cial education and related services to succeed in the academic setting. At the start of the process, under the IDEA, the school district must provide funding for qualified professionals to perform a comprehensive evaluation of the specific student that are linked to the presenting disability. These areas include: social and emotional well-being, intelligence, academic work, speech and motor skills. Once the student is determined to be eligible, teachers and related professionals must adapt the general curriculum to the learning needs of the child so as to ensure that the latter can have access to the same type of education as his or her peers. In the case of a child with diabetes, special accommodations in the classroom may include a tutor or a classroom aide who can offer individual tutoring to help the child make up the missed classroom instruction. Moreover, because of the child's health needs, a child with diabetes must also receive related health services. For example, a trained staff that includes the teachers must be able to provide diabete
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