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Enacted for training purposes for teachers of kids living with mental illnesses.
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Federal legislation enacted Training of Professional Personnel Act which helped educators learn about mental retardation.
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Enacted as a training tool to teach certain educators guide children who are deaf or hard at hearing.
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Enacted to provide grants to children with disabilities for educational purposes.
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Before IDEA state instructions acted merely as a boarding place for a mentally ill people, rather than being rehabilitated.
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Supports more the 30,000 special education educators and specialists for training.
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Congress enacted Education for All Handicapped Children Act, now (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), to support states and localities with children living with disabilities.
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It was common before the IDEA act for kids with disabilities to not be educated, in fact, in the U.S. only 1 in 5 kids were given proper education.
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Also known as IDEA, this act has allowed a free and public education to any child with a disability to every state and school across the U.S.
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During the 1980's, the U.S. saw a big problem with children and their disabilities, along with their families.
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Links assessments of students progress to the instructor, instead of the non intimate data and charts.
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IDEA amended in the mid 1980's to mandate states provide programs and services from birth.
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Set a guideline in place to study and dissect not only the child but his/her environment.
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Sets up classrooms in order to fix the need of that child.
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Make plans for more interaction with family/friends of the child with the disability.
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Increase in high school graduation by 14 percent from 1984 to 1997.
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An increase in employment rates for those under IDEA by 14 percent.
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Raise in post-secondary education tripled from 1978!
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IDEA mandates that schools reports progress to parents just as frequent as the non-disabled children.
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Most children with disabilities are now being educated in regular schools with non-disabled children due to IPEA