Inclusion Timeline

By kelh95

  • Itard and Segiun

    Systematic educative procedures for the hardest to teach children

  • Galluadet

    First American residential school for students who were deaf

  • Howe

    First residential school for students who were blind

  • Council for Exceptional Children founded by Ferrell and other teachers

    Development of special education as a profession

  • Organization of parent groups

    Provide support, information, and structure for obtaining resources

  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

    Separate is not equal. Allowed for parents of students with disabilities contend their students were not receiving adequate education

  • Segregation

    Students with disabilities were segregated from children without disabilities

  • Segregation to Inclusion

    Students with mild disabilities were mainstreamed with students without disabilities

  • Education for all Handicapped Children Act, PL 94-142

    Ensure that all children and youths with disabilities have a right to free, appropriate public education

  • Inclusion Movement

    Inclusion Movement began

  • Reauthorization of IDEA

    Services extended to infants, toddlers, and preschool children aged 3

  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

    Ensure that all children and youths with disabilities have a right to free, appropriate public education

  • Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

    Ensures the right to nondiscriminatory treatment in other acts of life; a civil rights law

  • No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)

    "Standards-based" reform, consequences to special education

  • Individual with Disabilities Education Improvement Act

    Ensure that all children and youths with disabilities have a right to free, appropriate public education