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Special Education Through Time

By Desi1999

  • First attempt at Special Training

    First attempt at Special Training
    In the early 1600's the first known attempt was made at special training for deaf children and adults by teaching sign language.
    p.5 Teaching Students in Inclusive Settings, Judy Wood

  • Sensory and Motor Development School

    Sensory and Motor Development School
    Edouard Sequin started a school in 1847 in Paris for students with sensory and motor development disablilites. His class had 30 students.
    p. 5 Teaching Students in Inclusive Settings, Judy Wood

  • Rehabilitation Act

    Rehabilitation Act
    The Rehabilitation Act allowed the 1973 ammendment to be created. This act was originally created for wounded soldiers and injured workers to get employment. Then later people with special needs not to be discriminated against.
    p.7 Teaching Students with Inclusive Setting, Judy Wood

  • Parents Get Involved

    Parents Get Involved
    After WWII parents got involved and created organizations to support their children with disabilities this includes the United Cerebral Palsy Association, the Muscular Dystrophy Association, and John F. Kennedy’s Panel on Mental Retardation.
    http://www.learningrx.com/history-of-special-education.htm

  • Brown vs. Board of Education

    Brown vs. Board of Education
    Although this was a segregation case it was the catalyst for other cases including the inclusion of children with disablities into the public school system.
    p. 6 Teaching Students in Inclusive Settings, Judy Wood

  • Education for Teachers

    Education for Teachers
    By 1968, the Federal government had supported:
    Training for more than 30,000 special education teachers and related specialists;
    Captioned films viewed by more than 3 million persons who were deaf; andEducation for children with disabilities in preschools and in elementary, secondary, and state-operated schools across the country.http://www2.ed.gov/policy/speced/leg/idea/history.html

  • Mills vs. Board of Education

    Mills vs. Board of Education
    This was important because children that denied access to public school systems that had no where else to go won this case. This case was for seven children.
    p. 7 Teaching Students in Inclusive Settings, Judy Wood

  • Willowbrook and Geraldo

    Willowbrook and Geraldo
    Geraldo Rivera broadcasted to the world the horrific sights of this "school" which led to the awakening of America's conscience towards helping its citizens with disablities.
    p. 7 Teaching Students in Inclusive Settings, Judy Wood