Take our your syllabus

Regarding quizzes I am now officially behind Go back to your dropboxes and see my commments. They will assist you for the mid-term. Things are getting harder. I am moving up Bloom’s taxonomy. –Let’s check it out, shall we?

History/Philosophy of Special Education Two kinds of laws –Entitlement –Anti-discrimination Entitlement –Provides a benefit if a person meets a certain standard –IDEA Anti-discrimination –Prohibit bias against a person due to disability –ADAA –Universal design

Benefit Standard Defines whether or not the education is appropriate in the FAPE –Does the student receive benefit? –Does the student receive the best?

What are the three branches of Government?

Brown vs. Board of Education “…segregation goes against the constitutional foundation of equal treatment and equal rights for all individuals” 14th amendment:Broad definition of citizenship

Once the door gets opened… Civil rights movement had wide ripples for society –Racial –Gender (Title IX) –Disability (ADA) –Sexual Orientation (Civil Unions, antibully laws, hate crime laws)

Important court cases –Brown vs. BOE 1954 –PARC vs. Commonwealth 1971 Students with mental retardation could not be rejected from the schools –Mills vs. Board of Education 1972 Students with other disabilities could not be rejected Special Ed programs can’t be scraped when times get tough

Important laws 1970 Education of the Handicapped –Grants made available for special ed training 1973 Rehabilitation act of 1973 –504 originally came from here 1975 PL :Education for All Handicapped Children Act 2001 No Child Left Behind –AYP proficient by

Laws are both interpreted and created Brown vs. BOE 1954 PARC vs. Commonwealth 1971 Mills vs. Board of Education Education of the Handicapped Act 1973 Rehabilitation act of PL :Education for All Handicapped Children Act

Amendments of Laws Why are laws amended? Amendments of PL –1986: –1990: –1997: –2004

Amendments of PL –Birth/pre-school, –parental loss of funds can be recovered 1990 –Name change, –person-first language –autism &TBI –assistive tech –transitional services

Amendments cont –IEP goals must be measurable, –general teacher must be on team – IEP students must be included in state testing (PSSA) –mediation must be provided for parents –alternative discipline plans must be made

Amendments cont 2004 –Defines ‘highly qualified’ teachers –Mandated researched based techniques/materials –“Benchmark/short term” language removed from IEP 2008 –Special services must cease if a parent requests this is writing.

So let’s see a music lesson Find the ways that this lesson would/n’t work for a student with special needs AKA: Universal design