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HOME > GENERAL EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES > HELP EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN SUCCEED
Exceptional children face very special challenges. Parents, guardians, and
mentors can play a significant role in helping exceptional children succeed
and thrive in the school environment. The following information should answer
some of your questions about Florida's commitment to exceptional students.
Exceptional children are defined as those who have special educational needs.
These special needs are called exceptionalities, and the special help children are
given at school is called Exceptional Student Education, or ESE. A child may be
considered exceptional if he or she needs extra help and attention.
Exceptionalities include:
- Talking differently than other children
- Learning differently than other children
- Being too active or not active enough
- Acting bored or lazy
- Learning slowly
- Being extra bright or talented
- Breaking rules or not listening to adults
- Having health problems
- Walking or moving in a clumsy way
- Having problems seeing or hearing
Florida has special programs set up to serve children with different
exceptionalities. Children are placed in the program that best meets
their learning needs.
Some of the programs apply to the following
exceptionalities:
- Autistic
- Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing
- Developmentally Delayed (Pre-K only)
- Dual Sensory Impaired (Deaf-Blind)
- Emotionally Handicapped (and Severely Emotionally Disturbed)
- Gifted
- Homebound or Hospitalized
- Mentally Handicapped (Educable, Trainable & Profound)
- Physically Impaired
- Specific Learning Disabilities
- Speech and Language Impaired
- Visually Impaired (Blind and Partially Sighted)
The following links will take you to pages with tips on helping your
exceptional child succeed:
Gifted Children
Children with
Disabilities
You may also want to follow these links to sites specifically about
exceptional children:
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