Legal Aspects of Special Education

Name: Legal Aspects of Special Education
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ISBN: 9780131173460

ISBN-10: 0131173464

ISBN-13: 9780131173460

Edition: 2009

Authors: Kurt E. Hulett

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Written by a practitioner for students, it leaves the excessive legalese at the door, features an accessible manner using "everyday language" that readers will appreciate. All of the elements of this text are intended to help its students obtain the most critical information about special education law and how it is applied in the real world. Features a fascinating opening interview and then epilogue with Joe Ballard, a pioneer of the IDEA movement; includes a discussion of Response-to-Intervention (RTI) and the implication of IDEA 2004 for school districts; A unique discussion of the history of special education and its link to the Civil Rights Movement; Includes the most current…

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List price: $60.20
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 3/27/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English




The Basics of Law


Constitutional Law


Statutory Law


Regulatory Law


Case Law



History and Advocacy


The Birth of a Field


The Civil War Amendments


The Civil Rights Movements


Advocacy


Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens v


Pennsylvania (1972)


Mills v


Board of Education of the District of Columbia (1972)


The Pinnacle of Special Education Advocacy



The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act


Structure of the IDEA


Evolution of the Law


Special Education


The Six Pillars of IDEA


The IEP


Free and Appropriate Public Education (FAPE)


Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)


Appropriate Evaluation


Parent and Teacher Participation


Procedural Safeguards


Confidentiality of Information


Transition Services


Discipline


Enforcement



Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973


Discrimination Under Section 504 FAPE


LRE


Accommodations


Eligibility for Services


Evaluation


Placement


Health and Medical Issues


Enforcement


Funding


Discipline



The Americans with Disabilities Act


Purpose of the Act


Definition of a Disability


Structure of the Act


Effective Dates



Employment



Public Services



Public Accommodations



Telecommunications



Miscellaneous Provisions


Evaluation



IDEA 2004 Meets No Child Left Behind


Highly Qualified Teachers


Accountability


Assessments



Free and Appropriate Public Education


Federal Requirements


Understanding FAPE


The Rowley Decision


Post-Rowley Decisions


Procedural Errors


Service Delivery Models


Autism


Financial Considerations


School-Based Measures to Determine if FAPE is Achieved



Least Restrictive Environment


Federal Definition of LRE


Intent and Purpose of the LRE Requirement


Terminology


Zero Reject


Determining the LRE


Litigation


Roncker v


Walter (1983)


Daniel RRv


State Board of Educat