Non Discriminatory Evaluation

How would knowing about famous individuals with disabilities change how you or other people perceive having a disability?
Famous people often serve as role models and grace the covers of the most popular magazines. Their faces are recognizable because of their fame in things such as movies, sports, and technology. Knowing that someone of such caliber in society holds a disability, I believe, brings about a sense of encouragement and motivation to those who feel disabilities hold limitations on life.
What does this list tell you about how disabilities can be overcome?
Some of the most influential people of all time have or had a disability they had to overcome to have such successful lives and careers. The list proves people with disabilities can overcome whatever they put their mind to and follow their dreams
despite their disabilities. Whether you are deaf or have a severe case of dyslexia, you are can overcome the obstacles in your path and succeed to live an influential life.
Review the following federal laws in chapter 1. Write 2-3 sentences about each law, describing its contents. Individuals with Disabilities Education (IDEA)
-IDEA was put in place in 1975 to ensure children from ages 3-21 have the accessibility to educational programs and instructional assistance in school systems. It was revised in 1997 to add ADHD disabilities, create IEP's for each student receiving services, and added behavioral assessments and evaluations to determine intervention practices for each child. In 2004, IDEA required highly qualified teachers for teaching positions, changed identification procedures and practices, and required that all students take part in state and district testing with accommodations.
No Child Left Behind
-No Child Left Behind, also known as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, was put into law in 2001 focusing on issues such as high teacher quality and demonstrative proficiency in the areas of math and English. The act also called for each state to determine it's own set of standards that would be assessed to achieve these goals. The NCLB act upholds the improvement of outcomes for students with disabilities and holds schools accountable with the educational outcomes for students with disabilities.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
-On July 26th, 1990 the Americans with Disabilities Act was put into law. The law prohibited discrimination against people with disabilities through employment opportunities, transportation systems, public accommodations, communication services, and government establishments. Review Figure 1.4 on the Six Principles of IDEA. Define each principle and tell why you think it is important for students with disabilities.
Zero Reject
-Schools must educate all children with disabilities.
Zero reject opens the pathway for students with disabilities to have the same educational opportunities as students without disabilities. No one can be rejected from the opportunity for an education.
Non-discriminatory Evaluation
-Students have the right to be tested to see whether a student has a disability.
Then if needed, the student has a right to special education services within the school system. The evaluation process ensures that a student's needs can be identified and then a plan is in place for an appropriate education for the student.
Non-discriminatory evaluation is vital because it gives an unbiased assessment for the students needs and helps identify academic goals for success.
Appropriate Education
-Appropriate education is the implementation of plans developed for a specific child's special needs and services.
This principle is important because it gives a particular, goal-oriented education plan for each unique student.
Least Restrictive Environment
-Least restrictive environment states that students with disabilities should receive educational instruction with children without disabilities to the furthest extent possible. They are only relocated to an inclusion classroom in severe cases. Under this clause, a classroom must have a system in place to provide services in a regular classroom to aid the student with
disabilities.
A least restrictive environment is beneficiary to a student with disabilities as they are able to interact with others on their grade level and receive a general education experience.
Procedural Due Process
-Due process procedures secure rights for the disabled and their families. If parents/guardians disagree with an assessment result, they may go through a resolution phase with the school personnel. Then, they may go through a process of mediation if they cannot come to an appropriate resolution. If an agreement cannot be made, parents/guardians may request a due process hearing. Lastly, if a parent/guardian is still at a disagreement with the decision from a hearing, they may appeal to higher level courts.
Procedural due process is important because the process holds those accountable pertaining to the care and education for a child with disabilities.
Parental and Student Participation
-Schools must work alongside the parents/guardians of a student with disabilities to ensure the appropriate services are being administered to the child. Parent's request are to be honored through IEP plans for the student's intervention at the school. Parents also are to know their own rights through their student's right to a free education and due process procedures. Parents have access to school records regarding their child and can also decide who has access to those records. Schools must then let the student know of the rights that their parents/guardians held and that those rights will then belong to him/her when the student reaches the age of 18.
Parents/guardians have the right and responsibility to be involved in their child's education. I personally feel IEP goals can be obtained with the help of a parent's involvement to assist their child through their academics. The parents are in the position to be a student's most influential encouragement and support. -