Abuse – definitions and signs
Persons: This is a deliberate act to harm other especially vulnerable adults and children. It may be something that is done to the person or something not done when it should have been. It does not necessarily have to be intentional; if the vulnerable person experiences it as abuse then it is considered to be…
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
IDEA 2004 (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) was created so that any student with any type of physical or mental disabilities would receive an equal opportunity for a better education. I feel that IDEA 2004 has satisfied its purpose. Idea 2004 has implemented special education teachers to teach the students with disabilities. Since the first…
Special Needs and Mentally Handicapped Education Outlets Funding
Every child has a right to education; there should be no discrimination on those with disability and special needs. Special needs and mentally handicapped educational outlets play a great role in the American society. Financing of these learning institutions has been a Herculean task as government has not been very committed towards their financing when…
Students with Disabilities Proficiency in Communication Arts and Mathematics
IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) and NCLB (No Child Left Behind Act) are statutes closely tied up particularly as they strive to address the educational needs of students with disabilities. NCLB comes to further close the gap between the advantaged and disadvantaged students through a system of yearly reporting called the AYP (adequate yearly…
Brown v Board of Education
In the year 1892, a case commonly referred to as Plessy vs. Ferguson set the ball rolling for segregation in American public schools. This made several states to adopt the policy ‘separate but equal’ and since then, all the schools in all the states in the south adopted this (Robinson, 2005). Racial segregation in schools…
Special Education Foundation and Frameworks
The main aim of special education as a discipline can be seen in its emphasis on the necessity to implement just and fair standards that will be used in gauging the treatment of all students within both privately and publicly funded educational institutions. This aim for fair treatment within the academic discipline can be seen…
The Effects of No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 on intervention Programs for Special Education
In US, the education of special needs students has over the past years been subjected to a number of interventionist programs after the realization that a student’s level of disability is not the prime determinant of physical disability. The shift has seen many modifications done on the teaching methods and environments. Further, the Presidents National…
Special Education and the Law
The current course readings have revealed to me the magnitude of changes which special education has undergone over the years, particularly the legal provisions that govern its operation in the United States. Today the key determinant of physical placement is no longer on the student’s level of disability as was earlier but on the need…
