Special Needs Students
Special Needs Students
Broad legislative category referring to all students identified as needing special assistance to achieve educational equity, e.g., the disabled, the disadvantaged, those seeking nontraditional careers, limited English speakers -- first appeared in U.S. "Voc-Ed" legislation of the mid-1970s (Note: Do not use for special education students--see "Special Education")
Broader Terms
- BT↑ Students
Related terms
- RT⇆ At Risk Students
- RT⇆ Continuation Students
- RT⇆ Correctional Education
- RT⇆ Developmental Delays
- RT⇆ Disabilities
- RT⇆ Dropouts
- RT⇆ Early Intervention
- RT⇆ Economically Disadvantaged
- RT⇆ Educational Needs
- RT⇆ Educationally Disadvantaged
- RT⇆ English Language Learners
- RT⇆ Equal Education
- RT⇆ Inclusion
- RT⇆ Individual Needs
- RT⇆ Individualized Education Programs
- RT⇆ Individualized Instruction
- RT⇆ Individualized Transition Plans
- RT⇆ Limited English Speaking
- RT⇆ Low Income Students
- RT⇆ Migrants
- RT⇆ Nontraditional Occupations
- RT⇆ Nontraditional Students
- RT⇆ Potential Dropouts
- RT⇆ Pregnant Students
- RT⇆ Prereferral Intervention
- RT⇆ Reentry Students
- RT⇆ Regular and Special Education Relationship
- RT⇆ Resource Room Programs
- RT⇆ Response to Intervention
- RT⇆ Retraining
- RT⇆ Student Needs
- RT⇆ Testing Accommodations
- RT⇆ Vocational Education
