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Conception
Special classes were in beginning stages as teachers begin to notice differences among students' learning patterns/behaviors. -
Parents' Voices
Brown v. Board of Education: Allowed for parents of students with disabilities to contend their students were not receiving adequate education. -
Infancy
Students with disabilities were segregated from students without disabilities. Some were educated in separate schools. -
Elementary & Secondary Education Act
This act extensively funded primary and secondary education. It emphasized equal access to education and established high standards and accountability. Furthermore, this act was amended in 1966 (Title VII) to include aid to disabled children. -
Normalization
Mild disabled students were integrated with students without disabilities. They were just visiting general classes and not being instructed. Policies were being implemented to normalize this practice. -
Compulsory Attendance
Exclusionary practices were upheld until this decade. -
Handicapped Children Act
This was enacted to support states and localities in protecting the rights of, meeting the individual needs of, and improving the results for Hector and other infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities and their families. -
REI
Regular Education Initiative: Still, students were not making adequate academic progress; Those who had moderate to severe needs were not being addressed; Accommodations were not being implemented in general education classes; Adequate collaboration was not being achieved. -
Inclusion Movement
This movement began despite controversy regarding full inclusion. -
Reauthorization of IDEA
These services were extended to infants, toddlers, and preschool children aged 3. -
No Child Left Behind
Responsible for holding all students to high standards; Students with mild disabilities must pass all state assessments like students without disabilities; It required students with mild disabilities to be instructed using the state standards since they are now taking the state assessments. -
IDEA Ammendments
1990/1992/1997 - More students are educated with non-disabled peers; More students with disabilities are employed; Most important law for individuals with disabilities in the school age years.