EDSP 301: Teaching Exceptional Diverse Learners in Inclusive Settings

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EDSP 301 Teaching Exceptional Diverse Learners
in Inclusive Settings

• Janice A. Chavez, PhD
• Chapter 1 Special Education Inclusive Settings

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Early Foundations of Special Education

• Jean-Marc Gaspard Itard
• Victor-Wild Boy of Aveyron
• Edouard Seguin
• Maria Montessori
• Alfred Binet
• Piaget

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Before the 1950s

• Exclusion from public schools
• Forced to stay at home
• Institutionalized
• Forced out of school

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Court Cases

• 1971Pennsylvania Association for Retarded
  Citizens (PARC) v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• 1972---Mills v. Board of Education of the
  District of Columbia

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Landmark Legislation

• Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
• The Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
  (1965)
• Education for all Handicapped Act (PL 91-30)
  (1970)

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No Child Left Behind

• Improve the performance of Americas elementary
  and secondary schools while at the same time
  ensuring that no child is trapped in a low
  performing school

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NCLB

• Increased accountability
• School choice
• Greater flexibility
• Putting reading first

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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(IDEA) (PL 94-142)

• Zero reject
• Child find
• Age
• Nondiscriminatory evaluation
• Individualized education program (IEP)
• Least restrictive environment
• Due Process

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PL 94-142

• Confidentiality of records
• Advocacy
• Noncompliance
• Parent participation

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IDEA Reauthorization (1997)

• Involvement of students in general education
• Requires accountability
• Added alternative education
• Developmental disabilities through age 9
• Work with non-eligible students
• Alternative assessments

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Vocational Rehabilitation Act (PL 93-112)

• Prevents any organization from discriminating
  against persons with disabilities solely on the
  basis of the disability

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Special Education Process

• Initial referral
• Individual evaluation
• Determining eligibility
• Individualized education program
• Annual review/reevaluation

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Continuum of Services

• (Least restrictive to Most Restrictive/Mild to
  Severe)
• General education classroom with consultation
• General education classroom with cooperative or
  co-teaching
• Part-time placement in special education
• Full-time placement in special education
• Special school
• Residential school, treatment center, homebound
  instruction

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Individual Educational Plan (IEP)

• Present level of performance
• Annual goals
• Special education related services
• Participation in general education
• Individual modifications
• Date, frequency, location, duration
• Measurement of annual goals
• Method to inform parents
• Transition services

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IEP Meeting Participants

• Representative of the LEA
• School representative-other than teacher
• Parents or guardians
• Student-when appropriate
• Students general education and/or special
  education teacher
• Interpreter of evaluation results
• Others

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Referral Planning Process

• Pre-referral Assistance Team (PATs)
• Consultation Models
• Teacher Assistance Team (TAT)