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Special Education

By nth11b

  • 1848

    1848
    The Perkins Institution was founded by Samuel Gridley Howe, in Boston, Massachusetts. The Perkins Institute was the first of it's kind for individuals with mental disabilities. The participants were required to live there and learn, like boarding school. Most of them lived there for the remainder of their lives.

  • 1965

    1965
    Congress adds Title VI to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 creating a Bureau of Education for the Handicapped. This bureau is now known as the Office of Special Education Programs.

  • 1971

    1971
    Two significant Supreme Court decisions are made (PARC v. Pennsylvania (1972) and Mills v. D.C. Board of Education (1972) which applies the equal protection argument to students with disabilities.

  • 1973

    1973
    Section 504 of the rehabilitation Act of 1973 is enacted into statue. This national law protects qualified individuals from discrimination based on their disability.

  • 1975

    1975
    The Education of All Handicapped Children Act was signed into law by President Gerald Ford as an amendment of the Education for All Handicapped Act of 1974. This law required free, appropriate public education (FAPE) in the least restrictive environment. This act was later renamed The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

  • 1986

    1986
    Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986 (PL 99-457) is enacted; This law mandates a special education for preschoolers with disabilities as well as incentives for providing early intervention services to infants and toddlers

  • 1989

    1989
    Foundation for Children with Learning Disabilities expanded its mission and scope of work, and changed its name to the National Center for Learning Disabilities. The mission was to improve the lives of all people with learning and attention issues. Our mission envisions a society in which every individual possesses the academic, social and emotional skills needed to succeed in school, at work and in life.

  • 1990

    1990
    The Education of the Handicapped Act renamed the law the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, it reauthorized and expanded the discretionary programs, mandated transition services, defined assistive technology devices and services, and added autism and traumatic brain injury to the list of categories of children and youth eligible for special education and related service

  • 2002

    2002
    The No Child Left Behind act is a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. Students must be assessed for academic progress and schools must be assessed and make adequate yearly progress. All teachers must be Highly Qualified to teach in their given subject area. Additionally, all teaching methods and practices must be based on proven and researched methods. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EOrlOKkZq4&feature=youtu.be

  • 2009

    2009
    The Supreme Court ruled that parents of special-education students may seek government reimbursement for private school tuition, even if they have never received special-education services in public school.
    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/23/education/23special.html?_r=2&ref=specialeducationhandicapped&