purpose & promise of special education

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exceptional children

surpassing what is common, usual, or expected

encompassing term

why not “students with disabilities”

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impairment

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disability

inability 2 perform activity in usual way

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handicapa physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of

the major life activities

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greater-than-usual chance of developing an

exceptionality

WHY?

biological conditions

events surrounding birth

home environment

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medical vs. educational category

1) Autism

2) Deaf or blindness

3) Developmental delays

4) Emotional disturbance

5) Hearing impairments

6) Mental retardation

7) multiple disabilities

8) orthopedic impairments

9) other health impairments

10) specific learning disabilities

11) speech/language impairments

12) traumatic brain injury

13) visual impairments

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labels

Advantages?Disadvantages?

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2x’s more males receive special education services than femalesEVERY year more identified (since 19’76- yr 1st records kept)

early intervention is now a requirement12% of the school population receive special education services

MOST students (3 out of 4) identified with learning disability or for speech = ld or speech

autism? Rate of identification is 6x’s more than 10 yrs ago

special education historyindividual & group effortsbrown v. board of education

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special education history

“In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education. Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right that must be available to all on equal terms.”

-Chief Justice Earl Warren-

special education historyright to education cases

education for all handicapped children act of 1975free appropriate public education

individuals with disabilities education act of 1997

individuals with disabilities improvement education act of 2004

no child left behind of 2001

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6 principles of IDEIA

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educational settingsregular classroom

resource classroom

separate classroom

separate school

residential facility

homebound / hospital

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terminologyideia categorieslabelshistory6 principles of ideia

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