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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: IDEA, IDEA Identification The official comment to the regulations states that the "child find" obligation includes all children with disabilities, including children attending public schools., IDEA Evaluation testing must be multidisciplinary, nondiscriminatory, and at no cost to the parents., IDEA Eligibility ages 3 through 9 may be found eligible if they experience developmental delays, IDEA Appropriate Education when identified, entitled to IEP, IDEA Evaluation a full comprehensive evaluatoin is required, assessing all areas related to the suspected disability., IDEA Eligibility autism, specific learning disability, speech/language impairments, emotional disturbance, traumatic brain injury, visual impairment, deafness,mental retardation, deaf-blindness, multiple disabilities, orthopedic, impairment, other health impairment, IDEA Differences in Responsibility to Provide Free Appropriate Public Education appropriate education means a program designed to provide "educational benefit" for a person with disabilities, IDEA Due Process requires written consent, IDEA Due Process must provide impartial hearings for parents who disagree with teh idenification, evaluation, or placement of the student, IDEA Differences in Responsibility to Provide Free Appropriate Public Education Placement may be any combination of special education and general education classrooms, IDEA Identification School distrctis are required to identify and evaluate children suspected of having a disability., IDEA Eligibility To be eligible, the child must meet the criteria for elgibility in one or more of 13 categories of disabilities identified in the law., IDEA Evaluation Occurs once every three years and parents must be involved and give informed consent., IDEA Due Process delineates specific procedures, IDEA Appropriate Education school districts are required to provide a FAPE to children identified as having a disability and meeting the specific criteria of the 13 distinct categories., IDEA Identification parental handbooks are very useful.