IDEA states that there is to be mandated free appropriate public education for those with disabilities (Hallahan & Kauffman, 2015, p. 15). Out of the eight things that each state must plan to ensure, I believe that only four of them were followed through on in Juniata’s case. They took the steps to identify that she was a student who wasn’t doing as well as others and was falling behind. The school also took the steps to evaluate her by looking at her grades, her behavior in class, and her IQ score. However, I don’t believe that a full evaluation took place, they glanced over her basic information and made a decision. The teachers also took the steps to reevaluate her two more times after the initial evaluation. There also seemed to be an
