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Perry, Sheila; Clarke, Marie – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2015
This article outlines parents' struggle to secure adequate educational resources for their child(ren) with special educational needs within the Irish State system. The authors challenge the view that legislation facilitates practical advances that are meaningful to individual families. This small-scale exploratory study reports the findings from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Education, Legal Problems, Lawyers
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Alquraini, Turki Abdullah – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2013
The lack of clear language in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which is the federal law that governs the provision of special education and related services to children with disabilities in the USA, has led to inconsistencies in school districts' decisions regarding the least restrictive environment (LRE). This uncertainty…
Descriptors: Legal Problems, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Mainstreaming
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Eckes, Suzanne; Gibbs, Jesulon – Journal of School Leadership, 2012
Research demonstrates that students with disabilities are harassed more than their nondisabled peers. Students with disabilities who have been severely harassed have argued that they are not receiving a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) in the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) as required by Individuals with Disabilities Education Act…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Bullying, Public Education, Court Litigation
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Lloyd, John Wills; Lloyd, Patricia A. – Remedial and Special Education, 2015
Since 1966 when we began our careers in special education, we and others in our cohort have seen substantial changes in our discipline. In our personal experience, we had the opportunity to work together in situations that led us to focus on practices and procedures that produced better outcomes for our students, and better outcomes for students…
Descriptors: Success, Special Education, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Educational Practices
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Bain, Christina – Art Education, 2009
The number of lawsuits pertaining to educationally related issues is on the rise in the US (Mounts, 1999). Garner (2000) reports that teachers consider legal issues the third most important area of teacher preparation. However, few universities offer undergraduate courses in educational law and few programs offer comprehensive training concerning…
Descriptors: Legal Problems, Legal Responsibility, School Law, Art Teachers
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Vesely, Randall S.; Crampton, Faith E. – Multicultural Learning and Teaching, 2007
The challenges in improving and sustaining success of children from multicultural backgrounds with disabilities in urban school districts manifest themselves in the contextual dynamics of legal, accountability, demographic, and fiscal terrains. Within each of these areas, educational leaders must solve existing problems of underservicing,…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Educational Quality