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IDEA / Special Education Archived February 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine information and advocacy from the National Education Association. IDEA Special Education Supports [permanent dead link ] from the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights; Family Network on Disabilities
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA 2004) is a United States law that mandates equity, accountability, and excellence in education for children with disabilities. As of 2018, approximately seven million students enrolled in U.S. schools receive special education services due to a disability. [1]
Special education (also known as special-needs education, aided education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, and SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates their individual differences, disabilities, and special needs. This involves the individually planned and systematically ...
Because the law does not clearly state to what degree the least restrictive environment is, courts have had to interpret the LRE principle. In a landmark case interpreting IDEA's predecessor statute (EHA), Daniel R.R. v. State Board of Education (1989), it was determined that students with disabilities have a right to be included in both academic and extracurricular programs of general education.
The Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study (SEELS) was a study of school-age students funded by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) in the U.S. Department of Education and was part of the national assessment of the 1997 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA 97). From 2000 to 2006, SEELS documented the school ...
Related services is defined by the United States Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ("IDEA") 1997 as, "transportation and such developmental, corrective, and other supportive services as are required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education..."[section 300.24(a)].
As outlined by IDEA, students can receive free appropriate education under special education law if they fall under one of 14 categories: [10] Autism; Deaf-blindness; Deafness; Developmental delay (for children aged 3–9, varies by state) Emotional and behavioral disorders; Hearing impairment
IDEA 2004 builds upon the amendments and reauthorizations of 1983, 1990, and 1997, clarifies the concept and position of transition, and strengthens the future-focus of special education services. IDEA 2004 indicates one of its purposes is “…to ensure that all children with disabilities have available to them a free appropriate public ...