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Center for Public Education, 2020
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that schools assist students with disabilities to develop independent living skills and abilities essential to succeed in most of their life's endeavors. According to the law, each student with a disability must have an individualized education program (IEP), and the IEP must address…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Students with Disabilities, Equal Education, Federal Legislation
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Cavallaro, Claire C.; Ballard-Rosa, Maurine; Lynch, Eleanor W. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1998
A survey of 43 early childhood special-education administrators in California found the programs for infants tended to be home-based, preschoolers with mild disabilities were frequently fully included, and preschoolers with severe disabilities and low-incidence disabilities were more often partially included or placed in special classes only.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Martens, Elise H. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1932
The White House Conference on Child Health and Protection has recently pointed out how inadequately this country is providing educational opportunities for exceptional children. One-half million gifted children, another half million retarded children, three-quarters of a million children exhibiting serious behavior problems, three hundred thousand…
Descriptors: Gifted, Educational Opportunities, Behavior Problems, Mental Retardation