IDEA

Historical Developments

Very few teachers were being trained to work with students with siabilites and they had very small amounts of funds

ESEA in 1965 the fenderal gov. began to provide funding

EHA was sighed into law 1970 which provided...

consolidated the earlier grant programs under one law

provided additional funding for pilot projects in the state

Funded instituions of higher education to develop teaching training programs for SPED

Funded for techinical assistance

4 bills were introduced in senate in 1975

S.896-To extend the life of the education of the handicapped Act for 3yrs

S.34- To fund research or the problems of children with autism

S.808- To provide federal funds for screening preschool children for the presence of learning disabilites

S.6- A comprehensice bill for education of students with disabilities. Purpsose was to mandate that FAPE could be avaible to all students with disabilites

Purpose, goals, and structure of the law

IDEA was enacted to assist states in meeting the educational needs of students with disabilites via. federal funding of state efforts

Give students FAPE with servies

Prepare them for futher education employment and independent living

Protect student and parent rights

Eligibility for IEP is dettermined by multidisciplinary team is in accordance and guidelines by the law

Only disabilites that have an adverse impact on their education are eligible to recieve a SPED (13 categoires of disabilites)

Ages 3-21 students are eligible for SPED resources

Birth-21 states are required to identify and evaluate children

Major Principles

LEA (local educational agency purpose); early intervention

Enhance development of infants and toddlers and minimize pontential delay

Reducing educational cost by minizing the need for SPED

Minimize the likelihood of intituionalization of individuals with disabilites

Enhance the capacity of families to meet special needs of infants and toddlers

Population targeted for this program and infancts and toddlers who experiencing developmental delays in these areas...

Cognitive development

Physical development

Communication development

Social or emotional development

Adaptive development or have diagnosed physical or mental condition that has a high probability of resulting in develppmental delay

4 parts of IDEA

PART A- General provisions

PART B- Assitance for education of all children with disabilites

PART C- Infants and toddler with disabilites

PART D- National activites to improve education of children with disabilites

Title II of IDEA: When congress added title II in 2004, it established the National Center on Special Education Research

The purpose is to sponsor research that...

expands knowledge base in SPED

Improves services under IDEA

Evaluates the implementation and effetivemass of the IDEA

Improve academic achievement

Improve the preparation of Sped personnel

Changes in IDEIA

Changes in law

Small changes: Altered some statutes language, modifying parts of the infants and toddlers program

Big changes: Rights of students with disaplities protected under IDEA

EAHCA changes

Handicapped childrens protextion act

Infants and Toddlers with disabilites act

Individuals with diabilites education Act

Individuals with disabilites education improvement act

IDEIA became a law. In IDEIA changes to the law were...

Early Intervning services

IEP

Discopline

Eligibility

Attoneys fees

High Qualified teachers

Science based instruction and funding