History of Education

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    Itard and Seguin ( program in place for the hardest to teach children)

  • Gallaudet - First American residential school for students who were deaf.

  • Howe - First residential school for students who were blind

  • Normalization/Deinstitutionalization an inclusion introduced during the 20th century

  • Council for Exceptional Children founded by Ferrell and other teachers

  • Organization of parent groups

  • Civil Rights and Parent Advocacy (Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 1954)

  • Until the 1960s students with disabilities were segregated from students without disabilities

  • Students with disabilties were segregated from students without disabilities

  • Other organizations such as Special Olympics (Shriver)

  • First international Special Olympic games were held in Chicago, IL

  • Students with mild disabilties were mainstreamed with students without disabilities

  • Education for All Handicapped Children Act, PL 94-142 signed into law

  • Regular education initiative (REI)

  • Mid 1980s, the inclusion movement began

  • under the Reauthorization of IDEA services were extended to infants, toddles, and preschool children aged 3

  • Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

  • No Chlid Left Behind Act (NCLB, 2001) signed into law

    *Highly qualified teachers
    *Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, protects those who do not qualify for services under IDEA.

  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act

    Amends Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975.
    The EAHCA amendments of 1983 and 1986, and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1990, 1992, and 1997.

  • No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) was a major amendment to the (IDEA)

  • IDEA Reauthorized