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Appendix B: Descriptions of Data Sources
Pages 239-246

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From page 239...
... . Part B data are collected from 60 reporting entities and provide information on the number of children with disabilities, ages 3-21, who received special education and related services under IDEA between October 1 and December 1 each year (based on the state-designated child count date)
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From page 240...
... ; service providers (e.g., speech and language pathologist, special education teacher, special education paraprofessional) ; graduation rates for students, broken out by disability category; and the prevalence of the disability categories (e.g., autism, emotional disturbance, specific learning disabilities, speech or language impairments, visual impairments, intellectual disabilities)
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From page 241...
... Each enrollee's last observed BoE category in each year was used to assign her or him an overall status for the year, in order to establish mutually exclusive categories. Preliminary analysis revealed 96 percent consistency throughout the year for the focal SSI/Medicaid group, suggesting that this method of assigning BoE categories on the basis of the last observation of the year did not distort these enrollees' eligibility histories.
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From page 242...
... The SSA's impairment codes are a list of numeric codes loosely informed by ICD-9, used to classify medical diagnoses that are the basis for disability claims. Each impairment code is linked to a diagnostic category within the SSA's "Listing of Impairments" based in part on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition, Revised (DSM-III-R)
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From page 243...
... Major health topics addressed include physical and mental health status; chronic conditions, including asthma and diabetes; access to and use of health care services; health insurance coverage and type of coverage; health-related behaviors; measures of functioning and activity limitations; immunizations; and injuries and poisonings (CDC, 2014a)
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From page 244...
... . The NSCSHCN provides parent-reported information on the health and functional status of children with special health care needs at the national and state levels; the survey sample consists of the noninstitutionalized population of children in the United States with special health care needs aged 0-17 years (Data Resource Center for Child and Adolescent Health, 2012)
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From page 245...
... . Additional SIPP topics include personal history, child care, wealth, program eligibility, child support, utilization and cost of health care, disability, school enrollment, taxes, and annual income (U.S.
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From page 246...
... 2015. Speech and language impairments in the US pediatric population: Findings from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
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  • health interview
  • special education

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  • special health
  • language disorders
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  • health insurance
  • health status
  • primary diagnosis
  • telephone survey
  • integrated telephone

  • care services
  • encounter data
  • health bureau
  • max data
  • child health

  • disability program
  • ssi disability
  • health resources
  • labor force
  • operations manual

  • functional status
  • security income
  • management information
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  • insurance status


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