The History of Special Education

  • Period: 1950 BCE to

    Social Construction of Special Education

    The belief that all students with the same label need the same education and should be separated from non-disabled students because they learn differently (p.30) A.M
  • Period: 1500 to

    Before 1600s - 2012

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    Before 1975

    The children with disabilities were not guaranteed to go to school. (p.13)SS
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    Enlightenment Era

    New ideas about learning emerged (Rapp & Arndt, 2012, ch,.2, (p.21) A.M
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    Compulsory Attendance Laws

    The requirement that all children of certain ages attend school (p.22) A.M
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    The term Common Schools was use in the early 1800s

    A term used to talk about a set of ideas about schooling.
    School should be free and open for all white students regardless of social status.
    Schools should be expanded from elementary to high school grades (p. 22). A.M
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    Belief - normal and abnormal

    Were affected by the way we work. (P.7) SS
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    History of Women's Rights

    In the antebellum United States,Field noted that New York convention, delegates " treated the idea of White or Black women voting as a joke " (p. 12) SS
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    Perkins School for the Blind

    Founded in 1829. This school was founded as the first school for students who were blind and was created because of the clear need to support students who were blind (p.25). A.M
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    American Civil War

    President Abraham Lincoln sign the Emancipation Proclamation.SS
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    14th Amendment Constitution

    Guaranteed equal protection under the law to all citizen, and granted citizenship to all African Americans. (p.11)SS
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    The 15th Amendment

    Was passed and granting African Americans men the right vote. (p.11) SS
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    School For Children Who are Deaf

    American School for the Deaf was founded in 1871 this school was founded as the first school for students who were deaf and was created because of the clear need to support students who were deaf (p.25). A.M
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    Plessy v. Ferguson of 1896

    "Separate but equal " p.40
    K.H
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    Early 1900s - The belief about science of statistics

    Established that it is possible to predict, with some certainty, how a group of people will react or perform to given task or situation. (p. 7)SS
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    Writer Alice Duer Mill

    Wrote: Why We Don't Want Men to Vote
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    Before 1920

    The women were believed to be incapable of voting because women were too emotional.(p.13)SS
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    1950s - Gender

    Being a women meant growing up with the primary end of marrying and raising children. (p.11) SS
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    Children with Disabilities Before 1970s

    Before the 1970s, children were excluded from education (p.25) A.M
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    Affirmative Action Policies

    Emerged.(p.11) SS
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    President London Johnson

    Address the graduating class of Howard University,a historically black college university (HBCU), African American and negative effect of this construction. (P.11) SS
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    Kathrine Switzer

    Ran the Boston marathon. (p.12) SS
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    PARC v. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (1971)

    provided the youth with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to attend school with their non-disabled peers
    P.41
    KH
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    Mills v. Board of Education Of District of Columbia (1972)

    Brought free appropriate public education to children with disabilities
    p.42-43
    KH
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    Kathrine Switzer

    Finished the race, and the Boston marathon allowed women to run in the race. (p.12)SS
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    Rehabilition Act of 1973

    The Rehabilitation Act's impact was it provided children with disabilities access to schools. pp.43-44
    KH
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    Public Law 94-142: The Education of All Handicapped Children Act (EHC) of 1975

    guaranteed a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to each child with a disability in every state and locality across the country
    pp.44-45
    KH
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    Students with Disabilities

    were guaranteed the right to be free appropriate public education.(FAPE) (p.13) SS
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    Children with Disabilities

    Children with disability were not guaranteed right to go to school. (P.13) SS
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    Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District, Westchester County, New York v. Amy Rowley (1982)

    services need to be provided only to the extent that a student benefits from an educational program.
    pp.48-49
    KH
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    Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

    The belief that all persons, regardless of ability, have the right to live independently, make choices, contribute to society, and enjoy full integration in every respect.
    pp.49-50
    KH
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    Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 1990

    EHC renamed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
    p.53
    KH
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    Oberti v. the Board of Education (1993)

    part 1:supplementary aids and services, can be achieved satisfactorily.
    part 2: placement outside of a general education class is necessary to benefit the child educationally, the court must decide if the child has been included to the maximum extent possible.
    p. 51
    KH
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    the Reauthorizations Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 1997

    Add provision was added regarding behavior infractions. If a student with a disability engages in unacceptable or dangerous behavior, it must be determined whether the behavior is a manifestation of the student's disability.
    p.53
    KH
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    Math Exam

    In 1997, only 5,700 students with disability in the entire state of New York took the math exam. (P .15) SS
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    Disability studies' and Disability Rights Movement's Position

    Is critical of the nomination of medical definition and views it as a major stumbling block to the reinterpretation of disability as a political category and to the social changes that could follow such a shift. (P. 9) SS
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    Cedar Rapids Community School District v. Garret F. (1999)

    Child with disabilities are integrated into the public school system to learn with their peers.
    P.52
    KH
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    Women Professors

    Were " only 12.5% of associate and full professors in the natural science and engineering at all U.S. universities and 4 year colleges.(p. 12) SS
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    the Reauthorizations Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2024

    Renamed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) Provision districts may choose to implement interventions for struggling students to see if the intervention is helpful.
    KH
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    National Science Foundation

    Reported that [science and engineering] full professors than their share of S&E doctorates awarded in that year. (P.12 ) SS
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    Math Exams

    In 2008 Almost three times more students passed the math exam than took the exam in 1997.(p. 15) SS