EligibilityDeterminationChecklist.pdfVIP

Eligibility Determination Checklist Student’s Name: ______________________________ Date of EC Meeting _______________ The Eligibility Committee (EC) must consider all eligibility criteria relevant to any suspected exceptionalities. A. Autism - Documentation the student meets ALL of the following (1-5): 1. ___Documentation will assure that the student meets a total of six (or more) items from a., b., and c., with at least two from a, and one each from b and c: a. ___Qualitative impairment in social interaction, as manifested by at least two of the following: 1) ___Marked impairment in the use of multiple nonverbal behaviors such as eye-to-eye gaze, facial expression, body postures, and gestures to regulate social interaction; 2) ___Failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to developmental level; 3) ___A lack of spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests, or achievements with other people (e.g., by a lack of showing, bringing, or pointing out objects of interest); 4) ___Lack of social or emotional reciprocity. b. ___Qualitative impairments in communication as manifested by at least one of the following: 1) ___Delay in, or total lack of, the development of spoken language (not accompanied by an attempt to compensate through alternative modes of communication such as gesture or mime); 2) ___In individuals with adequate speech, marked impairment in the ability to initiate or sustain a conversation with others; 3) ___Stereotyped and repetitive use of language or idiosyncratic language; 4) ___Lack of varied, spontaneous make-believe play or social imitative play appropriate to developmental