STEDI.ORG EXAM SCRIPT UPDATED
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
EXPERT REVIEWED
●● Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
Answer: 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
Answer: Education for All Handicapped Children Act
●● Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EHA)
Answer: Establishes a right to public education for all children
regardless of disability
●● IDEA
Answer: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
●● Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Answer: 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
Answer: Civil Rights Statute; Prohibits discrimination based on
disability; applies to all entities that receive federal dollars
●● Americans with Disabilities Act
Answer: ADA; Prohibits disability discrimination in Employment,
Government, Public accommodations, commercial facilities,
transportation, and telecommunications
●● ADA
Answer: Americans with Disabilities Act
●● SPED Prior to 1940's
Answer: People with disabilities were excluded; Considered unable to
learn
●● SPED 1940s-1960s
Answer: General shift in society's attitudes toward people with
disabilities; Parent advocacy groups developed; Civil rights movement
●● SPED 1970s
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
EXPERT REVIEWED
●● Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
Answer: 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
Answer: Education for All Handicapped Children Act
●● Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EHA)
Answer: Establishes a right to public education for all children
regardless of disability
●● IDEA
Answer: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
●● Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Answer: 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
Answer: Civil Rights Statute; Prohibits discrimination based on
disability; applies to all entities that receive federal dollars
●● Americans with Disabilities Act
Answer: ADA; Prohibits disability discrimination in Employment,
Government, Public accommodations, commercial facilities,
transportation, and telecommunications
●● ADA
Answer: Americans with Disabilities Act
●● SPED Prior to 1940's
Answer: People with disabilities were excluded; Considered unable to
learn
●● SPED 1940s-1960s
Answer: General shift in society's attitudes toward people with
disabilities; Parent advocacy groups developed; Civil rights movement
●● SPED 1970s