A Historical View of Special Education
A Historical View of Special Education
Special Education Timeline: Overview
This special education timeline emphasizes the major events in the history of special education. It gives a good overview of the progression towards our current special education condition.
Special Education Timeline: Landmark Decisions
This special education timeline shows the landmark decisions leading up to and after IDEA.
Special Education Timeline: Children Are The Future
This timeline shows us how far we’ve progressed towards a fair education for everyone. At LearningRx we believe that children with disabilities can be as smart (if not smarter) than non special students through brain training. We’ve proved it thousands of times. LearningRx helps struggling students with disabilities become smarter and overcome their difficulties. We strengthen their cognitive skills through one-on-one mental exercises. Cognitive skills have been shown to be the leading “weak link” causing learning disorders. To find out more information contact a local LearningRx near you.
Special Education Timeline: Overview
This special education timeline emphasizes the major events in the history of special education. It gives a good overview of the progression towards our current special education condition.
Special Education Timeline: Landmark Decisions
This special education timeline shows the landmark decisions leading up to and after IDEA.
| 1993 | Parental advocacy groups are formed to push for federal help in the hope of fair educational opportunities for their children with disabilities. |
| 1965 | Congress creates a Bureau of Education for the Handicapped later named Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). Little change happens early but it indicated change was approaching. |
| 1972 | Two landmark decisions made through the Supreme Court decide that children with disabilities should have an equal right to access education. Mills v. D.C. Board of Education & PARC v. Pennsylvania. |
| 1974 |
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is passed allowing parents access to all personal information used by the school regarding their child. |
| 1975 | An Act that allows all school districts to educate students with disabilities, called the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHCA), is passed. It is later amended and renamed as Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in 1990. |
| 1977 |
The final federal regulations are passed and require school districts to adhere to a set of rules when providing education to children with disabilities. |
| 1999 | Americans with Disabilities Act is enacted allowing disabled children to become more common place in school districts and gives parents and children certain rights under IDEA. |
| 2001 | The No Child Left Behind law becomes enacted calling for ALL students to become proficient in reading and math by the year 2014. |
Special Education Timeline: Children Are The Future
This timeline shows us how far we’ve progressed towards a fair education for everyone. At LearningRx we believe that children with disabilities can be as smart (if not smarter) than non special students through brain training. We’ve proved it thousands of times. LearningRx helps struggling students with disabilities become smarter and overcome their difficulties. We strengthen their cognitive skills through one-on-one mental exercises. Cognitive skills have been shown to be the leading “weak link” causing learning disorders. To find out more information contact a local LearningRx near you.
