March 2018 - Special Educator e-Journal


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Special Education Legal Alert

By Perry A. Zirkel

© February 2018

This monthly legal alert focuses on two recent cases, one including the intersection of child find and RTI under the IDEA and the other concerning the IDEA remedies for stay-put violations. For automatic e-mailing of future legal alerts, sign up at perryzirkel.com; this website also provides free downloads of various related articles, including those specific to the complaint procedures avenue under the IDEA.

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    Disproportionate Representation in Special Education

    By Rossana Hahn

    Disproportionate representation is a concerning issue in special education that has been analyzed through the years. Disproportionate representation occurs when children of a specific group of the population are overrepresented or underrepresented to receive special education services. Special education services are developed to help students with disabilities to have access to appropriate education and to provide them with the support they need academically to achieve positive results. Mislabeling students can have disastrous consequences in their educational outcomes and in their lives. This literature review will address disproportionality in special education and its relation to minorities.

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      Achievement of Students with Disabilities in Inclusive Classrooms

      Abstract

      According to the U.S. Department of Education (2002), approximately 95% of special education students with disabilities have been receiving their special education services in general education classes' for at least 80% of the day. Over the last fifteen years, these numbers increasingly have included students with severe disabilities (Boyd, Seo, Ryndak, & Fisher, 2005). An increasing number of students with mild, moderate, and severe disabilities have been receiving services along with students of the same chronological age who do not have disabilities. These services have been provided due to parental advocacy, legal litigation, changes in legislation, and research about the efficacy of educational services. The purpose of this research paper is to describe social and academic achievement of inclusive education practices for students with disabilities and their classmates without disabilities and describe a researched based model that has been proven to bring success to both groups of students.

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          Picture Schedules for Students with Intellectual Disabilities and Autism: A Review of the Literature

          By Keyhla Mino

          Many students with significant disabilities, including those with Austin Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Intellectual Disabilities (IND), overly rely on adult cues to perform daily tasks. Promoting the independence of individuals with disabilities has been the goal of many educators and parents of students with disabilities. The majority of students with ASD and IND encounter difficulties with transitions and with following routines. Providing students with a visual schedule can assist them in understanding what comes next; therefore, facilitating their transitions and daily routines. Researchers in a number of studies have consistently found picture schedules to be an effective intervention to use with individuals with Autism and Intellectual Disabilities. A picture schedule is a visual support system with photographs, images, or drawings in a sequential format providing the individual with the visual steps required to conduct an activity or to transition from one activity to the other.


          Implementing picture schedules can also increase predictability throughout the student's day, thus anticipating any changes in the daily routine. Picture schedules can vary in size and style and on how detailed they are, depending on the individual need of the student. Some students may need to start with one to three pictures, whereas other students may need to have the entire daily routine depicted on the schedule. Picture schedules are inexpensive and easy to construct, they can be applied in many different settings and in a variety of activities in school and away from school, which is ideal to both maintain and generalize behaviors.

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              • Assistive Technology and the IEP in Spanish

              • Multi-language Resources | Arabic, French, Mandarin, Portuguese, and Spanish

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              • How ESSA and IDEA Can Support College and Career Readiness for Students with Disabilities

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                Understanding Supplementary Aids and Services

                The IEP must contain a statement of the special education and related services and supplementary aids and services to be provided to the child, or on behalf of the child. We've split up the discussion of each of these important elements, because there is so much to say about each. This article focuses on supplementary aids and services.

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                  Acknowledgements

                  Portions of this or previous month’s NASET’s Special Educator e-Journal were excerpted from:

                  • Center for Parent Information and Resources
                  • Committee on Education and the Workforce
                  • FirstGov.gov-The Official U.S. Government Web Portal
                  • Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals (JAASEP)
                  • National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth
                  • National Institute of Health
                  • National Organization on Disability
                  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
                  • U.S. Department of Education
                  • U.S. Department of Education-The Achiever
                  • U.S. Department of Education-The Education Innovator
                  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
                  • U.S. Department of Labor
                  • U.S. Food and Drug Administration
                  • U.S. Office of Special Education

                    The National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET) thanks all of the above for the information provided for this or prior editions of the Special Educator e-Journal


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