Background
the first special education program
What is the Rehabilitation Act (1973)?
programs for kids who are visually impaired
What is VI?
school children from four states argued that segregated public schools were inherently unequal and denied them of equal protection of the laws
What is Brown v. Board of Education (1954)?
the year that special education began
What was in 1972?
programs for children who have a moderate intellectual disability
What is MOID?
congress intended that all children with disabilities would " have the right to education & to establish a process by which local and state educational agencies may be held accountable for providing educational services for all handicapped children
What is the Education for all Handicapped Children Act [EHCA] (1975) OR Public Law 94-142 (PL 94 142)?
agreed that it had a legal obligation “to provide a publicly supported education to each resident of the District of Columbia who is capable of benefiting from such instruction"
argued that it was incapable to help the students with disabilities due to their lack or financial resources
What is Mills v. Board of education of the District of Columbia (1972)?
it will prepare students with disabilities for adulthood and may provide instruction in functional living skills, social and community skills, work skills and self-advocacy skills
What was the purpose of starting special education programs?
self contained program for children who are orthopedically impaired
What is Orthopedic Impairment (OI)?
wanted schools to be accountable for academic performance from all students wether or not they had disabilities
requires schools in every state to develop routine assessments of students' academic skills
this act provides incentives for schools to demonstrate in students with special needs
What is the No Child Left Behind [NCLB] Act OR Elementary and Secondary Education Act (2001)?
14 students with developmental disabilities were denied access to education based on the four state statutes
What is P.A.R.C v. Pennsylvania (1972)?
Blindness, Deafness, Emotional Disturbance, Hearing Impairment, Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Orthopedic Impairment, Other Health Impaired, Specific Learning DisabilitySpeech or Language Impairment, Traumatic Brain Injury, Visual impairment
What are the main special education disabilities out there?
self contained programs for kids with autism
What is A-SC?
one reason was to provide education that meets a child's unique needs and prepare them for there future
another reason for this act was to protect the rights of both children with disabilities and their parents
What is Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act [IDEA] (2004)?
a landmark case which the US Supreme court had to deal with the problem of expelling a disabled child based on how he acts with his disability
the court ruled that the child should not have been removed from school due to his behavioral disability
What is Honig v. Doe (1988)?
one of the founders of special education
he was interested in the education of blind students and founded the first school for blind students in 1829
Who is Samuel Gridley Howe?
English learners who do not speak english and are enrolled in a english language education program
What is ELL?
forbids discrimination in schools based on disabilities
oblige schools to offer suitable academic adjustments and accessible housing to students with disabilities
What is the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Disabilities Act of 1990?
a deaf child who was performing better than the next child with the same problem and advanced in every grade but was denied a sign language interpreter requested by her parents
decision clarified that children with disabilities were entitled to access to an education that provided some sort of educational benefit
What is Board of Education v. Rowley (1982)?