Special Education (12/3)
Posted by slrichardson on November 24, 2008
On December 3rd, we will begin looking at how special education has taken form in this country.
To prepare, please look at the following materials prior to class:
1. For context compare and contrast these two extraordinary videos:
Take note to the opinion submitted by Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes in Buck v. Bell.
and
2. Read this handout prepared by NICHCY: Welcome to IDEA! (Don’t bother with the activities–instead concern yourself with the content/concepts presented).
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Optional Reading/Reference:
Subpart A - General – Includes Purposes, Definitions (11 pages, pdf)
Subpart B - State Eligibility, General – Includes FAPE and LRE requirements, ESY, services to children in private schools, state and LEA eligibility (25 pages, pdf)
Subpart C – Local Educational Agency Eligibility – Includes Early Intervening Services (6 pages, pdf)
Subpart D - Evaluations, Reevaluations, Eligibility, Individualized Education Programs, and Educational Placements
(12 pages, pdf)
Subpart E – Procedural Safeguards – Includes due process procedures, procedural safeguards notice, mediation, due process hearings, model due process form, resolution process, timelines, attorneys fees, child’s status during proceedings; discipline, manifestation determination; transfer of rights at age of majority, etc. (14 pages, pdf)
Subpart F – Monitoring, Enforcement, Confidentiality, and Program Information (8 pages, pdf)
Subpart G – Authorization; Allotment; Use of Funds; Authorization of Appropriations (10 pages, pdf)
Subpart H – Preschool Grants for Children with Disabilities (3 pages, pdf)
IDEA in entirety
