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Carter, Rachelle – Online Submission, 2016
Special education has come a long way in the past several years, but it still needs work. Federal and state laws have been passed in order to allow children with disabilities a chance to earn a free appropriate education in a least restrictive environment. Federal Regulations have been enacted by both Congress and the U.S. Department of Education.…
Descriptors: Special Education, Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation
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Cloth, Allison H.; Evans, Steven W.; Becker, Stephen P.; Paternite, Carl E. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2014
The federal definition of emotional disturbance (ED) includes a social maladjustment (SM) exclusion clause that stipulates that students are not eligible for special education services if they are determined to be "socially maladjusted" and not also meeting criteria for ED. This clause has long been criticized for being ambiguous and…
Descriptors: Social Adjustment, Special Education, State Regulation, National Surveys
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Hoffman, LaVae M.; Ireland, Marie; Hall-Mills, Shannon; Flynn, Perry – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2013
Purpose: This study documented evidence-based practice (EBP) patterns as reported by speech-language pathologists (SLPs) employed in public schools during 2010-2011. Method: Using an online survey, practioners reported their EBP training experiences, resources available in their workplaces, and the frequency with which they engage in specific EBP…
Descriptors: Online Surveys, National Surveys, Evidence, Speech Language Pathology
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Millar, Dorothy Squatrito – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2013
This article was written with the purpose of informing educators, agency service providers, family members, stakeholders, researchers in the field of transition, and individuals with intellectual disabilities themselves, of the guardianship alternatives that can be used, hence negating the need for a legal guardian. Guardianship refers to the…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Self Determination, Child Custody, Stakeholders
Skiba, Russ; Albrecht, Susan; Losen, Dan – Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders (NJ3), 2012
This document provides policy recommendations of the Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders (CCBD) regarding disproportionality in special education and the need for federal policy driving state regulations to support efforts to eliminate this outcome in schools. Monitoring requirements in the 1997 and 2004 amendments to the Individuals…
Descriptors: Special Education, Behavior Disorders, Politics of Education, School Districts
Virginia Department of Education, 2011
The reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act, December 3, 2004, (IDEA '04) and its implementing federal regulations, October 13, 2006, prompted the need to revise Virginia's special education regulations. Input was received from a Stakeholders Group that included school personnel, parents, consumers,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Federal Legislation