History of Special Education

  • 1922

    Parental Advocacy started occurring and Council for exceptional children.
  • 1954

    Penn Hurst State school was created for warehousing the "feebleminded"
  • Acts

    Acts
    1975- The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1986- The Handicapped Children’s Protection Act and The Infants & Toddlers with Disabilities Act
  • The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of (IDEA '97)

    theme of IDEA '97 was to improve the effectiveness of special education by requiring demonstrable improvements in the educational achievement of students with disabilities.
  • The No Child Left Behind Act of

    The No Child Left Behind Act of
    Increasing the academic achievement of all public school students
    Improving the performance of low-performing schools
    Requiring schools to adopt scientifically based instructional practices
  • The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act

     The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act
    increase the academic achievement of students in special education
  • Brown vs Board of Education 347 U.S. Brown

    Brown vs Board of Education 347 U.S. Brown
  • Brief history and overview of the history of special education over the years

  • Prediction in 2020

    I predict that in 2020 that kids with intellectual disabilities, are going to decided if insurance is liable or if the school is liable for the student
  • Prediction in 2021

    I predict that in 5 years from now that all teachers will be required to teach children that have disabilities.