Georgia Sensory Assistance Project
Registration of NEW Students with Vision and Hearing Loss
STUDENT'S NAME: _______________________________
RACE: _______________________________
DATE OF BIRTH: _________/_______/______
Month Day YEAR
Age _______________________________
SEX: (Circle one) Male Female
SCHOOL SYSTEM (COUNTY): _______________________________
NAME OF SCHOOL: _______________________________________
SCHOOL ADDRESS: _________________________________________________________________
CITY, STATE, ZIP: _________________________________________________________________
SCHOOL PHONE: (_____________) __________---- _____________
aREA CODE
STUDENT'S CURRENT TEACHER: _____________________________________________________
PARENT/GUARDIAN: ________________________________________________________________
PARENT ADDRESS: __________________________________________________________________
City, State Zip Code: _______________________________________________________________
HOME PHONE: (_____________) __________----_____________
aREA CODE
BUSINESS PHONE: (_____________) __________---- _____________
aREA CODE
1. Major Causes of Deafblindness: (Please check appropriate category and specify exact etiology)
____ Hereditary/Chromosomal Syndromes and Disorders. Please Specify type______________
____ Pre-Natal/Congenital Complications. Specify type ___________________
____ Post-Natal/Non-Congenital Complications. Specify type______________________
____ Related to Prematurity
____ Other. Specify type ____________________________
____ Undiagnosed
2. Race/Ethnicity: (Please check one)
____ American Indian or Alaska Native
____ Asian or Pacific Islander
____ Black or African American (not Hispanic)
____ Hispanic or Latino
____ White (not Hispanic)
3. Vision Loss:
mONTH YEAR
mONTH YEAR
C. Please circle the one code that best describes the individual’s visual impairment in the better eye with correction:
____1. Low Vision (visual acuity of 20/70 to 20/200 in better eye with correction)
____2. Legally Blind (visual acuity of 20/200 or less or field restriction of 20 degrees or less in the better eye with correction)
____3. Light Perception Only
____4. Totally Blind
____5. Cortical Visual Impairment
____6. Diagnosed Progressive Loss
____7. Further Testing Needed
____8. Tested-Results Nonconclusive
4. Hearing Loss:
A. Please indicate month and year of last audiological exam: _____/ ______
mONTH YEAR
B. Please INDICATE month and year of last functional hearing assessment: ___/___
MONTH YEAR
C. Please circle the one code that best describes the individuals hearing impairment with the better ear aided where appropriate:
____1. Mild (26-40dB loss)
____2. Moderate (41-55 dB loss)
____3. Moderately Severe (56-70 dB loss)
____4. Severe (71-90 dB loss)
____5. Profound (91+ loss)
____6. Central Auditory Processing Disorder
____7. Diagnosed Progressive Loss
____8. Further Testing Needed
____9. Tested- Results Nonconclusive
D. Does the individual have a central processing disorder? (Please check below) ____ Yes ____No
5. Additional Disabilities: (Please circle)
Physical Impairments No Yes
Cognitive Impairments No Yes
Behavior Disorder No Yes
Complex Health Care Needs No Yes
Other (please specify) ____________________________________________________________
6. How THE STUDENT IS REPORTED ON the December 1 FTE count. CHECK ONLY ONE TO indicate the STUDENT’S PRIMARY Disability as reported to the state?
____0. Individual under 3 years old
____1. Autistic
____2. Hearing Impaired (includes deafness)
____3. Deaf-Blind
____4. Mental Retardation
____5. Multi-disabled
____6. Other Health Impairments
____7. Orthopedic Impairment
____8. Emotionally Disturbed
____9. Specific Learning Disability
____10. Speech or Language Impairment
____11. Traumatic Brain Injury
____12. Visually Impaired (including blindness)
____13. Developmentally Delayed (for age 3 through 9 only)
____14. Non-categorical
____888.Not reported under Part B of IDEA
7. Setting of Services: (Identify the students current age. Then check only one that best describes the individual’s current educational setting)
Birth through Age 2:
____101. Early Intervention Center/Classroom
____102. Home Based Early Intervention
____103. Combination of Center Based and Home Based
____104. Clinical Outpatient Services
____105. Day care/Child care
____106. Homebound/Hospital Environment
____107. Not Receiving Early Intervention Services
____155. Other (Specify) ____________________________________________________________
Ages 3-5:
____201. Early Childhood Setting
____202. Early Childhood Special Education Setting
____203. Combination of 1 & 2
____204. Home school Program
____205. Residential School
____206. Specialized School
____207. Itinerant Service Outside the Home
____208. Reverse Mainstream Setting
____209. Charter School (cONTINUE AGES 3-5 ON NEXT PAGE)
____210. Homebound/Hospital Environment
____211. Not Receiving Early Childhood Special Education Services
____255. Other (Specify) ____________________________________________________________
Ages 6-21:
____301. General Education class
____302. Resource room
____303. Specialized class
____304. Public specialized school
____305. Private specialized school
____306. Public residential school
____307. Private residential school
____308. Homebound/hospital environment
____309. Charter School
____310. Home School Program
____311. Post-secondary Program
____312. Vocational Program
____313. Not in Educational Setting
____355. Other (Specify) ____________________________________________________________
8. Living Setting:
