kimberly cole [email protected]. what do you know about idea? complete the left side of the...
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Kimberly [email protected]
What do you know about IDEA?
Complete the left side of the paper now.
At the end of class- complete the right side of the paper
Envisioning Great Expectations Enhancing Positive Contributions Building on Strengths Becoming Self-Determined Expanding Relationships Ensuring Full Citizenship
Approximately 6 million students ages 6 – 21
321,894 infants and toddlers or 2.7% of U.S. infants and toddlers
709,004 preschool children or 5.7% of the preschool-aged population
Approximately 2/3 boys and 1/3 girls in special education
Approximately 1.8% to 18 % of students in the gifted and talented category in different states- Overall, 6.4 % of the school population
Females slightly outnumber males in gifted and talented category
– Supervisors/administrators– Psychologists– Diagnostic/evaluation staff– Audiologists– Speech therapists– Additional specialists– School social workers– Occupational therapists– Physical therapists– Recreation and therapeutic
specialists– Paraprofessionals
Mills v. Washington, DC, Board of Education and Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens [PARC] v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
The courts ordered school districts to:◦ Provide a free, appropriate public education to all
students with disabilities◦ Educate students with disabilities in the same schools
and basically same programs as students without disabilities
◦ Put into place procedural safeguards so that students can challenge schools that do not live up to the court’s orders.
IDEA(originally called Education of All Handicapped Students Act or PL 94-142) was first enacted in 1975
Beginning of what we now know as IDEA
IEPs Least Restrict Environment FAPE: Free and Appropriate Public
Education Funding for special education
IDEA has three sections:◦ Part A sets out Congress’s intent and national
policy to provide a free appropriate public education to all students with disabilities
◦ Part B serves children ages 3 to 21
◦ Part C serves students ages birth to 2
Psychological services Recreation and therapeutic
recreation Rehabilitative counseling
services School health services Service coordination services Social work services in
schools Speech pathology and
speech-language pathology Transportation and related
costs Vision Services
Assistive Technology Audiology Counseling services Early identification Family training,
counseling, and home visits
Health services Medical services Occupational therapy Orientation and mobility
services Parent counseling and
training Physical therapy
Other health impairments
Orthopedic impairments
Traumatic brain injury
Speech or language impairments
Hearing impairments
Visual impairments
Specific learning disabilities
Emotional disturbance
Mental retardation Multiple
disabilities Deaf-blindness Autism
Zero reject Nondiscriminatory evaluation Appropriate education Least restrictive environment Procedural due process Parental and student participation
Ensures all children and youth (3 - 21), no matter how severe their disabilities, will have an appropriate education provided at public expense
Discipline
Does the student have a disability?
What kind of special education and related services does the student require?
Assessment Requirements◦ Screening◦ Prereferral◦ Response to intervention◦ Referral◦ Nondiscriminatory evaluation
Individualized education for each student with a disability
Developed collaboratively by the same people involved in the evaluation
Outcome oriented (include goals/objectives)
Provide the foundation for the student’s appropriate education
IFSPs Document for
children ages 0–2 Describes the
services both the child and family will receive
Should be developed within 45 days of referral and reviewed at 6-month intervals and every year thereafter
IEPs Document for
students 3–21 Need to be in effect
at the beginning of the school year
Reviewed and revised at least once a year
Parents General educator Special educator School system representative Evaluation interpreter Others Student
Education with students who do not have disabilities
For early childhood, IDEA favors the “natural environment”
The rule: A presumption of inclusion Access to the general education curriculum The continuum of services Extracurricular and nonacademic inclusion
Makes schools and parents accountable to each other
Resolution session Mediation
◦ Not required by IDEA but strongly encouraged Due process hearing
◦ Similar to a regular courtroom trial◦ Conducted before an impartial hearing officer◦ Parents and schools are entitled to have
lawyers present
No Child Left Behind- 6 PrinciplesRehabilitation Act
◦ Allows people to seek vocational rehabilitation services so they may work (OVR)
◦ Provides services such as supported employment programs and job coaches
Tech ActAllows states to create statewide systems for
delivering assistive technology devices and support to people with disabilities
Section 504◦ Applies to any program or activity receiving
federal funds
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)◦ Applies to other programs or activities
available to the public that do NOT receive federal funds
Rehabilitation Act and ADA
- Physical or mental impairment- limits 1 or major life activities
- Has a record of an impairment
““Person with a disability”Person with a disability”
Equality of opportunity Full participation Independent living Economic self-sufficiency
Measured by: High school completion rates Post school employment rates Overall satisfaction with life