2. What is Special Education
• Special education program was mandated in
United States in 1975 known as Education for all
Handicapped children Act (EHA)
• It was renamed as IDEA .Under IDEA federal laws
demands states to provide special education that
is consistent with federal standards in order to
receive federal funds.
• FAPE entitles every student to a free and
appropriate public education (FAPE) in the least
restrictive environment
• IEP -Individualized Education Program generally
includes: goals, objectives, activities and any
additional supports needed to ensure the child
reaches his or her maximum potential
3. Programs offered:
• Autism
• LLD-Mild
• LLD – Moderate
• Preschool
Disabled
• Behavioral
Disability
• brain injury
• Multiple
disabilities
• Child study
services
• Speech or
languages
services
• Occupational or
physical therapy
• Extended school
year program
• Mental
retardation
• Visual impairment
• Emotional
disturbance
• Orthopedic
impairment
• Specific learning
disabilities
• Traumatic brain
injury
• Multiple
disabilities
4. INCLUSION
• The practice of providing a
child with disabilities with
his or her education
within the general
education classroom, with
the supports and
accommodations needed
by that student .
5. • In Texas programs offered in continuum of special
education are held as same standard curriculum,
strategies, accommodations and modifications.
• Changes in tests or course presentations; location
student responses; time requirements or other
attributes that are necessary to ensure success for
a student with disabilities to participate but do not
fundamentally alter or lower the standard or
expectation or invalidate the test.
• Assist in the determination of appropriate positive
behavior intervention and strategies for the child.
6. Legal Battles and cases
• Brown v. Board of education was a court case in 1954
that was focused on the integration of students. This
case served as a beginning to the dismantling of racial
segregation in elementary and secondary schools.
• Larry P v. Riles. This was a case dealing with Larry P.
Larry was a black student in California. The Larry P. Case
set a standard for the use of data indicating
disproportionate placement of minority groups as prima
facie evidence of discrimination. Diana v State Board of
Education.
7. • Diana v State Board of Education. This was a
case in which the use of tests to place
students was once again being Diana, a
Spanish-speaking student in Monterey County,
California, had been placed in a class for
mildly mentally retarded students because she
had scored low on an IQ test given to her in
English. The court ruled that Spanish-speaking
children should be retested in their native
language to avoid errors in placement.
8. • Another landmark case worth mentioning is Jordan Burriola v.
Greater Toledo YMCA. This case alleges that Jordan Burriola was
unlawfully terminated from the daycare program because of his
disability-autism.” Autism is a developmental disability that
significantly affects a students verbal and nonverbal
communication, social interaction, and educational performance”
• McCarthy and the counselors discussed modifications, or
“supports,” that would work well for Jordan at Calvary, and could
easily be implemented. Suggested modifications included a written
schedule of daily activities, visuals to redirect Jordan, and use of a
“break” card. The necessary modifications were never implemented
by the YMCA. This case ordered that Jordan would be reinstated
and all reasonable modifications be implemented into the YMCA
program.
9. You can judge a society by the way it
treats its children
- African Proverb
