NYSTCE Students with Disabilities (060) REA Prep, Answered-Compulsory Educations est. - by early 20th Century
Panel of Mental Retardation - Government action created by President John F. Kennedy in 1961
Elementary
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NYSTCE Students with Disabilities (060) REA Prep, Answered-Compulsory Educations est. - by early 20th Century
Panel of Mental Retardation - Government action created by President John F. Kennedy in 1961
Elementary & Secondary Education Act - 1965
Public Law 94-143 - Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EHA)
-passed in 1975
-reauthorized as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Inclusion - educating SwD in the general education classroom
-allows them to participate in day-to-day routines alongside students w/o disabilities to the greatest extend possible
-a default/normative scenario for which there may be exceptions
Mainstreaming - SwD included in the gen ed classroom only when their achievement would be near grade level, without substantial support
Inclusion v. Mainstreaming - Inclusion treats the gen ed classroom as the student's primary placement, with the gen ed teacher as the primary teacher; mainstreaming first requires student to be at/near grade level
Individuals with Disabilities Education ~Improvement~ Act - IDEA, aka IDEIA; 1975
- strongest, most direct impact on special ed
-Federal gov't provides states w/funding for special education. -She states must comply w/numerous requirements that pertain to children ranging from birth to age 21.
Child Find Activities - -State compliance for IDEA
-used to identify & evaluate children who may have disabilities
-must be evaluated at no cost to parents
-parents must be involved in the evaluation process
-parents or school professional (ex. teacher) may request evaluation
-parental consent required
Who may request evaluation of a child? - Parents or school professional, such as a teacher
-but parental consent is required!
Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) - -State compliance for IDEA
-SwD entitled to same types of educational experiences as peers
-schools must provide SwD an educational experience that is appropriate to age & abilities at no cost to parent
LRE - Least Restrictive Environment
-State compliance for IDEA
-educational experiences must be as similar as possible to peers
-remain in gen ed class to greatest extent possible & fewest possible changes to day-to-day routine
-Foundation of Inclusion
-Continuum of Services
Continuum of Services - -State compliance for IDEA
-allows students to participate to the greatest extent possible
IEP - -State compliance for IDEA
-Individualized Education Program/Plan required for each child 3 yo to 21 yo
-describes child's present level of progress & learning capacity
-short & long term goals
-accommodations & services needed
IEP Post-graduation - -State compliance for IDEA
-When child is 16 yo, IEP must included description of the student's goals following graduation
-includes transition services needed to achieve those goals
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