Abstract This paper will discuss the history of special education including a timeline of the significant events that happens in the history of special education. It would further discuss the laws associated with Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Furthermore‚ this paper will address the current and future challenges the laws have on special education. All children are created differently with different talents and abilities. Some are tall‚ others are short. Some are big‚ others
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Special Education Law Review Audra Haines Ashford University Survey of the Exceptional Child 631 Stacy Roberts April 09‚ 2013 Special Education Law Review The reauthorized Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was signed into law on Dec. 3‚ 2004‚ by President George W. Bush. ("IDEA‚" 2004) This particular piece of legislation has gone the distance to protect student education through the development of six principals. The following principals are “zero-rejection‚ nondiscriminatory
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Special Education: What is Special About it? Grand Canyon University: UNV 501 August 6‚ 2012 Special Education: What is Special About it? Aron‚ L.‚ & Loprest‚ P. (2012). Disability and the education system. Future Of Children‚ 22(1)‚ 97-122. Education of people with disabilities has not always been what it is today and this article reviews the history of special education and the process of getting it where it is today. I am interested in this article because it shows how society has come
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acceptance within the framework of education for all is to increase the inclusion of students with disabilities in mainstream schools (UNESCO‚ 1994‚ as cited in Foreman & Kelly‚ 2008‚ p. 109). There are multiple definitions and interpretations of inclusion‚ but at the heart of them all is the belief that every student with disabilities has the right to be educated in mainstream classrooms alongside their peers without disabilities. In this essay I will outline my personal philosophy regarding inclusion
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25 The Legislative and Litigation History of Special Education Edwin W. Martin Reed Martin Donna L. Terman Abstract Between the mid 1960s and 1975‚ state legislatures‚ the federal courts‚ and the U.S. Congress spelled out strong educational rights for children with disabilities. Forty-five state legislatures passed laws mandating‚ encouraging‚ and/or funding special education programs. Federal courts‚ interpreting the equal protection and due process guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment
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disabilities by general education teachers is the acquisition of certain knowledge and understanding about the needs of different learners‚ teaching techniques and curriculum strategies‚ and other components that prepare the special education students as well as the general education students to excel. This challenge can be alleviated by ensuring that general education teachers receive scheduled group sessions that allow them to share experiences‚ ask advice of experienced special education teachers or specialists
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Special Education Student Interview Kellona Anderson EDU 521 Liberty University Dr. A. Smith Special education is defined as “specially designed instruction that meets the unusual needs of an exceptional student” according to Hallahan‚ D.‚ Kauffman‚ J.‚ and Pullen‚ P. (2012). The student that I chose to interview is currently age 25 and completed her special education program at the age of twenty-one. Due to the fact that the student was diagnosed as being mentally retarded at an early
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Running head: Shaping Special Education From Past to Present: Shaping Special Education Laura Terpstra Grand Canyon University: SPE 523 May 30‚ 2012 From Past to Present: Shaping Special Education Fundamental Concepts and Philosophies The history of American special education has taken a long‚ ever-evolving journey to get to the place it is today. Marilyn Friend (2008) discusses how in the early twentieth century students were still not accepted into
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Special Education Inclusion addresses the controversy of inclusion in education. It argues that inclusions controversy stems from its relation to educational and social values in addition to individual worth. Stout states the important questions that should always be asked when discussing inclusion. She gives us some arguments from advocates on both sides of the issue and everyone in between. She recognizes that inclusion has no simple answers. She merely intends to overview the concepts of
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History of Special Education History of Special Education Julie G. Delk Grand Canyon University: SPE 526 May 4‚ 2011 Abstract The realm of Special Education has many components and features. It has a well rounded historical background and the laws governing special education are equally as important to discuss. A key point to discuss is the Individuals with Disabilities Act-its laws and principles that are associated with Special Education. Challenges found within Special Education are also
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