Curriculum Development

  • Custodial Care for the Mentally Ill

    The French begin to take care of their "Mentally Ill" Population
  • France is known for its tradition of care.

    France has is known for having a system for taking care of the mentally ill and "Idiots".
  • France Focuses on Psychitry

    France looks to use sense education and moral treatment
  • Itard attempts to educate the "Wild Boys"

    In France, Iltard begins to educate children that were raised in the wild.
  • Down Turn in Pschyitry

    People were losing faith in psychiatry and there was a shift from helping people to isolationg the disabled.
  • Edouard Seguin's Pshycological Education

    As a student of Iltard, Seguin rejects some of Iltards ideas such as repitition and starts a new approach to curriculum. This inculdes Muscular education, Sense Education, and Moral Treatment.
  • Samuel Gridley Howe Experiments with Mind-Body Dualism

    Howe worked through the senses and the idea that just because the body was broke, that did not mean the mind was. He also thought that impaired people had a healthy mind just waiting to be unlocked. He did believe later in life in "Heredity determinism.
  • Progressive Era Begins

    Social Science finds its footing.
  • Special Classes are Created

    The first edcuational class for "mental defectives". These class were in reaction to the high volumes of immigrants who were typically viewed as defective.
  • Immigration Becomes an Issue in Education

    With all the imigration at the time. Schools were over crowded and teachers were not prepared to teach such a diverse group.
  • All States Pass Compulsory School Law

    This law made it mandatory for all children to attend school till the age of 14.
  • 133 School Systems Provided Education Classes.

  • Start of Programmatic Regimentation

  • IDEA is Passed

    A law is passed that is one of the most important developments for Special education. Idividuals With Diabillities Education Act is passed into law.
  • After IDEA is Pased, IEPs are required.

    Students with diabilities are required to have an Idvidualized Education Plan. (IEP) that helps parents and educators follow a path for student sucess.
  • IDEA Fully Implemented