____1. Home: Birth/adoptive Parents
____2. Home: Extended Family
____3. Home: Foster Parents
____4. State Residential Facility
____5. Private Residential Facility
____6. Group Home (less than 6 residents)
____7. Group Home (6 or more residents)
____8. Apartment (with non-family member)
____9. Pediatric Nursing Home
____10. Other (Specify) _____________________________________________________________
9. Communication:
____1. Nonsymbolic (e.g., gestures, behaviors)
____2. Speech
____3. Sign language (visual)
____4. Sign language (tactual)
____5. Formal tactile communication system (objects)
____6. Picture/Symbol system
____7. Electronic picture/symbol system
____8. Other (specify) ______________________________________________________________
B. Student’s primary form of communication ______________________________________
C. Student’s secondary form of communication___________________________________
(c0NTNUE COMMUNICATION ON NEXT PAGE)
d. Please check approximate size of vocabulary the student uses for
communication:
____ LESS than 10
____ 10-40
____ 41-100
____ 101-150
____ 151-300
____ OVER 300
10. Mobility: (Check all that apply)
____1. Ambulates without assist
____2. Electric wheelchair-self-propels
____3. Electric wheelchair- is pushed)
____4. Manual wheelchair- self-propels
____5. Manual wheelchair- is pushed
____6. Walker
____7. Cane (for physical disability)
____8. Cane (for visual impairment)
____9. Sighted guide
____10. Electronic mobility device
____11. Other (specify) ______________________________________________________________
11. Challenging Behaviors: (Check all that apply)
____1. No challenging behaviors
____2. Hurtful to self
____3. Hurtful to others
____4. Destructive to property
____5. Socially offensive behavior
____6. Unusual or repetitive habits
____7. Other (specify______________________________________________________________
12. Sibling Information:
____ Number of brothers and sisters in family
____ NUMBER of brothers and sisters older than student on census
____ NUMBER of brothers and sisters younger than student on census
____ UNKNOWN
13. Community Training:
____1. CBI,
____2. CBVI
____3. Both
____4. Neither
(cONTINUING COMMUNITY TRAINING ON NEXT PAGE)
____1. Less than once a month
____2. Once a month
____3. Between once a month & once a week
____4. More than once a week
____5. Once a week,
____6. Zero
____7. Unknown
____8. N/A (under 14)
14. Transition Plan: Please check one of the following to indicated the student’s transition plans after graduation from high school
____1. Plans to attend college,
____2. Plans to attend technical school
____3. Plan is regular employment,
____4. Plan is supported employment,
____5. Plan is sheltered workshop
____6. Plan is no employment
____7. Unknown
____8. N/A (under 14)
15. Living Plan after Transition: Please check one of the following which best describes where this students plans to live after graduation from high school
____1. Plan is to live independently (on their own)
____2. Supported living arrangement
____3. Live with parents
____4. Group Home
____5. Unknown
____6. N/A (under 14)
16. Literacy Instruction: PLEASE CHECK ALL OF THE FOLLOWING THAT APPLY
____1. nO LITERACY INSTRUCTION
____2. eMERGENT lITERACY INSTRUCTION (e.g., EXPERIENCE BOOKS, EARLY READING MATERIAL).
____3. pREbRAILLE iNSTRUCTION
____4. bRAILLE iNSTRUCTION
____5. rECEIVING CONVENTIONAL LITERACY INSTRUCTION
____6. rEADING ABOVE A 2ND GRADE LEVEL
____7. rEADING ABOVE A 5TH GRADE LEVEL
Please Mail To:
Debbie Parkman, Census Coordinator
Georgia Sensory Assistance Project
Georgia State University
Dept. EPSE
P.O. Box 3979
Atlanta GA. 30302-3979
For questions call:
Debbie Parkman:
Phone: 1-800-490-1567 Access Code 02, OR phone/ Fax 706-769-2893
E-Mail: dparkman1020@charter.net
Doug McJannet:
Phone: 404-651-1262 or 1-800-597-2356 (voice or TTY),
Fax 404-651-4901
e-Mail: SPEDDM@langate.gsu.edu
__________________________________________________________________________________________
SAMPLE COMPLETED FORM
School System: Atlanta
Student’s Name: McJannet, Doug Date of Birth: 8/11/88 Gender: Male
School Address:
Atlanta City Middle School Home Address: Mr. & Ms. McJannet
1802 Middle St. 3202 Canada Way
Atlanta, GA 30303 Atlanta, GA 30303
Student’s teacher: Ms. Ann Reams
School Phone: (404) 873-3555 Home Phone: (404) 651-2310
Work Phone: (404) 564-4444
Teacher e-mail: areams@jacksonplayschool.k12.ga.us
Parent e-mail: SPEDDM@langate.gsu.edu
1. Major Causes of Deafblindness: Toxoplasmosis
2. Race/Ethnicity: White (not Hispanic)
3. Vision: Last Ophthalmologic Exam: 3/22/98
Last Functional Vision Assessment: 4/1/98
Visual Impairment: Light perception only
4. Hearing: Last Audiological Exam: 4/12/98
Last Functional Hearing Assessment: 9/8/98
Hearing Impairment: Severe hearing loss
Does student have central processing disorder: No
5. Additional Disabilities:
Physical Impairments: No Cognitive Impairments: Yes
Behavior Disorders: No Health Needs: No
Other: No
6. How reported under Part B (primary disability on December 1 FTE count): Mental Retardation
7. Setting of Service: Resource Room
8. Living Setting: Home with Foster Parents
9. Primary form of communication: Nonsymbolic (e.g., gestures, behaviors)
Secondary form of communication: Picture/Symbol System
Size of vocabulary: 10-40 Words
10. Primary form of mobility: Manual wheelchair, self-propels
11. Challenging behavior: No challenging behaviors
12. Sibling Information: 2 Siblings:
1 older brother not on census and 1 younger sister
13. Community Training: CBI Frequency: Once a weeK
14. Transition Plan: Plan is for supported employment
15. Living Plan: Live with parents
16. Literacy: EMERGENCY LITERACY INSTRUCTION