§ 14.141. Terminology related to educational placement.

 Notwithstanding the requirements incorporated by reference with regard to educational placements, the following words and terms, when used in §  14.142 (relating to caseload for special education), have the following meanings:

   Autistic support—Services for students with the disability of autism.

   Blind and visually impaired support—Services for students with the disability of visual impairment, including blindness.

   Deaf and hard of hearing impaired support—Services for students with the disabilities of deafness or hearing impairment.

   Emotional support—Services for students with a disability whose primary identified need is emotional support.

   Full-time—Special education classes provided for the entire school day, with opportunities for participation in nonacademic and extracurricular activities to the maximum extent appropriate, which may be located in or outside of a regular school.

   Itinerant—Regular classroom instruction for most of the school day, with special education services and programs provided by special education personnel inside or outside of the regular class for part of the school day.

   Learning support—Services for students with a disability whose primary identified need is academic learning.

   Life skills support—Services for students with a disability focused primarily on the needs of students for independent living.

   Multiple disabilities support—Services for students with multiple disabilities.

   Part-time—Special education services and programs outside the regular classroom but in a regular school for most of the school day, with some instruction in the regular classroom for part of the school day.

   Physical support—Services designed primarily to meet the needs of students with the disabilities of orthopedic or other health impairment.

   Resource—Regular classroom instruction for most of the school day, with special education services and programs provided by special education personnel in a resource room for part of the school day.

   Speech and language support—Services for students with the disability of speech and language impairment.

   The provisions of this §  14.141 adopted June 8, 2001, effective June 9, 2001, 31 Pa.B. 3021.