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History of Special Education

  • The Council for Exceptional Children

    The Council for Exceptional Children

    Advocacy movement for people with disabilities. The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is still involved in the lives of children with special needs today. The CEC advocates for the educational rights of individuals with disabilities.
  • Elementary and Secondary Education Act

    Elementary and Secondary Education Act

    The ESEA did not make it law to educate students with disabilities but it did give grants to state schools and institutions that put into place programs to educate students with disabilities.
  • Section 504. FAPE and LRE

    Section 504. FAPE and LRE

    Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act allows protection from discrimination of special needs and disabilities. This law includes FAPE and LRE. Students are eligible when they have either a physical or mental disability that inhibits their learning experience.
  • Education for All Handicapped Children Act

    Education for All Handicapped Children Act

    This act made sure that all students with disabilities are educated in public schools. EAHCA included providing free educations, special education for children 3-21, supplemental services, due process, zero reject, and least restrictive environment.
  • Least Restrictive Environment

    Least Restrictive Environment

    Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) means that with a student’s IEP, they must also be in as many regular education classes as possible. This ensures that the student has social experiences. In LRE classrooms paras and aids are usually required.
  • Handicapped Children’s Protection Act

    Handicapped Children’s Protection Act

    The act promises people with special needs will have the same rights as everybody else. This includes both school and work. This act also stated that people with special needs cannot be discriminated against in schools, the workplace, and everyday society such as public transportation.
  • IDEA Least Restrictive Environment  (LRE)

    IDEA Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)

    The “individuals with disabilities” law includes 6 pillars: Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE), Least Restrictive Environment (LRE), Individual educational Plan (IEP), evaluation, parent/student participation, and all procedural safeguards for participants.
  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA )

    Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA )

    Requires that all students with disabilities continue to receive services, even if they have been expelled from school. Requires schools to assume greater responsibility for ensuring that students with disabilities have access to the general education curriculum.
  • No Child Left Behind Act

    No Child Left Behind Act

    The re-authorization of IDEA made many changes to the original. The changes include the IEP, due process, and student discipline. Allows district to use a response-to-intervention (RTI) model for determining whether a child has a specific learning disability.
    https://www2.ed.gov/nclb/overview/intro/4pillars.html
  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA)

    Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA)

    Allows districts to use a response-to-intervention (RTI) model for determining whether a child has a specific learning disability. Increases federal funds to provide early intervention services to students who do not need special education or related services. Eliminates use of short-term objectives in an IEP except for students who do not take state assessments.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66g6TbJbs2g

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