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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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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this article it speaks about how teachers within the Atlanta Public School System have become the greatest advocates for their students. The author says that one of the greatest blessings of his professional life is the opportunity that he has to speak with hundreds and hundreds of his Special Education colleagues. Before and after his seminars‚ Lavoie has had conversations and discussions with countless teachers from coast to coast and everywhere in between. These conversations have truly been a
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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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SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS PORTFOLIO Moving towards inclusive education INTELLECTUALLY GIFTED AND CHALLED STUDENTS IQ An Intelligence Quotient‚ usually referred to as IQ‚ is a numerical score arrived at through testing. A student can have a Low‚ Average or High IQ. Intelligence is an inherited trait which‚ if low may make learning difficult unless facilitated by a highly skilled teacher. Additionally‚ a pupil who has inherited a high intelligence can be badly affected by bad teaching methods and
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The topic of Special Education can be a difficult topic to talk about. As educators and parents we think about the topic of fairness every day and make assumptions. This paper will explain and answer four questions about the “F.A.T. City: A Look Back‚ A Look Ahead— A Conversation about Special Education” Video. The questions this paper will focus on are how Richard D. Lavoie defines and explains fairness in the classroom?‚ what advice he offers to parents regarding fairness?‚ what he says about assumptions
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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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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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It was not until the middle decades of the eighteenth century that Europe turned‚ for the first time‚ towards the education of persons with disabilities. The spirit of reform‚ crystallized in the philosophy and precepts of the European Enlightenment‚ created new vistas for disabled persons and the pioneers who ventured to teach them. Although special education emerged in a number of national contexts‚ France was the crucible where innovative pedagogies to assist those deaf‚ blind‚ and intellectually
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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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