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Education for Mentally Disabled
Jean-Marc Gaspard Itard establishes the principles and methods used today in the education of the mentally disabled through his controversial work with Victor, the "wild boy of Aveyron. -
Formal Deaf Education begins in U.S.
Thomas H. Gallaudet leaves the United States for Europe in 1815 to learn how to teach the deaf. Upon his return, he founds the Connecticut Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons in Hartford, Connecticut, with Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet Laurent Clerc. It is the first permanent school for the deaf in America. The opening of its doors, on April 15, 1817, marks the beginning of efforts in America to educate people with disabilities. -
Brown v. the Board of Education
A case that racial segregation of children in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Brown argued that segregated schools were not equal and black students were not receiving the same education as white students. -
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
Addressed the inequality of educational opportunity for economically underprivileged children. It became the statutory basis upon which early special education legislation was drafted. It was the first federal grant program specifically targeted for children and youth with disabilities. -
Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children v. Pennsylvania
Established the standard that each child must be offered an individualized education and that children should be placed in the least restrictive environment (LRE) possible. -
Mills v. Board of Education
Mills vs. Board of Education of District of Columbia was a case against the District of Columbia that declared that students with disabilities must be given a public education, and that financial limits were a moot point in providing education to these students. It set a precedent that educational services must be made based on children's needs, not on the schools’ fiscal capabilities to provide such services. -
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
"SNo otherwise qualified individual with disabilities in the United States shall solely by reason of his disabilities, "be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program, or activity receiving Federal financial assistance..." -
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142)
Congress enacted the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Public Law 94-142), in 1975, 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. -
Board of Education v. Rowley
A landmark case that ruled a free appropriate public education should provide access to specialized instruction and if the child is passing on to the next grade within an inclusion classroom then FAPE is being met and the state does not need to maximize each child’s potential” (EducationLaw, 2011, 3). -
Irving Independent School District v. Tatro
A case wehre the Supreme Court concluded that medical services that can be administered by a lay person, not just a doctor, is considered a supportive service or related service and was thus covered under the legal parameters of IDEA because the service was necessary for the student to attend school. The Department of Education had defined related services to include school health services provided by a qualified school nurse or other qualified person. -
The Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities Act
Obligates participating states to provide early intervention services to children with developmental disabilities from birth up to their third birthday. This act has since been renamed the IDEA. Development of multidisciplinary, comprehensive service delivery systems, and social workers in health care settings will play a critical role in the identification, referral, and case management of services. -
Americans with Disabilities Act
Broadened Section 504 to include public accomodations, employment, transportation and telecommunications. -
Individual with Disabilities Edcuation Act
Placed more focus on the individual, as opposed to a condition that individual may have. The IDEA also had many improvements on the EHA, such as promoting research and technology development, details on transition programs for students post-high school and programs that educate children in their neighborhood schools, as opposed to separate schools. -
No Child Left Behind
President Bush signed NCLB act to increase the academic achievement of all public school students; to improve performacnce of low-performing schools and to require schools to use scientifically based instructional practices. States are required to measure the progress of students every year through standardized testing. These results are reported to parents and the state. -
IDEA 2004
THe purpose of IDEA 2004 is to increase the academic achievement of students in special education. The focus is on writing measureable annual goals and on progress monitoring. The purpose is to increase accountability for results and to streamline the special education process. -
NH Rules for the Education of Children with Disabilities
The purpose is to insure that all children with disabilities have available to them a FAPE pursuant to the IDEA of 2004. -
NH adopted common core standards
The standards were developed in collaboration with teachers, school administrators, and experts, to provide a clear and consistent framework to prepare our children for college and the workforce. -
New Hampshire Procedural Safeguards manual
NH Procedural safeguards The handbook was developed to provide parents, students with disabilities and educators with information about parent/child rights in the special education process. These rights are called procedural safeguards. Parents are integral members in the IEP process. -
National Association for Retarded Citizens (The Arc) is founded
The Arc promotes and protects the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and actively supports their full inclusion and participation in the community throughout their lifetimes.