Other Health Impairment (OHI) is one of the 13 categories of disability listed in special education. Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), other health impairments serves as an umbrella for quite a few disabilities and disorders that fall under it. According to the New York City Department of Education, the definition of OHI is a student with 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, including but not limited to a heart condition, tuberculosis, rheumatic fever, nephritis, asthma, sickle cell anemia, hemophilia, epilepsy, lead poisoning,
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This is because the definition is very lengthy. When an individualized educational plan (IEP) team is trying to consider whether or not a child is eligible for an IEP and does not precisely fit into any other definition in the 13 categories because of the uniqueness of their disorder, it is placed in the OHI category. These impairments involve medical care and medical concerns. The amount of time that must be devoted to doctor visits, medical appointments, hospitalization and seeing to the child’s well being will depend greatly on the nature and severity of the child’s health impairment (Center for Parent Information and Resources, 2015). The condition has to be severe enough to restrict a child’s ability from accessing a proper education. Referral characteristics for students with “other health impairment” do not fall into any one, specific category of cognition or learning disabled, emotional disturbed, or language or physically deferred. In fact, the disabilities or disorders are quite different from one another. Whatever the disabling condition is, it must result in limited strength, vitality or alertness to their educational environment (Grice, 2002). A child can have health impairments and not qualify for services. When this happens, it is because one of the three determining factors mentioned before, is not prevalent. OHI will …show more content…
A child with ADHD shows frequent behaviors of inattentiveness, hyperactivity and impulsivity. To be diagnosed with ADHD, a child must have symptoms six months prior to diagnosis. The symptoms also must be present before age 12 (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Children must experience difficulties in more than one setting (e.g., home or school) to ensure that the problem is one of attention and/or hyperactivity or impulsivity (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). The condition must also cause a significant threat to and impact the academic progression to qualify for
This is because the definition is very lengthy. When an individualized educational plan (IEP) team is trying to consider whether or not a child is eligible for an IEP and does not precisely fit into any other definition in the 13 categories because of the uniqueness of their disorder, it is placed in the OHI category. These impairments involve medical care and medical concerns. The amount of time that must be devoted to doctor visits, medical appointments, hospitalization and seeing to the child’s well being will depend greatly on the nature and severity of the child’s health impairment (Center for Parent Information and Resources, 2015). The condition has to be severe enough to restrict a child’s ability from accessing a proper education. Referral characteristics for students with “other health impairment” do not fall into any one, specific category of cognition or learning disabled, emotional disturbed, or language or physically deferred. In fact, the disabilities or disorders are quite different from one another. Whatever the disabling condition is, it must result in limited strength, vitality or alertness to their educational environment (Grice, 2002). A child can have health impairments and not qualify for services. When this happens, it is because one of the three determining factors mentioned before, is not prevalent. OHI will …show more content…
A child with ADHD shows frequent behaviors of inattentiveness, hyperactivity and impulsivity. To be diagnosed with ADHD, a child must have symptoms six months prior to diagnosis. The symptoms also must be present before age 12 (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Children must experience difficulties in more than one setting (e.g., home or school) to ensure that the problem is one of attention and/or hyperactivity or impulsivity (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). The condition must also cause a significant threat to and impact the academic progression to qualify for