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Introduction
" We must recognize our responsibility to provide education for all children [with disabilities] which meets our unique needs. The denial of the right to education and to equal opportunity within this nation for handicapped children- whether it be outright exclusion from school, the failure to provide an education which meets the needs of a single handicapped child, or the refusal to recognize the handicapped child's right to grow- is a travesty of justice and denial of equal protection under the law."
~Senator Harrison Wiliams, 1974
This statement by the principal author of the Education of All Handicapped Children Act, as we know now as IDEA, is what drives Special Education. We as teachers have a duty to teach to our best ability all students labeled under this act. Through this website you will learn:
~Senator Harrison Wiliams, 1974
This statement by the principal author of the Education of All Handicapped Children Act, as we know now as IDEA, is what drives Special Education. We as teachers have a duty to teach to our best ability all students labeled under this act. Through this website you will learn:
- The thirteen disability categories under IDEA
- The characteristics of each disability
- The causes of each disability
- Any medications for each disability
- Any treatments for each disability
- Classroom accommodations for each disability
- Recommended teaching strategies for each disability
- Response to Intervention Strategies for each disability
- Universal Design of Learning strategies for each disability
- Any other legislation that surrounds each disability