Disabilities Education Principles

2. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act was a law that was put into place for education for all children with an intellectual disability. There are six basic principles that make up this law. The first principle is zero reject. Zero reject means that no child with a disability can be denied an education. No matter how severe or mild the disability is, they must be given an education. The second principle states that assessments must be non-discriminatory. This means that it must be done by educated and trained evaluators. When doing these assessment they must be completely unbiased which means they must be fair. All test must be given in the child’s native language and culturally relevant. The third principle says that all children …show more content…
These document are implemented for children who are receiving special services and are for children from the age of three to twenty-one. Parents are involved in the process of making the document. This plan is meant to help children with unique needs reach goals to learn and acquire new skills. The IEP must be followed at all times and everything must be administered to what is put in the plan. The IEP must include the child’s current performance level, educational goals, any services that may need to be provided to help the child, and modifications and or accommodations that the school will need to have in place to support the child’s needs.
The differences between the Individualized Family Services Plan and the Individualized Education Plan is that the IFSP is specifically directed toward working with families and special services to help improve their child’s development skills. With the IFSP the services are home based whereas the IEP they are administered in a classroom …show more content…
The family system approach is a process of understanding how family characteristics, family interactions and family functions greatly impact the way the family adjusts to new changes. Family characteristics are traits that the family as a whole share. These characteristics may influence a family’s ability to adapt to these events. Some examples of this is socioeconomic status, where they come from, the home life, and the parent’s workforce. Family interactions is the way the family maintains relationships from within. There are four subsystems which consist of marital, parental, sibling, and extended family. These interactions are so vital to a child’s development because for instance the parents may be following one strategy and the grandparents could be following a different one that contradicts the one the parents are using. Children need consistency and that can be hard to maintain in family interaction. Family functions are needs that families are held accountable for. These needs can be anywhere from daily self-help skills to educational needs. Having a child with special needs may mean that sibling and even parents lose out on time because that child with special needs, needs it. The tasks that need to be done need to fair as to keep the family running smoothly and