purpose & promise of special education
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purpose & promise of special education
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.
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
classroom settingsPresented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.
Presented by: Brent Daigle, Ph.D.