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President's Panel for Mental Retardation 1961, Created by JFK, included federal aid for states Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) 1965, Lyndon B Johnson, provided funding for primary education, seen by advocacy groups to have expanded access to public education for children with disabilities EHA Education for All Handicapped Children Act Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EHA) Establishes a right to public education for all children regardless of disability IDEA Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Requires schools provide individualized or special education for children with qualifying disabilities. Also requires that education occur in the least restrictive environment and requires schools to take a child's disability into account when enforcing discipline Section 504 of Rehabilitation Act Civil Rights Statute; Prohibits discrimination based on disability; applies to all entities that receive federal dollars Americans with Disabilities Act ADA; Prohibits disability discrimination in Employment, Government, Public accommodations, commercial facilities, transportation, and telecommunications ADA Americans with Disabilities Act SPED Prior to 1940's People with disabilities were excluded; Considered unable to learn SPED 1940s-1960s General shift in society's attitudes toward people with disabilities; Parent advocacy groups developed; Civil rights movement SPED 1970s Increase in number of court cases; many new laws passed; shift towards philosophy of inclusion FAPE Free Appropriate Public Education LRE Least Restrictive Environment IEP Individual Education Plan Individual Education Plan IEP; A team of educators and the child's parents meet to write this program, which is based on each child's individual needs Least Restrictive Environment LRE; Means that children eligible for special education are educated as much as is appropriate with children who are not disabled-regular education must be considered first The Gaskin Settlement Agreement 1994; Focused on LRE; Ensure teams look at placement in regular classrooms first; Activities are designed to increase the capacity of school districts to support students with special needs placed in regular classrooms IEP/IDEA Reevaluation Occurs at least every three years to determine continued eligibility and need for special education services; Every 2 years for MR students and 2 years for Early Intervention Students How Students Qualify for IDEA Must have 1 of 13 disabilities; Must need specially designed instruction History of Paraeducators Started in 50s with teacher shortages; Title 1 Paraeducator Employee who provides instructional or other direct support service to children, youth and their families; works under supervision of certified staff member Pedro Ponce de Leon First person to develop a method for teaching deaf/mutes during 16th century Charles-Michael de l'Epee Philanthropic educator in 18th century France; known as the "Father of the Deaf"; methods were available to the public Louis Braille Blinded himself; Invented braille writing Dr. Jacob Bolotin First blind man to receive a medical license. Eglantyne Jebb Wrote first draft of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child Herbert Hoover Created the Charter of the American Child; wanted handicapped to be an asset to society rather than a liability Helen Keller First deaf/blind person to graduate college Dr. Gunnar Dybwad Persuaded leaders of PA Association for Retarded Children to sue on behalf of disabled children in 1969; PARC vs PA is credited with establishing rights of children with disabilities to get a free and equal public education Madeleine Will proposed what has been called the Regular Education Initiative; Educate mildly and moderately disabled students in the mainstream of regular education Susan Lee Barker Argued that if anti-discrimination laws protect kids with disabilities, those laws must also protect the people who stand up for those kids; Barker vs. Riverside County Office of Education Social Learning Theory The view that people learn by observing others; explains how people learn new behaviors, values, and attitudes. Social Maladjusted Condition; Pleasure seeking, little remorse, knowledge of appropriate social behavior and norms but chooses to disregard, "in" group, disregard authority, chronic social offenders; Breakfast Club: Bender Emotional Disturbance ED; A condition exhibiting an inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors over a long period of time and to a marked degree that adversely affects a child's educational performance; Can't build relationships, Inappropriate Behavior, Pervasive mood of unhappiness, develops fears based on school or personal problems; breakfast club: weird girl A.E. By and Through Evans v. Independent School District No. 25 1991; A conduct disordered child was ruled ineligible for SPED service under the social maladjustment exclusion Doe v. Sequoia Union High School District Court ruled that substance abuse, truancy, and boredom, with school do not in and of themselves constitute sufficient cause for eligibility for SED services. Common Core Curriculum 47 states signed; Set of high quality academic expectations in English-Language Arts and Math that define the knowledge and skills all students should master by the end of each grade level in order to be on track for success in college and career Sequestrian Cuts Setting a hard cap on the amount of government spending within broadly defined categories; if Congress exceeds these caps, an across-the-board spending cut is automatically imposed on these catagories OSEP Office of Special Education Programs ESEA Waivers States have been allowed to submit these waivers that, if approved, excuses them from NCLB requirements Virtual Special Education Advancements in technology have outpaced the IDEA regulations; these programs are popping up all over the country