NYSTCE Students with Disabilities CST [060].
1. Panel on Mental Retardation: In 1961, President Kennedy
appointed a panel of experts to prepare a national plan for
"combating mental retardation."
2. Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 1965: The
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was a cornerstone of
President Lyndon B. Johnson's "War on Poverty" (McLaughlin, 1975). ...
ESEA is an extensive statute that funds primary and secondary
education, emphasizing high standards and accountability. As
mandated in the act, funds are authorized for professional
development, instructional materials, resources to support educational
programs, and the promotion of parental involvement. (QUALITY AND
EQUALITY)
3. Public Law 94-143:
4. The Education for all handicapped Children Act (EHA):
Public Law 94-143. Passed in 1975 and later reauthorized as IDEA.
guaranteed a free appropriate public education to each child with a
disability.
5. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act
(IDEIA): is the federal law that govern the education of children
with disabilities.
6. IDEA: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Federal
legislation with the strongest and most direct impact on special ed.
The Right to a free, appropriate public education in the least
,restrictive environment. It requires that students with disabilities be
included in the general education classroom only removed with
special services if the classroom environment cannot be modified to
adequately support their educational progress.
7. Inclusion: The practice of educating students with disabilities in
the general education classroom so they may participate in day-to-
day routines alongside students without disabilities. Inclusion treats
the general education classroom as the student's primary placement.
(LRE and FAPE)
8. Mainstreaming: students with disabilities were included in the
general educa- tion classroom only when their achievement would be
near grade level without substantial support.
9. Child find: Through IDEA, the federal government provides states
with funding for special ed but in return the states must comply
pertain to children from birth to
21. States must conduct child find activities to identify and evaluate
children who may have disabilities. Students who may have a disability
must be evaluated, at no cost to the parents, for their eligibility for
special service. Parents must be in involved in the evaluation process.
Either parents or a school professional (teacher) may request an
evaluation, but parental consent is required before evaluation can take
place.
, 10.Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) part of IDEA:
students with disabilities are entitled to the same types of
educational experiences as their peers without disabilities. Schools
must provide each child with a disability an education experience that
is appropriate to his or her age and abilities at no cost to the parents.
11.LRE Least Restrictive Environment: Students with disabilities
are to be educated in the least restrictive environment, meaning that
their educational ex- periences must be as similar as possible to those
of children who do not have a disability. The goal of LRE is for students
with disabilities to remain in the general education classroom to the
greatest extent possible, with the fewest possible changes to day-to-
day routines, and to be removed from regular classes and provided
with special services only when the severity of their disability requires
doing so in order for them to be educated appropriately.
12.Continuum of service: allows these students to participate
to the greatest extent possible.
13.IEP individualized Education Plan: Between the ages of 3
and 21, each student with a disability must have an IEP. It describes
the child's present level of progress and learning capacity, the short-
and long term educational goals for the child, and the
accommodations and services which will be provided in order to
achieve those goals. It is created by a team typically consisting of the
child's parents, a special ed. professional, a general ed. teacher, a
representative of the school, and others. The educational objectives
1. Panel on Mental Retardation: In 1961, President Kennedy
appointed a panel of experts to prepare a national plan for
"combating mental retardation."
2. Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 1965: The
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was a cornerstone of
President Lyndon B. Johnson's "War on Poverty" (McLaughlin, 1975). ...
ESEA is an extensive statute that funds primary and secondary
education, emphasizing high standards and accountability. As
mandated in the act, funds are authorized for professional
development, instructional materials, resources to support educational
programs, and the promotion of parental involvement. (QUALITY AND
EQUALITY)
3. Public Law 94-143:
4. The Education for all handicapped Children Act (EHA):
Public Law 94-143. Passed in 1975 and later reauthorized as IDEA.
guaranteed a free appropriate public education to each child with a
disability.
5. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act
(IDEIA): is the federal law that govern the education of children
with disabilities.
6. IDEA: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Federal
legislation with the strongest and most direct impact on special ed.
The Right to a free, appropriate public education in the least
,restrictive environment. It requires that students with disabilities be
included in the general education classroom only removed with
special services if the classroom environment cannot be modified to
adequately support their educational progress.
7. Inclusion: The practice of educating students with disabilities in
the general education classroom so they may participate in day-to-
day routines alongside students without disabilities. Inclusion treats
the general education classroom as the student's primary placement.
(LRE and FAPE)
8. Mainstreaming: students with disabilities were included in the
general educa- tion classroom only when their achievement would be
near grade level without substantial support.
9. Child find: Through IDEA, the federal government provides states
with funding for special ed but in return the states must comply
pertain to children from birth to
21. States must conduct child find activities to identify and evaluate
children who may have disabilities. Students who may have a disability
must be evaluated, at no cost to the parents, for their eligibility for
special service. Parents must be in involved in the evaluation process.
Either parents or a school professional (teacher) may request an
evaluation, but parental consent is required before evaluation can take
place.
, 10.Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) part of IDEA:
students with disabilities are entitled to the same types of
educational experiences as their peers without disabilities. Schools
must provide each child with a disability an education experience that
is appropriate to his or her age and abilities at no cost to the parents.
11.LRE Least Restrictive Environment: Students with disabilities
are to be educated in the least restrictive environment, meaning that
their educational ex- periences must be as similar as possible to those
of children who do not have a disability. The goal of LRE is for students
with disabilities to remain in the general education classroom to the
greatest extent possible, with the fewest possible changes to day-to-
day routines, and to be removed from regular classes and provided
with special services only when the severity of their disability requires
doing so in order for them to be educated appropriately.
12.Continuum of service: allows these students to participate
to the greatest extent possible.
13.IEP individualized Education Plan: Between the ages of 3
and 21, each student with a disability must have an IEP. It describes
the child's present level of progress and learning capacity, the short-
and long term educational goals for the child, and the
accommodations and services which will be provided in order to
achieve those goals. It is created by a team typically consisting of the
child's parents, a special ed. professional, a general ed. teacher, a
representative of the school, and others. The educational objectives
