https://padlet.com/joedwards4/idahb093hbh42ppc Created by Jordon Edwards en-us 2022-10-16 17:48:15 UTC 2022-10-16 22:32:41 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f91f.png joedwards4 https://padlet.com/joedwards4/idahb093hbh42ppc/wish/2342041483 Special education in America was practically nonexistent before 1961. Any child with a disability was taught at home or parents hired private tutors. Parents began to advocate for their children by securing places for them in the public education system.]]> 2022-10-16 17:59:00 UTC https://padlet.com/joedwards4/idahb093hbh42ppc/wish/2342041483 joedwards4 https://padlet.com/joedwards4/idahb093hbh42ppc/wish/2342049894 Parents spent the next few years meeting with politicians and educators. They final broke ground in 1965. Lyndon B. Johnson signed certain acts that would help fund and expand public education for the special education community. ]]> 2022-10-16 18:11:43 UTC https://padlet.com/joedwards4/idahb093hbh42ppc/wish/2342049894 joedwards4 https://padlet.com/joedwards4/idahb093hbh42ppc/wish/2342052490 The Education for All Handicapped Children Act was passed in 1975. This act ensured that all students, regardless of any disability, would be granted access to public schools.  ]]> 2022-10-16 18:16:01 UTC https://padlet.com/joedwards4/idahb093hbh42ppc/wish/2342052490 joedwards4 https://padlet.com/joedwards4/idahb093hbh42ppc/wish/2342053399
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]]> 2022-10-16 18:17:34 UTC https://padlet.com/joedwards4/idahb093hbh42ppc/wish/2342053399 joedwards4 https://padlet.com/joedwards4/idahb093hbh42ppc/wish/2342059479 In 1973, the Rehabilitation Act was passed. This act ensured all individuals with disabilities (not just learning ones) would have a 504. A 504 is a binding document that  guarantees accommodations to those that need one. ]]> 2022-10-16 18:25:43 UTC https://padlet.com/joedwards4/idahb093hbh42ppc/wish/2342059479 joedwards4 https://padlet.com/joedwards4/idahb093hbh42ppc/wish/2342063698 Prior to 1986, the Education for Handicapped Children Act covered children 3 and older. However, in 1986, the act was amended to cover children 2 and younger. ]]> 2022-10-16 18:31:31 UTC https://padlet.com/joedwards4/idahb093hbh42ppc/wish/2342063698 joedwards4 https://padlet.com/joedwards4/idahb093hbh42ppc/wish/2342166190 During 1997, Education for All Handicapped Children underwent many changes. It became the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). IDEA started utilizing IEPs, ITPs, and began utilizing research based methods of teaching special education students. ]]> 2022-10-16 21:37:10 UTC https://padlet.com/joedwards4/idahb093hbh42ppc/wish/2342166190 joedwards4 https://padlet.com/joedwards4/idahb093hbh42ppc/wish/2342167861 No Child Left Behind was passed in 2001 and again in 2004. This program helped add technology and loan programs to the school systems. These were tremendous resources needed for SPED programs. ]]> 2022-10-16 21:41:04 UTC https://padlet.com/joedwards4/idahb093hbh42ppc/wish/2342167861 joedwards4 https://padlet.com/joedwards4/idahb093hbh42ppc/wish/2342170563 SPED students were still being segregated from their peers in the general education classes. People thought it would be best for SPED children to have access to the gen. ed curriculum as well as their own. Inclusion became more mainstream for students with learning disabilities. ]]> 2022-10-16 21:48:01 UTC https://padlet.com/joedwards4/idahb093hbh42ppc/wish/2342170563 joedwards4 https://padlet.com/joedwards4/idahb093hbh42ppc/wish/2342175579 Prior to 1943, autism was considered a term to describe schizophrenia symptoms. Leo Kanner was a child psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins. He determined that autism is its own disorder not related to multiple personalities. ]]> 2022-10-16 21:58:53 UTC https://padlet.com/joedwards4/idahb093hbh42ppc/wish/2342175579 joedwards4 https://padlet.com/joedwards4/idahb093hbh42ppc/wish/2342183087 Before public education became mainstream, individuals with any physical or cognitive disability were labeled as "lunatics". They were segregated from the rest of society and forced to live in insane asylums. Conditions were terrible. ]]> 2022-10-16 22:17:31 UTC https://padlet.com/joedwards4/idahb093hbh42ppc/wish/2342183087