Significant Court Cases
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Misc
100
This court case was actually about segregation but established that separate was NOT equal and helped pave the way for special education laws. (1954)
What is Brown vs. Board of Education
100
Also known as PL 105-17, there were major changes in the areas of evaluation, parents rights, transition and discipline; special education eligibility was redefined as having a "negative impact on a child's educational success or access to equal education," and parents were now included in making eligibility decisions.
What is IDEA 97?
100
1799, French man found a boy in the woods named Victor. He established some principles for working with kids with special needs: developmental/sensory approaches, sequencing tasks, individualized instruction, curriculum geared towards functional skills...name that person.
Who is Jean Marc Itard?
100
In this stage of Piaget's stages of development, a person is able to think logically but cannot think in the abstract.
What is concrete operational?
100
Parents are now reimbursed for attorney fees when they win a case because of this court case.
What is Smith v. Robinson (1984)?
200
This court case is important because as a result special education was guaranteed to children with mental retardation (1972).
What is Pennsylvania Assoc. for Retarded Citizens (PARC) v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania?
200
These are some changes that occurred to the IEP as a result of IDEA 97.
What is an emphasis in involvement of special education students in general education classes with services and modifications necessary, PLEP required to state how child's disability affects involvement/progress in general curriculum; connection between sped and regular ed curriculum established, must explain extent not participating in gen ed/extra-curricular activities; gen ed teachers required at meetings?
200
Identify the institutions that these people established: Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Samuel Gridley, Edward Sequin.
What is 1. Gallaudet School for the Deaf (1817), 2. Perkins Institute for Blind Students (1829), 3. first residential school for individuals with retardation in the U.S. (1866).
200
The ZPD can be explained as this.
What is the Zone of Proximal Development, useful for scaffolding, developed by Vygotsky?
200
Due to this court case if your child who receives special education services receives discipline for a behavior, there must be a manifest determination within 10 days.
What is Honig v. Doe (1988)?
300
This court case resulted in the right of special education being guaranteed to all children with disabilities, rather than just children with mental retardation. 1972
What is Mills v Board of Education of District of Columbia?
300
During a Manifest Determination meeting, these two things must be determined.
What is whether or not the disability impairs the ability for the child to understand the impact and consequences of his behavior AND whether or not the disability impairs the ability of the child to control his behavior?
300
This test/assessment was a revision of the 1st standardized test intended to identify retardation by Alfred Binet.
What is the IQ by Louis Terman (1916)?
300
Hunter established these 7 components of teaching.
What is 1. knowledge of human growth and development, 2.content, 3.classroom management, 4.materials, 5.planning, 6.human relations, 7.instructional skills
300
This case established that no exclusion of a child based on learning differences is legal.
What is Oberti v. Board of Education (1993)?
400
This is a case where the parents of a deaf girl wanted an interpreter provided even though data suggested that she was benefitting from her education without it.
What is Board of Education v. Rowley (1982)?
400
List five details or facts about ADA.
What is 1. Americans with Disabilities Act, 2. 1990, 3. PL 101-336, 4. bars discrimination, 5. it differs from the Rehabilitation Act because protection is not limited to those receiving federal funding?
400
Education for the Handicapped Act turned into IDEA in 1990 and ensured equal opportunities. When was it written and who signed it into law?
What is 1975 and Gerald Ford?
400
Albert Bandura developed this educational theory.
What is the Observation Learning Theory; behavior can be learned through observation of others?
400
PL 107-110 AKA NCLB stresses and requires what?
What is it stresses accountability for student achievement (by the instructors/schools) and it requires that special education teachers are highly qualified in core subjects that they teach?
500
In this case the judge determined that catheterization was a related service and necessary for the child to receive special education. The district was therefore responsible for providing/paying for this service.
What is Irving Independent School v. Tatro (1984)?
500
List the requirements to be protected by a 504 plan.
What is one must: 1. have a physical or mental impairment that limits one or more of a person's major life activities, 2. have a record of impairment, 3. be regarded as having impairment, 4. be otherwise qualified for a program, 5. receive federal funding?
500
Explain how IDEA 2004 developed.
What is first it was PL 94-142 (1975) Education for the Handicapped Act, turned into IDEA in 1990, revised in IDEA 97, revised again in 2002, and again in 2004?
500
Jerome Bruner came up with this theory.
What is the Constructivist Theory; individuals actively construct knowledge by comparing new ideas or concepts with their current knowledge (schema or mental models)?
500
List the Cascade System of Special Education Services
What is 1. regular classroom, 2. reg. class with supportive services, 3. reg. class with part-time sped class (resource), 4. full-time sped class (self-contained), 5. special stations (special schools), 6. homebound, 7. residential?
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