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Special Education
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The 18th Century
Valentin Haüy founded the “Institution Nationale des Jeunes Aveugles” which is recognized as the first school in the world for the education of blind people. Haüy was inspired by many people: Rousseau, L’Epeé, and Madame Von Paradis, who was blind, and helped him develop the methods used in the school. Using these methods, Haüy was able to educate a blind boy who later became a teacher in the same school (Safford 38-46). -
The 19th Century
On the 19th century special education became more palpable, with efforts from people such as Rev. Thomas Gallaudet, and Samuel Howe in taking action on the matter of special education. In Hartford, Connecticut, Rev. Thomas Gallaudet implemented the first school for the deaf . The school was called American Asylum for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, and it is nowadays the American School for the Deaf. -
The 19th century
Samuel Gridley Howe. Howe was interested in the education of blind students, and in 1829 founded the first school for blind children in the United States. The school nowadays is called the Perkins School for the blind, and it is located in Massachusetts. Howe also was the founder of the Massachusetts School for Idiotic and Feebleminded children in 1848. -
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Implementing the Laws Of Special Education
Changes were made also in what concerns the law of implementing special education in schools. In 1890 it was the states’ responsibility to provide institutions for the special children, and in 1897 the Department of Special Education was created by the National Education Association. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj2dBLi7zvQ -
The Rehabilitation Act
In 1973, the Rehabilitation Act was passed and assured the rights of people with disabilities in respect to a non-discriminative environment in education, employment, and housing. handicapped children emerged in one law: Public Law 94-142. This law guarantees that people with disabilities have the right to free and appropriate public education, in a least restrictive environment; also, -
Education for All Handicapped Children Act
Passed by Congress in 1975, this was the first special education law directed at students with physical and mental disabilities. The law stated that public schools must provide children with special needs with the same opportunities for education as other children. It also required any public school that received federal funds to provide one free meal a day for these children. Th -
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
he Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA, was created in 1990 and is a modification of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. This law ensures that special needs students receive appropriate free public education in the least restrictive environment necessary to meet those students’ needs.
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Individualized Education Programs
The IDEA maintains that parents and teachers of children who qualify for special education must develop an Individualized Education Program, or IEP, that helps establish specific education for a child’s explicit needs.
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No Child Left Behind
In 2001, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, commonly known as the No Child Left Behind Act, called for schools to be accountable for academic performance of all students, whether or not they had disabilities. The act requires schools in every state to develop routine assessments of students’ academic skills. While it does not stipulate that these assessments meet a national standard, the law does oblige each state to come up with its own criteria for evaluation.
