1975 Education for All Handicapped Children Act
This case laid the foundation for American educational reform proving it unconstitutional to separate students on the basis race and, highlighted the foundation for having equal opportunity for education for all students.
What is Brown vs. The Board of Education
This legislation ended a long period of time in which general and special education programs were viewed as separate programs with separate populations.
What is the reauthorization of IDEA in 1997?
Impairments that may substantially limit major life activities such as mental illness, specific learning disabilities, arthritis, cancer, diabetes, and hearing impairment.
What are examples of eligibilities for 504 students?
This requires that school districts demonstrate that their students are meeting rigorous standards based on yearly testing and annual state and district report cards.
What is adequate yearly progress?
Response to Intervention (RTI) must never be used to do this.
What is delay evaluation?
Children with special needs were allowed to attend public schools in every state after this legislation was passed.
What is Education for All Handicapped Children?
This part of IDEA specifies that an Individualized Education Plan must be designed to include special education and related services to all students from 3 – 21 years of age
What is Part B?
School districts that do not provide accommodations for students eligible for 504 could lose this.
What is federal funding?
NCLB caused a shift in practice by emphasizing this.
What is educational accountability?
Providing professional development training or in-services to teachers on handwriting curriculums, fine motor development or sensory strategies to support learning and participation.
What is tier 1 response to intervention?
What type of services are provided and include: 1. improving, developing, or restoring functions impaired or lost through illness, injury or deprivation. 2. Improving the ability to perform tasks for independent functioning functions are impaired or lost; and 3. Preventing, through early intervention, initial or further impairment of loss of function.
What are related services?
Occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy, special education counseling and transportation
What are related services?
Under section 504 eligible students may receive this service alone or in combination with other education services and may be provided directly to students or as program supports to teachers working with students (depending upon state and LEA guidelines)
What is occupational therapy?
NCLB required that all teachers meet the standards of a minimum of a bachelor's degree plus pass accountability tests.
What is "highly qualified"?
A research-based model of school-wide support that focuses on providing high-quality instruction which matches student needs, followed by systematically analyzing the student's response to the intervention.
What is RTI?
This mandate requires that students with disabilities receive their educational program with children who are not disabled to the maximum extent appropriate.
What is Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)?
This reauthorization was important because it placed a greater emphasis on delivering related services to students with disabilities within the context of the student's general education curriculum.
What is the reauthorization or ammendments of IDEA 1997?
504 students are not considered special education students and do not have an IEP. However, if the student is struggling to participate fully in classroom activities they should have this.
What is a written plan that includes accommodations?
The educational legislation of NCLB was passed in 2002 under this president.
Who is George W. Bush
This disability education legislative update enabled schools to provide services to students in general education who are struggling academically or behaviorally before being referred to special education.
What is IDEA 2004?
This term refers to services being provided at no cost to parents and services adequately meet the student's unique needs.
What is Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)?
The primary focus of this reauthorization was to increase the focus of education on results, prevent problems through early intervention, improve students' achievement, functional outcomes, and post-secondary success.
What is IDEA 2004?
Caring for oneself, education and learning, performing manual tasks, seeing, hearing speaking, working, walking, and breathing.
What are major life activities?
Common Core Standards in Texas are also known as this.
What are Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)
To identify and address student problems early to reduce the need for more intensive services later.
What is the purpose of RTI?