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Special Education is a civil right guaranteeing the same rights to education for students with disabilities that students without disabilities have. SpEd is also specially designed instruction that meets the needs of a student.

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Seven (7) Core Elements of Special Education

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Seven (7) Core Elements of Special Education

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High Expectations: As an educator you should have high expectations for students, so they feel you have faith that they can, and will, succeed
Diversity & Cultural Justice: Having a disability is a form of diversity and you will find all types of diverse students with different abilities, races, etc., so treat everyone equally and with respect.
Progress: Students with disabilities have the right to an education that ensures progress toward the four national goals of IDEA. (scroll up for details!)
Research-Based Practices: As an educator, you should always be up-to-date on the best practices in the field so you can give your students what they need.
Inclusion: Full participation is including the student with a disability in your classroom just like the other students without disabilities.
Self-Determination: Enabling students with disabilities to make things happen in their lives: to set and go after their future goals.
Families are Partners: The family has the most important role, so give them meaningful opportunities to participate and connect with their child.

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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

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Goals:
Equal Opportunity: The equal chance to benefit from and make progress in school.
Full Participation: Being in the general curriculum and participating in it.
Independent Living: Having a say about your education and choosing how to live your life.
Economic Self Sufficiency: Being able to use your education to get a job, keep it, advance in it, and prove your worth in society.

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Part B- Applies to students ages 3-21
Part C- Applies to students from birth to 3 years of age who have or are at risk for developmental delays.

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Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)

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Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)

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This Act authorizes federal funding for states to operate elementary and secondary schools. Title I. Gives funding particularly to low-income schools.

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-Every student is held to high standards.
-Results of state assessments are broadly shared.
-Lowest performing schools are not accountable for improving.

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Authorizes services for people with disabilities.
Applies mainly to job services such as evaluations, support services, paid trainings, etc.

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Grants federal funding to states so they can help create statewide systems for delivering assistive technologies to people with disabilities.

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Any program or activity receiving federal funds may not discriminate based on disability.

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Provides funds and rules for the benefit of Americans with disabilities.

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1. The students' present levels of academic achievement and functional performance.
2. Measurable annual goals.
3. How progress will be measured and when periodic reports will be given.
4. The special education and related services that will be given to a student including accommodations and program modifications.
5. An explanation of the extent which the student will interact with students without disabilities.
6. Any accommodations for national or state testing or an explanation as to why a student will not participate in said tests.
7. A timeline with dates for everything.
8. A frequently updates transition plan for post secondary goals.

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This policy prohibits schools from excluding any student with a disability from a free appropriate public education. There are even special services for students with contagious diseases.

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IDEA regulates how students with disabilities can be disciplined. Most rules that apply to students without disabilities apply, but when considering discipline and punishment, you should always keep in mind a student's disability and whether or not they can control the behavior, etc.

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Purposes: to determine whether a student has a disability and to determine whether that student needs special education or related services.
Evaluation has a series of safeguards to ensure non discrimination and accurate assessment.

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Purpose: to make schools and parents accountable to each other for carrying out the goals of IDEA.
Procedure:
1. Resolution Session: meet face-to-face to hammer out differences.
2. Mediation: both parties submit their grievances to an unbiased third party who tries to find a compromise.
3. Due Process Hearing: this is like a mini- trial. If this does not work, it goes to the courts.

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Students with disabilities must be educated with students without disabilities to the maximum extent appropriate for the students.
*schools may set aside this preference when it does not benefit the student and their progress / ability to learn.

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Students with disabilities should have access to the same general curriculum and extra curricular activities that students without disabilities have access to.

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The IEP must state whether the student will participate full-time or part-time in each area: academic programs, extra curricular programs, and all other school activities.