IDEA
The federal government covers this amount of the cost to educate children ages 3-21 with disabilities
16 percent
The child’s impaired vision adversely impacts educational performance, even with correction.
Visual Impairment
A condition that raises the difficulties in acquiring knowledge
Learning Disabilities
Researchers have found that these two factors have played a role in the over representation of African Americans and Latinos in special education.
Race and Background
people-focused system that builds upon indigenous practices like dialogue circles, talking pieces, and ritualistic structures to cultivate a framework for approaching harm from a collaborative lens.
Restorative Justice
This principle of IDEA assures all special education children get a free and appropriate education and assures every student with a disability receives an IEP.
Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)
communication disorders such as stuttering and impaired articulation
Speech or language Impairment
35% of students are diagnosed in this category
Specific Learning Disability
This many students are reaping the benefits of improved special education
6.5 million
This shows that schools have become a risk for students, especially those with disabilities to end up in the incarceration system
The School-to-prison pipeline
This IDEA principle states that children must be placed in regular education classrooms unless the nature of the disability is so severe that the child could not receive an appropriate education in this setting, even with appropriate aids and services.
Less Restrictive Environment (LRE)
developmental disability that impacts verbal and nonverbal communication as well as social interaction
Autism
This person was critical of classifying students and separating them based on intellectual ability
Lloyd Dunn
These students are underrepresented in most special education categories, especially in midwestern and southern states.
Latinos
This is linked to drop-out rates which can lead into trouble with the law
Out of school suspension (OSS)
The 1975 Education for All Handicapped Children Act was renamed to this in 1990
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Impairments caused by congenital anomaly, disease, or other causes such as amputations.
Orthopedic Impairment
This percent of the total public school enrollment received special education services in 2013-2014.
13 percent
The number of children in these categories has increased dramatically since 1975.
Soft categories
70% of youth involved in the criminal justice system have a disability, at a rate this amount higher than those without
three times
One way schools are now addressing the shortage of fully certified or credentialed special education teachers is by offering this
special education internships for preservice and/or in-service teachers
Relatively late maturation:physical, cognitive, communication, social or emotional, or adaptive (behavioral)
Developmental Delay
Dunn compared the practices of IDEA to this
Racial segregration
Black students are overrepresented in most major categories of special education, such as this
ADHD
In 2012, this many students were suspended, with black students being suspended at a rate three times greater than white students
2.45 million