Special Education

History of Special Education and Recent Effective Practices Between the 1965 and 1975, state legislatures, the US Congress and the federal courts pushed for strong educational rights for children with disabilities. Out of the fifty states, forty-five state legislatures passed laws which mandated, encouraged and funded special education programs. Federal courts than followed by ruling that schools would no longer be able to discriminate on the basis of a student’s disability and that parents…

In first video , the Reed’s parents, Bruce Goldstein the Director of Special Education, Susan Gribebler a first grade teacher at Jones elementary, and Virginia Stern a speech and language pathologist at Kennedy School where conducting an Individual Educational Plan (IEP) for Reed educational needs by considering his least restricted environment level. During the IEP meeting the parents and school officials were not able to accurately communicate with one another about Reed’s educational needs.…

Zhang, Katsiyannis, Ju and Roberts (2014) found the representation of minorities has not changed enough to see a well-rounded representation of ethnicities in special education. More so, the authors have seen a reduction in students of African descent with Intellectual Disabilities (ID). This is not surprising, as diagnosis of ID in students with African descent cannot occur. The reduction comes from the lack of ability to label students rather than the diagnosis being more culturally…

Education is a fluid system or equation. Thoughts, ideas, pedagogies, and other aspects associated with education can either pass through seamlessly, not interrupting the overall system, can briefly attach to various aspects in education, but eventually disappear, or can cause a tremendous shift in policy and procedures. On the outside, this system or equation appears simple, but there are several complex moving pieces. Because of all these complex pieces, challenges are a realistic…

federal laws such as Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) and No Child Left Behind Act (NCBL) mandating that all children are placed in a free and appropriate public education in the least restrictive environment (LRE) possible (Camargo et al., 2014). Inclusion in special education can be defined as, “the education of students with disabilities together with their nondisabled peers” (Carson, 2015, p. 1398). Special Education professionals are now legally and ethically…

is typed out below as well as the opportunity to visit her classroom. Question 1: Where did you graduate from college, and did you get your degree in teaching? Answer1: “Yes, Abilene Christian University (ACU) I majored in elementary education and special education.” Question 2: When did you realize you wanted to be a teacher? Answer 2: “Sophomore year in college I was volunteering a lot with kids in after school programs, my grandma was a teacher and my aunt was a teacher as well. I decided…

help laws were put into place to provide a good quality of education for those students. Before the 1970s, there were millions of children with disabilities who were refused enrollment in public schools. This was not something just in the United States, but it also occurred in other countries as well. One would be surprised to know that the laws for special education are fairly new in the United States. Certain states had programs for special need students, but those programs were limited. Then…

Students with Disabilities in General Education Classrooms Following the Regular Education Initiative (REI), proposed in 1989, many controversial topics arose regarding the inclusion of students with disabilities into general education classrooms. However, under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the least restrictive environment for children for disabilities should be in an educational setting “with other children who are not disabled, and special classes…occurs only when…

I believe every person has a right to learn, and every person has the ability to learn. A high-quality special education program is important since it supports my belief in education. I believe special education is misunderstood. Various people have the opinion that students with special needs cannot learn, and they are beneath their peers. However, that is not the case. For example, the movie ‘Temple Grandin’ which told the true story of Temple Grandin, diagnosed with autism, illustrated how…

Philosophy of Education/counseling Report Education to me is when students and teachers come together in a format where teachers/counselors impart knowledge, process and procedures into a child’s life. This learning process begins at a very early age, which means it starts at home with regard to following directions and listening. This ensures that once the student gets to the actual building he or she knows how to act. Importantly, depending on the parents, they will already have an idea…