EDP 256 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: List Of Fables Characters, Audiology, Rehabilitation Act Of 1973
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Special Education
● Specifically designed instruction at no cost to parents to meet the unique needs
of a child
● Includes related services
○ speech/language and audiology services
○ Interpretation and psychological services
○ Physical and occupational therapy
○ Recreation and social work services
○ School nurse services
○ Counseling services
○ Orientation and mobility services
● Supplementary aids and services
○ Helps enable children with disabilities to be with nondisabled peers to the
maximum extent possible
■ Word-prediction software(assistive technology)
● Court cases
○ 1970: Diana vs. Board of Education
■ Assessments of spanish speaking children must be in their native
language
○ 1972: PARC vs. PA
■ Guaranteed special education for children with intellectual
disabilities
○ 1972: Mills vs. Board of Ed
■ Extended the right to special education to children of all disabilities
○ 1975: public law 94-142: addressed issues in court cases: funded efforts
to find children with disabilities who were not in school: mandated that
states follow the law in order to receive federal funding
○ 1990: IDEA: clarified the need for supports for students as they transition
from highschool to post school educational or vocational options
● 6 core principles
○ Zero reject: all students receive public education
○ FAPE(free and appropriate public ed): services are free: IEP
○ LRE(least restrictive environment): educated in general education setting
as much as possible
○ Nondiscriminatory evaluation: unbiased assessments used for making
decisions
○ Parent and family rights to confidentiality: information is confidential and
parents have access to everything
○ Procedural safeguards: decisions made with parent input and compliance
with the laws
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