History of Special Education

By vallen@bullochschools.org

  • "Wild Boy of Averyron" a ferel child that Jean-Marc-Gaspard worked with

    The french physician worked with this 12-year-old deaf, mute child. Itard worked with Victoria and eventually made great progress.

  • Seguin, a student of Itard's believed in children with disabilities

    Seguin felt that children with disabilities could be trained.

  • First U.S. special class Cleveland, Ohio

  • Special class recorded in Providence, Rhode Island

  • Turn of the century, other special classes were established

    Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, and New York
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    Eugenics Movement

    Americans and immigrants were involuntarily sterilized in order to keep them from diluting what was considered the superior American race.
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    Efficacy Studies

    Researchers analyzed traditional special education that compared the achievement and social adjustment of students with intellectual disabilities who were enrolled in special classes.

  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

    "separate cannot be equal" and provide students with disabilities with an appropriate education.

  • Lloyd Dunn "Special Education for the Mildly Retarded: Is Much of it Justifiable?"

    Researcher Lloyd Dunn questioned if separate classes could provide an adequate education for students with disabilities.
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    Litigation for the Rights of Students with Disabilities

    1972: Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children v. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    1972: Mills v. Board of Education
    1970: Diana v. State Board of Education of California
    1972 Larry P. v. Riles Test administered to students could not discriminate based on race.

  • Education of the Handicap Act

    Basis for all special education practice. The principals from this law still in action today.

  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

    Clarifies the need for supports for students as they transitioned from high school.

  • Americans with Disabilities Act

  • IDEA of 2004

    Zero Reject entitles students with disabilities to public education
    FAPE families do not have to pay for this education service
    LRE