History of special education in the US

By arodriguez2893

  • Apr 15, 1817 American Asylum for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb

    Apr 15, 1817 American Asylum for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb
    1817 – Rev. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet becomes principal of the American Asylum for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, the first residential school in the U.S.

  • Jan 3, 1831 New England Asylum for the Blind

    Samuel Gridley Howe establishes the New England Asylum for the Blind

  • Jul 27, 1834 Braille Code

    In 1834, Louis Braille publishes the Braille code

  • Jul 1, 1839 First Teacher Training Program

    In 1839, the first teacher training program opens in Massachusetts

  • Jul 28, 1848 Massachusetts School for Idiotic and Feeble Minded Children

    1848 - Samuel Gridley Howe establishes the Massachusettes School for Idiotic and Feeble Minded Children https://youtu.be/Q95Nq9w3EJ4

  • Jul 28, 1869 First public school class for children with hearing impairments open in Boston

    1869 - First public school class for children with hearing impairments open in Boston

  • Jul 28, 1876 First Professional Association

    1876 – Edouard Seguin helps to organize the first professional association concerned with disabilities (mental retardation), predecessor to today’ American Association on Mental Retardation

  • Jul 28, 1897 National Education Association establishes a section for teachers of children with disabilities

    1897 – National Education Association establishes a section for teachers of children with disabilities

  • Jul 28, 1898 Elizabeth Farrel

    Jul 28, 1898 Elizabeth Farrel
    1898 – Elizabeth Farrel, later to become the first president of the Council for Exceptional Children, begins a program for “backwards” or “slow learning” children in New York City

  • Jul 28, 1904 Training Programs

    1904 – The Vineland Training School in New Jersey inaugurates training programs for teachers of students with mental retardation

  • Jul 28, 1916 Standford-Binet Scale of Intelligence

    1916 – Louis Terman publishes the Standford-Binet Scale of Intelligence

  • Jul 28, 1920 Training program for Jul 28, 1920 Training program for GiftedGifted

    1920 – Teachers College, Columbia University, begins training program for teachers of pupils who are gifted

  • Jul 28, 1922 Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)

    1922 – Organization that later would become the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is founded in New York City

  • Jul 28, 1928 Seeing Eye Dogs

    1928 – Seeing Eye dogs for the blind are introduced in the United States

  • Jul 28, 1936 First Compulsory Law

    1936 – First Compulsory law for testing the hearing of school-age children is enacted in New York

  • Jul 28, 1949 United Cerebral Palsy (UCP)

    1949 – United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) association is founded

  • Jul 28, 1950 Association for Retarded Children (ARC)

    1950 – Association for Retarded Children (ARC) is founded (known today as the Association for Retarded Citizens, or simply the Arc)

  • Jul 28, 1953 National Association for Gifted

    1953 – National Association for Gifted is founded http://www.nagc.org/

  • Jul 28, 1963 Association for Children with Learning Disabilities

    1963 – Association for Children with Learning Disabilities (forerunner to Learning Disabilities Association of America) is organized

  • Jul 28, 1972 Wolf Wolfensberger

    1972 – Wolf Wolfensberger introduces the concept of normalization, initially coined by Begt Nirge of Sweden, to the United States