Friday, September 23, 2011

I saw a thing on the news about the definitions of special needs changing. How will this effect students?

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Thanks!!!I saw a thing on the news about the definitions of special needs changing. How will this effect students?this has been asked and answered many times..



are you talking about changes to the DSM?



i have not heard anything about definitions related to special needs changing in education...that is not strictly dependent on a medical diagnosis



a few terms/definitions of psychiatric conditions are changing



mental retardation is changing to intellectual disability



bipolar is beiing redefined.



you would have to google

changes DSM

DSM 5

and similar termsI saw a thing on the news about the definitions of special needs changing. How will this effect students?the more kids they can classify as special needs the more money the school gets from the government.