ESE 548 - Week 2
06 Sept 2006

-IDEA Categories
-Job Announce
-Labels
-Begin Special Ed. Law

IDEA Categories (Individ w/ Disabil. Education Act) [2004]
	-13 categories
		Visual Impairment 0.5%
		Other health impairment 2.2%
		Orthopedic impairment 1.2%
		Multiple disability 1.8%
		Hearing impairment 1.3%
		Traumatic brain injury 0.1%
		Deaf/blindness 0.0%
		Autism 0.5%
		Specific L.D.s 51.1%
		Serious emotional disturbance 8.7%
		Mental retardation (mild to moderate) 11.6%
		Speech or language impairments 20.8%
		Developmentally Delayed (before 9 years of age)
	- 504's not recognized
	-1975

Medical Model
	-Assessment
	-Evaluate (Diagnosis)
	-Treatment
	-Progress
	(Child did not get out of Spec. Ed system)

Labels	
	-people think about limitations
	-Effects of Labeling
		Benefits
			-Indicate differences in learning
			-May protect child in certain situations
			-Allows professionals to communicate (supposed to) 
			-Funding o
			-Advocacy o
			-More visible to policy makers

		Disadvantages
			-Focuses on Disability
			-Lowers self-esteem
			-Stigmatizing
			-Low expectations by others
			-Excuse for behavior
			-Implies something is wrong with the child
			-Disproportionate minority (or low SES)
			-Keep child out of regular class
			-Once labeled, hard to remove the label

Legal Influences: 1970's-2000's
	-Public Law 94-142 - The Education for all Handicapped Children (E.H.A.)
		-1975
		-Zero Reject
		-Free, Appropriate, Public Education (F.A.P.E.)
		-Least Restrictive Environment (L.R.E.)
		-Parental involvement guaranteed
		-Due Process
			-in case of parental disagreement with school
		-Nondiscriminatory Assessment
		-IEP 
	-P.L. 99-457 - reauthorization of 6 mandates of 94-142
	-P.L. 101-476 - Individuals with Disabilities Act, amended 94-142 again
	-P.L. 105-17 - Reauthorization of IDEA
	-2004 Reauthorization

HMWK-
˜Bring in a blank IEP form
	-look over form

		length, clarity, format

˜Chapter 3 - read

**next week start on LRE