IDEA Timeline

By jriley42

  • Captioned Films Act

    Enacted for training purposes for teachers of kids living with mental illnesses.

  • Training of Professional Personnel Act

    Federal legislation enacted Training of Professional Personnel Act which helped educators learn about mental retardation.

  • Teachers of the Deaf Act

    Enacted as a training tool to teach certain educators guide children who are deaf or hard at hearing.

  • Elementary and Secondary Education Act; States School Act

    Enacted to provide grants to children with disabilities for educational purposes.

  • In the beginning

    Before IDEA state instructions acted merely as a boarding place for a mentally ill people, rather than being rehabilitated.

  • Federal Government

    Supports more the 30,000 special education educators and specialists for training.

  • IDEA

    Congress enacted Education for All Handicapped Children Act, now (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act), to support states and localities with children living with disabilities.

  • 1 in 5

    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.

  • Public Law 94-142

    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.

  • Problem?

    During the 1980's, the U.S. saw a big problem with children and their disabilities, along with their families.

  • IDEA Pro

    Links assessments of students progress to the instructor, instead of the non intimate data and charts.

  • Amended

    IDEA amended in the mid 1980's to mandate states provide programs and services from birth.

  • IDEA Pro

    Set a guideline in place to study and dissect not only the child but his/her environment.

  • IDEA Pro

    Sets up classrooms in order to fix the need of that child.

  • IDEA Pro

    Make plans for more interaction with family/friends of the child with the disability.

  • Increase

    Increase in high school graduation by 14 percent from 1984 to 1997.

  • Boost of Employment

    An increase in employment rates for those under IDEA by 14 percent.

  • Spike

    Raise in post-secondary education tripled from 1978!

  • Equality

    IDEA mandates that schools reports progress to parents just as frequent as the non-disabled children.

  • IPEA Pro

    Most children with disabilities are now being educated in regular schools with non-disabled children due to IPEA