Unit 5: Disabilities and Birth Defects

This unit has information for parents and teachers on birth defects, developmental disabilities, sensory impairments, and mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders. Kids Quest allows students to explore information on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder, Tourette syndrome, vision, mobility, and hearing impairment, and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, on their own.

• Kids’ Quest
• Information on Specific Conditions that Affect Children
• Autism Spectrum Disorder – Information for Educators
• ADHD in the Classroom:  Helping Children Succeed in School
• Birth Defects and Infant Disorders
  • Use of Special Education Services among Children with Congenital Heart Defects
  • Children Born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS) May Have Educational Disabilities