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Birth of Jean-Marc-Gaspard Itard
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Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787-1851)
a minister. A former student of the Andover Theological Seminary School, who tried to teach a girl who was deaf.
Established the first american residential school for students who were deaf. - Known later as the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Conn. -
Procedures were seen in both revolutions that were devised for teaching children with sensory impairments.
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Contemporary Educational Methods for exceptional children can be traced directly to techniques pioneered during the early 1800s.
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Samuel Gridley Howe (1801-1876) A Physician and and educator, howe was a political and social reformer, a champion of humanitarian causes and emancipation. He was instrumental in foudning the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, MA. - Known for educating Laura Bridgman and influencing Helen Keller.
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Itard studies and records his findings of the 'wild boy of Aveyron', who was found roaming wild in the forests of France, and was deemed as a 'hopeless idiot'. Itard prevailed.
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1817- American School of the Deaf founded
-Founded by Thomas Hopkins Galludet
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1892- Samuel Gridley Howe-created the First School for the blind; cirriculum focused on both traditional reading, writing, and mathematics.
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Death of Jean-Marc-Gaspard Itard
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1840's- Howe organizes experiemental school for children with intellectual disabilites
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Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787-1851) a minister. A former student of the Andover Theological Seminary School, who tried to teach a girl who was deaf.
Established the first american residential school for students who were deaf. - Known later as the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Conn. -
First Deaf university founded in the honor of Thomas Hopkins Galludet.
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Samuel Gridley Howe dies 1876)
A Physician and and educator, howe was a political and social reformer, a champion of humanitarian causes and emancipation. He was instrumental in foudning the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, MA. - Known for educating Laura Bridgman and influencing Helen Keller. -
first systematic attempts made to educate 'idiotic' and 'insane' children- those who today are said to habe intellectual disabilites and emotional or behavioral disorders
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1900's- Idealogy of 'Normalization' emerges
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Professional Groups formed for support of Children with Special Needs
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Council for Exceptional Children formed
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Emergence of National parent organizations for children with special needs.
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1960's-1970's- Efforts made to pull people out of specialized institutions
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Emergence of the Ideology of 'Deinstitutionalization'
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Class Action Lawsuit- Stated that children ages 6-21 were to be provided free public education in the least resctrictive alternative.
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1965-1975- Closure of many Specialized institions
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Education for All Handicapped Children Act Passed-
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1980's- Legislation is increasingly specified and madatory.
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1990's- Emergence of the Halfway Houses and Community Centers for people with special needs.
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Individuals with Disabilites Education Act (IDEA) passed
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Act which insures the right of inidivuals with disabilities to nondescriminatory treatment in other aspects of their lives.
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Normalization of the 1990's introduces the ideology of 'Inclusion'
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the ideology of 'Inclusion' sparks heated opinions and discussions from all parts of the educational spectrum.
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Inclusion controversy is sharpened-
-Higher standards expected of all students. -
No Child Left Behind- George W Bush- became a major factor in the focus of public schooling, including special education.
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Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA)
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Publication of Mary Losures 2013 nonfiction book about the 'Wild Boy'