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1975 PL 94-142
Education of all Handicapped Children Act (EHA) |
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| Guaranteed a free and appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment to all children with disabilities |
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1990 PL 101-476
Individuals with DisabilitiesEducation Act (IDEA) |
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- changed name to IDEA
- added transition plans
- added autism and traumatic brain injury as special education categories
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2001 PL 107-110
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) |
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- NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND (NCLB)
- required all schoolchildren to take state/district testing
- called for 100% proficiency of all students in reading/math by 2012
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Free Appropriate Public Education |
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- LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT - to max extent possible, disabled children are educated with nondisabled - ensures a continuum of alternative placements - provides supplementary services (resource room or itinerant instruction) - individually determined & based on student's evaluation - evaluated at least annually - based on student's IEP - as close to child's home as possible & when possible, at child's home school |
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Individualized Education Program
(used to be "Plan") |
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Individual Family Service Plan
(designed for small children & their families) |
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| NCLB requires that students must be taught core academic subjects by a HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHER |
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- part of NCLB
- supports programs in schools & school districts to improve learning of children from low-income families
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13 Major Special Education categories - from IDEA |
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| Autism - Orthopedic impairment - Deaf-blindness - Other health impairment - Deafness - Specific learning disability - Emotional disturbence - Speech or Lang impairment - Hearing impairment - Trumatic brain injury - Mental retardation - Visual impairment - Multiple disabilities |
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Order from most to least
restrictive environment |
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- institutionalized
- special education classroom
- general education classroom
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