SPED 1 Flashcards
What happened to weak or deformed children in Early Greece?
They were cast into a deep cavern in the earth thinking it was best for the children and the public.
How were mentally ill people treated 1200-1700?
-thought they were possessed by demons or evil spirits. - they were whipped, tortured, or burned at the stake.
How were the treatment of mentally ill people changed during the 1800’s?
- scientific thought began to replace religious superstition -genetic defects instead of spiritual defects -medical community involved -early mental hospitals / institutions
What is the Eugenics Movement?
the goal was to improve the quality of the gene pool by removing and sterilizing those with mental disabilities.
What is the Eugenics Law?
Buck v. Bell; Supreme Court ruled that forced sterilization of people with disabilities was not a violation of their constitutional rights.
What helped pave the way for desegregated schools for disabled people?
Brown v. Board of Education
What year did the Special Olympics start?
1968
What law prohibited discrimination against “otherwise qualified handicapped” individuals in any program or activity receiving federal assistance (1973)?
Rehabilitation Act (Section 504)
What court case had parents of residents filed suit to end appalling conditions at an institution?
New York ARC v. Rockefeller
What law provided states with funding to establish school programs for students with disabilities (1975)?
Education for all Handicapped Children Act
What other Acts are included with the Education for all Handicapped Children Act?
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (1990) Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) (2004)
What is a measurable impairment or limitation that “interferes with a person’s ability, for example, lift, hear, or learn. It may refer to a physical, sensory, or mental condition” called?
Disability
What is a disadvantage that occurs as a result of a disability or impairment. The degree of disadvantage is often dependent on the adaptations made by both the individual and society?
Handicap
What does a handicap result from?
The interaction between a disability and an environment.
Prior to the establishment of special education, what happened to children with more severe disabilities?
They stayed home or were institutionalized.
Prior to the establishment of special education, did students with mild or moderate learning disabilities graduate from school?
no, they often dropped out of school.
What is specially designed instruction that meets the unusual needs of an exceptional student called?
Special Education
What may special education require?
- special materials - individualized teaching techniques - specialized equipment and/ or facilities
Who dramatically improved the a child’s wild behavior through patient, systematic educative procedures?
Jean Itard
Who became famous as an educator of “idiotic” children?
Edouard Sequin
Who is one of the first American thinkers concerned with educating students with disabilities, he also helped fund a school for the blind and organized an experimental school for children with developmental disabilities?
Samuel Gridley Howe
Who was a minister who taught students who was deaf and established the first American residential school for the deaf?
Thomas Gallaudet
What concept ask “What is attributable to biology and genetics, and what is attributable to environmental factors?”
Nature vs. Nurture
In Nature vs. Nurture, which one is widely accepted today?
Both heredity and environment can affect disabilities.
What idea and philosophy that we should use “means which are culturally normative as possible,” and led to closing institutions?
Normalization
What are systematic efforts were made to move people out of institutions and back into communities?
Deinstitutionalization
What did deinstitutionalization result in?
more children with disabilities being raised by their families
What 3 essential functions do parent organizations serve?
1) Support Groups 2) Provide information regarding services and potential resources 3) Provide structure for obtaining needed services, including legal issues
Who was primarily responsible for the establishment of special education?
Parent Groups
What are collective efforts of parents and organizations advocated for persons with disabilities called?
Advocacy
What was the significance of Brown v. Board of Education, 1954?
the victory paved the way for special education advocates
What court case ordered school districts to provide a FAPE to all students with disabilities, educate students with disabilities in the same schools and basically same programs as students without disabilities, and put into place procedural safeguards so that students can challenge schools that do not live up to the courts’ orders?
Mills v. Washington, DC, Board of Education and Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens (PARC) v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
What Act open schools to all students with disabilities and ensure they had a chance to benefit from special education?
Education of All Handicapped Students Act (PL 94-142) 1975
What Act extended special education services to ages 3- 5 and established early intervention programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities– birth to 2 years?
Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments - 1986