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Disability Region Services Medical/behavioral concerns Intellectual Levels

Disability codes

Autism (AU) AU-1 :  Autism
AU-2 : Asperger's Syndrome
AU-3 :  Pervasive Developmental Disorder
Deaf ness Deaf-1 : Emotional behavior secondary disability
Hearing Impairment (HH)
Deaf - Blindness (DB) DB-1 : Emotional behavior secondary disability
Emotional Disturbance (ED) ED-1:  Severe acting -out behavior
ED-2: Fragile / psychiatric issue
Visual Impairment (VI) VI-1 : Emotional behavior secondary disability
Speech or Language Impairment  (SI) - no residential programs admit students with this primary disability
Learning Disability (LD) LD-1 : Emotional behavior secondary disability
Mental Retardation (MR) MR-1: Mild (55-69)
MR-2: Moderate (40-54)
MR-3:  Severe (25-39)
MR-4: Profound  (below 25)
MR-5: Psychiatric Issues
Multiple Disabilities (MD) MD-1: Medically fragile, nonambuatory
MD-2: Challenging behaviors:  aggressive, self-injurious
MD-3: Dual Diagnoses: ED with MR
MD-4: Dual Diagnoses: ED with Deaf
Orthopedic Impairment (OI) OI-1:  Cognitively Impaired
OI-2: Challenging behaviors
Other Health Impairment (OH) OHI-1 Tourette's Syndrome/ Challenging behavior
OHI-2: Prader Wili
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) TBI-1: Medically fragile
TBI-2: Challenging behavior

Region Codes

map of New York State separated into ten regions

1 - NEW YORK CITY 4 - UPPER HUDSON/ CAPITAL DISTRICT 9 - FINGER LAKES
2 - LONG ISLAND 5 - NORTH COUNTRY 7 -  CENTRAL NY 10 - WESTERN NY
3- HUDSON VALLEY 6 - MOHAWK VALLEY  8 - SOUTHERN TIER  

Services

12 - 12 month programming ND - Grants a non-NYS high school Diploma*
BI  - Offers Bilingual Instruction** PS - Psychiatric services available 24 hours a day
GE - Prepares Students for NYS GED PM- Administration of Prescription medications
MD- Physician on call 24 hours a day RH - Operates a Registered High School
NC- 24 hour nursing care * concerning out of state schools only
**  SP: Spanish; ASL; American Sign Language; AN: as needed; ANC: as necessary

Student concerns served

ADD - Attention Deficit Disorder
AA - Alcohol abuse NI - Neurological Impairment
EAD - Eating Disorder NT - Not Toilet Trained
SA- Substance Abuse SD - Seizure Disorder

Intellectual Levels

VSup - Very Superior (above 129) Brdln - Borderline (70-79)
Sup - Superior (120-129) MildR -Mild Retardation (55-69)
HiAv- High Average (110-119) ModR - Moderate Retardation (40-54)
Avg- Average (90-109) SevR - Severe Retardation (25-39)
LoAv-Low Average (80-89) PreofR-Profound Retardation (below 25)
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