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PRAXIS II -353 SPED
Core Content Knowledge - Legalities
Question | Answer |
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Landmark case causing a movement in the education field. | Brown vs. Board of Education |
Education for All Handicapped Children ACT, 1975. | EAHCA or EHA (PL 94-142). |
Foundational legislation for IDEA. | EHA - amended and reauthorized 5 times since. |
Purpose of IDEA. | Ensure all children with disabilities are guaranteed FAPE. |
Purpose of IDEA. | Assists all states in establishing early intervention services for infants and toddlers with disabilities. |
Purpose of IDEA. | Ensures that educators and parents have the necessary tools to improve the education for all children with disabilities. |
Purpose of IDEA. | Assesses the effectiveness of the education for children with disabilities. |
1 of 6 Major principles of IDEIA, 2004. | Zero reject (CHILD FIND): No child with a disability may be excluded from a public education. |
1 of 6 Major principles of IDEIA, 2004. | Protection in the evaluation process(NON-BIA TESTING):Nondiscriminatory identification and evaluation must be conducted, which includes procedures followed and tools utilized. |
1 of 6 Major principles of IDEIA, 2004. | FREE AND APPROPRIATE PUBLICE EDUCATION (FAPE): The education of students with disabilities must be at the public expense based on the development of an IEP (INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM) that includes related services. |
1 of 6 Major principles of IDEIA, 2004. | LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT (LRE): Children with disabilities must be educated with non-disabled children to the maximum extent appropriate and a continuum of placement services must be imposed. |
1 of 6 Major principles of IDEIA, 2004. | DUE PROCESS PROCEDURES (PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARDS):Requires parent and student rights regarding assessment, placement, and service implementation of education program be instituted. |
1 of 6 Major principles of IDEIA, 2004. | Parent and Student Participation (SHARED DECISION-MAKING): Parents and students (as appropriate)must be included in the SPED process helping to make plans and decisions. |
Changes added to IDEA 1997 in reauthorization of IDEA in 2004. | Paperwork reduction, short-term objectives and benchmarks eliminated from IEPs, implementation of comprehensive and multiyear (3year) IEPs, & focus on HIGHLY QUALIFIED teachers aligning IDEA with NCLB. |
Section 504 (Rehabilitation Act of 1973) | Extends civil rights to persons with disabilities focused on prohibiting discrimination in ed., employ., & other comm. settings; requiring compliance by any recipient of fed. funds even though these requirements are not monetarily supported by the fed. |
ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act-1990) | Based on Sec. 504, extending civil rights to persons with disabilities in priv. sector employment, pub. srvc., pub. accom., trans., & telecom. Entities must accom. persons with disabilities in an approp. & non-discrim. manner. |
NCLB (No Child Left Behind-2001), The Reauth. of the Elementary & Secondary Ed. Act | Primary goal is for all children to be proficient in all subject matter by 2014 and imposes a requirement that all teachers must be "highly qualified". |
1 of 4 key principles of the NCLB. | Stronger accountability through district and state testing for every student. |
1 of 4 key principles of the NCLB. | Increased flexibility to schools for use of fed. funds. |
1 of 4 key principles of the NCLB. | Additional options for parents regarding the education of their child. |
1 of 4 key principles of the NCLB. | Focus on curriculum and instructional methods with scientifically researched and proven effects. |
FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) | Not a specific SPED law. Fed. law protecting the privacy of all students' educational records and applies to any and all schools receiving federal funds. |
Gifted and Talented Children's Education Act-1978 (PL95-561) | Law allowing for funding to support the exceptional needs of students in the areas of identification, education, and programming. |
Education Consolidation Act-1982 | Merged the federal Office of Gifted & Talented with other fed. programs & states received block grants to determine which programs and students to support. |
Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Student Education Act-1988 (PL100-297) | Fed. funds provided specifically to students who are considered economically disadvantaged, who demonstrate limited English proficiency or have a disability while also identified as gifted or talented. |