using sound at a traffic light to cross the
street);
2. To use the long cane or service animal to supplement visual
travel skills or as a tool for safely negotiating the environment
for students with no available travel vision;
3. To understand and use remaining vision and distance low
vision aids; and
4. Other concepts, techniques, and tools.
“Orthopedic impairment” means a severe orthopedic impairment
that adversely affects a child’s educational performance. The term
includes impairments caused by congenital anomaly, impairments
caused by disease (e.g., poliomyelitis, bone tuberculosis,
etc.), and impairments from other causes (e.g., cerebral palsy,
amputations, and fractures or burns that cause contractures))
“Other health impairment”
means having limited strength, vitality
or alertness, including a heightened alertness to environmental
stimuli, that results in limited alertness with respect to the
educational environment, that is due to chronic or acute health
problems such as asthma, attention deficit disorder or attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder, diabetes, epilepsy, a heart condition,
hemophilia, lead poisoning, leukemia, nephritis, rheumatic fever,
sickle cell anemia and Tourette syndrome that adversely affects a
child’s educational performance.
“Paraprofessional,”
also known as paraeducator, means an
appropriately trained employee who assists and is supervised by
qualified professional staff in meeting the requirements of this
chapter.
“Parent” means
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1. Persons who meet the definition of “parent”:
a. A biological or adoptive parent of a child;
b. A foster parent, even if the biological or adoptive
parent’s rights have not been terminated, but subject to
subdivision 8 of this subsection;
c. A guardian generally authorized to act as the child’s
parent, or authorized to make educational decisions
for the child (but not a guardian ad litem, or the state if
the child is a ward of the state);
