Special Services for Disabled Children

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• Factors that have helped form Special Ed. Services

  Pennsylvania to provide cognitively disabled children a free public education and to be enrolled in programs that were similar to their non disabled peers was a huge decision in regards to providing a public education for all children.

• Working with individuals with disabilities

  There are special education services available for all children in public schools who are diagnosed with one or more physical disabilities.

• one court case that has influenced least restrictive environment issues for children with disabilities

  But, the Court stated, IDEA does not contemplate an all-or-nothing educational system in which [disabled] children attend either regular or special education. Rather, the Act and its regulations require schools to offer a continuum of services.

• Mainstreaming autistic students

  Some factors to consider are whether or not they are comfortable teaching learning disabled children, possibly their concern for their non disabled students' success and/or their general attitudes toward learning disabled children and how these attitudes

• Summary of Article on Disabled Students in the Mainstream

  A summary follows about RTI and its usefulness in determining placement options for children who require special education services.

• Policy Improvements for Integrated Service

  Policy changes should increase the scope of special education for disabled children so that they reduce the risks associated with childhood disabilities in a meaningful way.

• Transition for Older Special Needs Children

  Severely disabled students are those with intense mental, emotional and physical problems. These often demand special health services. Students may need help with personal care such as brushing their teeth.

• Co-teaching in Special Education

  A full range of educational services may include speech/language therapy, counseling, special technology, occupational therapy, etc. A fourth part is that kids with disabilities will be educated with children who are not disabled.

• Legal ramifications of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 and Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA 1990)

  by the time they turn 16 years of age. 3) Eligibility for services was extended to children with autism and traumatic brain injury 4) IDEA 1990 defined Assistive Technology Devices and Services for children with disabilities and these devices and services