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LASPED
Receives special education or early intervention services
Group: Limitation — PERSON

Description

LASPED indicates whether children under age 18 received Special Education or Early Intervention Services. Beginning in 2001, the survey collected information on whether children with an affirmative response for LASPED received these services because of an emotional or behavioral problem (LASPEDEM).

Definitions

This inquiry into the receipt of Special Education and Early Intervention Services was part of the section of the survey that collected information about activity limitation due to health problems. The interviewer began this section with the words, "I am now going to ask about the general health of family members and the effects of any physical, mental, or emotional health problems."

 

For discussion of the survey's formal definitions of "problem" and "limited," see LAPLAYAM (Limited in kind or amount of play).

The Field Representative's Manual for 1997-2000 defined Special Education as follows:

Special Education is teaching designed to meet the needs of a child with special needs and/or disabilities. It is designed for children and youths aged 3 to 21. It is paid for by the public school system and may take place at a regular school, a special school, a private school, at home, or at a hospital.

The Manual for 1997-2000 defined Early Intervention Services as follows:

Early Intervention Services are services designed to meet the need of very young children with special needs and/or disabilities. They may include but are not limited to: medical and social services, parental counseling, and therapy. They may be provided at the child's home, a medical center, a day care center, or other place. They are provided by the State or school system at no cost to the parent.

The Manuals for 2001 forward included similarly worded definitions for Special Education and Early Intervention Services.

Related Variables 

Two other questions gauged activity limitation in children under age 5. LAPLAYAM indicates whether young children were limited in the amount of play activities they could do because of a physical, mental, or emotional problem. For those with an affirmative response in this variable, LAPLAYAL indicates whether the child was "able to take part at all in the usual kinds of play activities" done by most children of the same age.

Comparability

This variable is completely comparable over time.

Universe

  • 1997-2010: Persons under age 18.

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Availability

  • 1997-2010
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