Inclusion

  • Integration

    Students with disabilities no longer segregated from students without disabilities
  • Mainstreamed

    Students with disabilities mainstreamed with students without disabilities
  • IDEA 1975

    Individuals with Disabilities Act was passed. Established the 13 disability categories. Introduced process of mainstreaming.
  • Board of Education vs. Rowley

    Ruled that all special education students should not only be given free appropriate public education, but also appropriate services.
  • inclusion began

    Inclusion movement began in the mid 1980s.
  • Extended services

    Reauthorization of IDEA services were extended to infants, toddlers, and preschool children aged 3.
  • No Child Left Behind

    NCLB required students with mild disabilities to be instructed using the state standards and tested with all state assessments.
  • IDEA 2004

    Allowed for more students to be educated with non-disabled peers.
    Allowed more students with disabilities to be employed, and attend college.