Shaping Special Education Kenna Hubbard January 21‚ 2013 Shaping Special Education How to best serve students with disabilities? This has long been the question that has teachers and educators probing for the best possible practices to serve special education students. In comparison to early philosophies and academics‚ the special education field did not come about until the nineteenth century. Though fairly young‚ special education has had a fascinating history. With some of the earliest
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Special education only began when parent-organized groups started advocating for disabled children’s rights. Prior to this‚ disabled children were considered crippled‚ dump‚ mentally defective or feeble-minded‚ (J. E. Wallace Wallin‚ 1924). They were therefore excluded from education in public institutions. By 1975‚ more than half of disabled children were denied an opportunity to education. (William N. Myhill‚ 2004) However‚ during the 1950s and 1960s several parent-organized groups of advocacy
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Though special education has improved by leaps and bounds in the past 50 years‚ we are still seeing the effects of disproportionality. Disproportionality describes the phenomenon of overrepresentation of certain races and ethnicities in the special education programs in schools. For instance‚ African American and Amerindian groups have a much larger representation in special education programs when compared to their actual population size in the school. This overrepresentation for special education
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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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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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Inclusion is a burgeoning issue in our educational system. It has been said that the most effective means of combating discriminatory attitudes and fostering an atmosphere of 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
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CULTURE AND SPECIAL EDUCATION Beverley Bailey Brandon University and Paul Betts University of Winnipeg In this paper we concern ourselves with the ways in which schools in general and special education procedures in particular tend to not be successful for those of our students who are from a different culture. (While we focus on Canadian Aboriginals‚ we also extend our thinking to those children who come from different races‚ ethnicities‚ socio-economic backgrounds‚ etc.) We outline
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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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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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