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"Established as a national organization advocating for students with special needs, including those with disabilities and G&T students"
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Change in special education becomes a focus of the Bureau of Education
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"To extend and revise the authorization of grants to states for vocational rehabilitation services, with special emphasis on services to individuals with the most severe disabilities."
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This act allows parents to access all information about their children that the school district has.
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"Guarantees a free and appropriate public education (FAPE) for every child with a disability in the United States."
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"IDEA articulates the rights of students with disabilities and the services that must be provided to them in elementary and secondary school. The law helped make schools more inclusive and effective in educating students with disabilities."
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"In this case, the court decided in favor of parents who objected to the placement of their daughter in a self-contained special education classroom."
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"In finding for the parents in Oberti, the court ruled in favor of a placement that was more inclusive than that provided by a self-contained placement."
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"Defined gifted and talented students as students with special needs but did not receive federal funding."
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"The parents in this case challenged the district’s decision to place their daughter half-time in a special education classroom and half-time in a regular education classroom. The parents wanted their daughter in the regular classroom full-time."
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"The district found that the benefits of regular education placement were minimal and that the child’s educational needs could be met appropriately only by the residential placement offered by the district."
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"Created a new provision that covered children with disabilities from birth to age two and created statewide, comprehensive, coordinated services for infants and toddlers with disabilities"
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The development of Individualized Education Plans
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"This law let to high expectations for special education and inclusion in standardized assessment for most students with special needs."
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"The court held that the District’s decision to provide a home bound education program for a student with autism did not violate IDEA."
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"RTI is a process used by educators to help students who are struggling with a skill or lesson; every teacher will use interventions (a set of teaching procedures) with any student to help them succeed in the classroom"
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I think that the future of inclusion looks bright for our country. We have been able to successfully allow students with disabilities into general education more and more. In the future I hope to see more inclusion based on student mentoring with students from general ed partnering up with students who are much lower functioning and not in general ed to provide exposure to both students about their respective educational environments.
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“What U.S. Federal Legislation Protects the Rights of Students with Disabilities?” What U.S. Federal Legislation Protects the Rights of Students with Disabilities? | DO-IT, 15 Sept. 2017, www.washington.edu/doit/what-us-federal-legislation-protects-rights-students-disabilities.
