PSY 20673 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, Individualized Education Program, Educational Assessment
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1994 salamanca statement (un support of 92 countries)- world-wide call to educate children with disabilities. Each child has unique characteristics, abilities, interests, & learning needs. Educational system & programs designed to meet the wide diversity of needs- give child opportunity to learn and apply necessary skills for successful transition into adult-life: have access to general ed. Schools which should accommodate them within child-centered instructional program. Regular schools with inclusive orientation most effective prevents discriminatory attitudes, more welcoming community, inclusive society, education for all. Parents want literacy, personal autonomy& fulfillment, economic self-sufficiency, citizenship to (cid:271)e a(cid:272)hie(cid:448)ed f(cid:396)o(cid:373) (cid:272)hild"s edu(cid:272)atio(cid:374)al experience. Education for all= full participation regardless of race, religion, culture, socioeconomic status, intellectual disability, physical disability. Last 3 centuries- education meant segregated education- separate classes or schools, not provide basic needs like medical, dental, social services, & education. Those with substantial differences did not get public education at all- mental hospitals mostly only option.
