History of Special Education Legistlation

By kbosman.15@asdubai.org

  • Public school programs for the mentally retarded begin

    No diagnostic instruments meant that not all of the students were mentally retarded and many of them just did badly in school
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    History of Special Legislation Education

  • Diagnostic instruments for mental retardation are available

    IQ test

  • Great Depression Begins

    Stock Market crashes on Black Tuesday, marking the beginning of the Great Depression

  • Federal Government becomes involved

    Research in the mental disability field begins as well as the training of educators

  • Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)

    provided better education for “economically underprivileged children”; basis for special education legislation

  • ESEA Amendments of 1965

    State-operated institutions and schools can help disabled children1st federal grant program designed to help young disabled people

  • ESEA Amendments of 1966

    1st federal grant system for educating children in public schoolsBureau of Education of the Handicapped (BEH) and the National Advisory Council (now National Council on Disability) were established

  • ESEA Amendments of 1968

    Started programs to “supplement, support, and expand” education services

  • ESEA Amendments of 1970

    Helped local education agencies

  • Section 504 Rehabilitation Act of 1973

    Disallowed discrimination against the disabled

  • The Education Act of 1974

    “Appropriate education” for all disabled childrenAllowed parents and students over 18 to look at their personal files

  • The Education of All Handicapped Children Act

    mandatory “free and appropriate” public education for all disabled children, fair treatment in the normal judicial system, mandatory education plans and non-restrictive environments

  • The Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments

    Parent training and information centersFunding for research projects

  • Carl Perkins Vocational Educational Act

    Gave federal funds to help educational programsIncluded also people economically and educationally disadvantaged, aren’t proficient in English, and people in correctional institutions

  • The Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments

    Preschooler services, early intervention services for infants

  • The Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments

    (renamed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)Transition services, assisting technology devices, added autism and traumatic brain injury affected children to the ‘disabled children’ list

  • The Americans With Disabilities Act

    Disallowed discrimination against disabled people at schools, work, and in publicPublic schools, private schools, graduate schools, and even day cares

  • The Technology-Related Assistance Act for Individuals With Disabilities

    Funding for technology to help disabled children“Assistive technology”: “any item...used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities”

  • IDEA Amendments (the current law)

    States have to make the public aware of how assistive technology can help disabled peoplePromotes agencies working together to help the disabledPromotes access to assistive tech., reaches out to community organizations to help them