Chapter 1-3 Flashcards
Impact of Civil rights movement on special education
section 504, americans with disabilities act
section 504
from rehabilitation act of 1973, guarantees equal rights to people with disabilities in participation of full range school activities
Court cases that influenced special education
brown vs. board of education, pennsylvania association for retarded children v. commonwealth of pennslyvannia
pennsylvania association for retarded children v. commonwealth of pennslyvannia
state law that allowed public schools to deny education to certain children, namely those who had not “attained a mental age of 5 years
What year did the first federal guidelines for special education come out
1975
1975 Public law 94-142
education for the handicapped act (IDEA)
IDEA provisions
LRE, IEP, nondiscrimmitory evaluation, due process, zero reject, child find
due process
parents have the right to question exams and others
zero reject
school can no longer say no to acceptance of student
child find
screenings before school to see students abilities, if parents think child is not developing right
In 1986 congress enacted
public law 99-457
public law 99-457
extended provisions to children 0-5, individualized family service plan
1990 law was renamed
101-470 Individuals with disabilities education act
Individuals with disabilities education act
transition services, early childhood education, severe disabilities, emotional disturbance, and new categories: Autism and traumatic brain injury
1997 new provision to IDEA
general education teacher role and responsibilities, parent participation, evaluation and eligibility, assessment, transition, discipline, paraprofessionals, medication
categories of disabilities in federal law
learning disabilities, speech or lang. impairments, mental retardation, emotional disturbance, autism, hearing impairments, visual impairments, deaf blindness, orthopedic impairments, traumatic brain injury, other health impairment, multiple disabilities
Other students with special needs
gifted or talented, protected by section 504 (ADHD), students at risk (language difficulties)
professionals in special education
general ed teacher, special ed teacher, and others
general education teacher is responsible for
identifying if students are having problems in classroom, documenting problem, making accommodations in classroom, referral, identifying students strengths, participating in deciding students goals and objectives at the IEP meeting, working with special services staff to provide instruction for student in classroom
CST
child study team, once agreed and signed upon move on to IEP
special education teacher responsible for
managing and coordinating services students receive, implementing students IEP
Other specialist and related service providers
school psychologist, counselor, speech/lang. therapist, social workers, physicals therapists, occupational therapists, adaptive physical educators, nurses, paraprofessionals, bilingual specialist, sign lang. interpreter
school psychologist
determine students functioning and solve their psychological problems
counselor
help with transitions
social workers
serve as consultants
occupational therapists
work on fine motor skills
paraprofessionals
personal assistants or one on one assistants
parents rights in the decision making process
request assessment, give written consent before school conducts an assessment,be notified of all meetings, provide input on childs needs, request independent evaluation if they disagree with school districts evaluation, participate in meeting decisions