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Direct linkZabel, Robert; Teagarden, Jim; Kaff, Marilyn – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2019
Dr. Tim Lewis provides his reflections on his career working as a researcher-teacher to address the issues of children with challenges. Dr. Lewis also provides his advice for those entering the field.
Descriptors: Special Education, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders, Positive Behavior Supports
Grimesey, Robert P., Jr. – School Administrator, 2012
In September 2010, the U.S. Senate's Armed Services Committee approved an amendment to the proposed National Defense Authorization Act. The amendment, known as Section 583, authorized a Defense Department pilot voucher program to mitigate the cost of private school tuition for special-needs children of military parents. Sen. Jim Webb, a member of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Federal Aid, Superintendents, Private Education
Kolbe, Sherry L. – Reaching Today's Youth: The Community Circle of Caring Journal, 1998
Summarizes the 1997 amendments to IDEA in hopes that a solid understanding of the law will clarify the current rights of children and help inform advocacy efforts toward future amendments. Some of the changes include clarification of these terms: child with a disability; developmental delay; related services; supplementary aids; transition…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Definitions, Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities
Peer reviewedHowell, Kenneth W.; Nelson, Karna L. – Behavioral Disorders, 1999
Addresses functional behavioral assessment (FA) concerns within the context of speculation about the possible functions served by mandating the use of FA in 1997 amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Suggests that the nature of public policy may deserve as much attention as research findings. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Behavior Disorders, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedYell, Mitchell L.; Rogers, David; Rogers, Elisabeth Lodge – Remedial and Special Education, 1998
Discusses the legal history of special education. The exclusion of students with disabilities and the early efforts to ensure a free appropriate education for students with disabilities are examined up to and including the enactment of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Civil Rights Legislation, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Download full textOrdover, Eileen – 1997
This collection of issue papers addresses the inclusion of students with disabilities who are labeled disruptive in general education classrooms. The publication begins by summarizing new provisions in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Amendments of 1997. The provisions make it clearer that students with disabilities must be…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Problems, Court Litigation
Landau, Julia K. – 1998
This policy paper provides a list of questions and associated strategies that parents and parent organizations can address in an effort to ensure that statewide assessment systems fully and fairly include students with disabilities as required by the 1997 amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and other federal laws.…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Alternative Assessment, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities
