Special Education
This section examines several key issues involved in special education services as mandated under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), amended in 2004. For information on recent changes to the law, check our featured section on IDEA 2004. Be sure to also learn about the laws and regulations that govern special education in your state.
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Making the "No Child Left Behind Act" Work for Children Who Struggle to Learn
This article provides an overview of the federal No Child Left Behind law and includes information to help parents use provisions of NCLB to ensure that their child has access to appropriate instruction.
Responsiveness to Intervention and Learning Disabilities
The purpose of this National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD) report is to examine the concepts, potential benefits, practical issues, and unanswered questions associated with responsiveness to intervention (RTI) and learning disabilities (LD). A brief overview of the approach is provided, including attributes, characteristics, and promising features, as well as issues, concerns, unanswered questions, and research needs.
Social Skill Autopsies: A Strategy to Promote and Develop Social Competencies
Rick Lavoie teaches the social skill autopsy- a strategy to help your child or student learn from their social errors. Turn those embarrassing incidents into teachable moments- and help the person with a learning disability to correct their mistakes and not repeat them. If you are a person with a learning disability, consider sending this article to a trusted mentor or friend.
Attention Foster Parents: Let’s Work Together!
Foster parents know all too well the many needs of the youth for whom they provide care that include academic services associated with special education. The reality is not a surprise given the literature reports at least 50% of youth in foster care require intense academic and behavioral interventions at school. What should foster parents do?
Why Special Education Teachers Should Care About Foster Care
Learning Disabilities and the Arts
Art can help children with learning disabilities become better learners and improve their self-confidence. Find out how arts help children improve in their area of disability and develop academic skills.
Seven Habits of Highly Effective IEP Teams
Your Child's IEP: Practical and Legal Guidance for Parents
Retroactive Policy Decisions Cannot Discriminate Against Students with Disabilities
IDEA Decisions - 2003
The Identification of Students Who are Gifted
This digest discusses the identification of students who are gifted, the difficulties in the identification process, appropriate identification practices, and procedures that can help with identification.
The Chicago Office of the Office for Civil Rights developed these materials in response to numerous requests from educators, parents and advocates in Wisconsin to clarify the requirements of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, in the area of elementary and secondary education.
Developing Your Child's IEP: The IEP Process
Comments on the Recommendations of the President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education
A Smile As Big As the Moon: A Teacher, His Class and Their Unforgettable Journey
When Mike Kersjes, a high school special education teacher and football coach, read in 1987 a magazine article about Space Camp, he knew his students would love to go. Located at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala., the camp allows students to spend six days training and living like astronauts.
Extra Help for Student Success
Understanding the Differences Between IDEA and Section 504
Compare and contrast Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) and Section 504. Topics include identification, eligibility, evaluation, responsibilities for providing a free and appropriate education (FAPE), and due process for disagreements between parents and schools.
