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Influence by President John F. Kennedy's sister who struggled with intellectual disabilities. It allowed funds to train professionals to work with children with disabilities.
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Protecting individuals with disabilities that have been denied or had their rights interfered with. The act makes it illegal to deny someone with a disability to participate in any activity due to the disability.
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Specialized to “assure that all handicapped children have available to them a free appropriate public education which emphasized special education and related services designed to meet their unique needs”
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IDEA requires that an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) be developed for all children with disabilities receiving special education services. The act emphasized on parents role in developing IEP, and using technology resources.
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Extended anti discrimination laws and civil rights to people with disabilities.
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Impacted all children with more regulations for children with special needs. Held schools accountable. Requiring stats and funds at risk.
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Services of transition need be ins place for the IEP at age 16 and younger. Standars of intervention and practices were changed
