Nevada § 388.417 - Definitions

§ 388.417. Definitions

As used in NRS 388.417 to 388.515 , inclusive: 1. “ Communication mode ” means any system or method of communication used by a person with a disability,

including, without limitation, a person who is deaf or whose hearing is impaired,

to facilitate communication which may include, without limitation: (a) American Sign Language; (b) English-based manual or sign systems; (c) Oral and aural communication; (d) Spoken and written English, including speech reading or lip reading; and (e) Communication with assistive technology devices. 2. “ Dyslexia ” means a neurological learning disability characterized by difficulties with accurate

and fluent word recognition and poor spelling and decoding abilities that typically

result from a deficit in the phonological component of language. 3. “ Dyslexia intervention ” means systematic, multisensory intervention offered in an appropriate setting that

is derived from evidence-based research. 4. “ Individualized education program ” has the meaning ascribed to it in 20 U.S.C. § 1414(d)(1)(A) . 5. “ Individualized education program team ” has the meaning ascribed to it in 20 U.S.C. § 1414(d)(1)(B) . 6. “ Provider of special education ” means a school within a school district or charter school that provides education

or services to pupils with disabilities or any other entity that is responsible for

providing education or services to a pupil with a disability for a school district

or charter school. 7. “ Pupil who receives early intervening services ” means a person enrolled in kindergarten or grades 1 to 12, inclusive, who is not

a pupil with a disability but who needs additional academic and behavioral support

to succeed in a regular school program. 8. “ Pupil with a disability ” means a “child with a disability,” as that term is defined in 20 U.S.C. § 1401(3)(A) , who is under 22 years of age. 9. “ Response to scientific, research-based intervention ” means a collaborative process which assesses a pupil's response to scientific, research-based

intervention that is matched to the needs of a pupil and that systematically monitors

the level of performance and rate of learning of the pupil over time for the purpose

of making data-based decisions concerning the need of the pupil for increasingly intensified

services. 10. “ Specific learning disability ” means a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in

understanding or using spoken or written language which is not primarily the result

of a visual, hearing or motor impairment, intellectual disability, serious emotional

disturbance, or an environmental, cultural or economic disadvantage. Such a disorder may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, think, speak,

read, write, spell or perform mathematical calculations. The term includes, without limitation, perceptual disabilities, brain injury, minimal

brain dysfunction, dyslexia and developmental aphasia.