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The History of Special Education in the United States

By katzeyes25

  • United States 1st. Special Education School

    United States 1st. Special Education School
    YouTube VideoThe oldest permanent school for the deaf founded by Thomas Hopkins Gallaud developed in the United States in Hartford CT.

  • Compulsory Attendance Act

    Compulsory Attendance Act
    https://www3.nd.edu/~rbarger/www7/compulso.html
    Compulsory attendance is a mandated law that states all school aged children attend public school until they reach specified ages. Consequences of violating this law were the removal of the student from regular classrooms to an alternative setting.

  • Watson vs. City of Cambridge-

    Watson vs. City of Cambridge-
    The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts permitted that a student (John A. Watson) be removed from school in 1885 because he was thought to be too weak minded to profit from instruction.

  • The Counsel for Exceptional Education is Created

    The Counsel for Exceptional Education is Created
    A group of students gather together to unite and exchange ideas on how to carry out their initial goal and worldwide mission, which was to improve educational outcomes from children with exceptionalities.

  • 1943 Autism is Introduced

    1943 Autism is Introduced
    Dr. Leo Kanner is the first scientist to clearly define autism. He first called it “infantile autism” and described it as highly intelligent but displayed a strong desire for aloneness with obsessions and sameness.

  • Brown vs. Board of Education

    Brown vs. Board of Education
    US Supreme Court landmark decision highlights the case that made history. This care establishes the right of all children to an equal opportunity for an education dismantling segregation.

  • Mills vs. Board of Education of the District of Columbia.

    Mills vs. Board of Education of the District of Columbia.
    Seven children were excluded from public school in Washington DC. due to learning and behavioral issues. The school district contended that it did not have proper funding to provide special education programs for them. The court ruled that financial problems cannot be allowed to prevent the students from their education and ordered that the students be readmitted a properly served.

  • November 29, 1975- PL-142 becomes law-

    November 29, 1975- PL-142 becomes law-
    United States President Gerald Ford signs this new law. States will now receive federal funds to provide their students with disabilities. In order to receive federal funds states must develop and implement policies that assure a free appropriate public education (FAPE) to all children with disabilities. This law is considered the bill of rights for students with disabilities and their families.

  • Armstrong vs. Kline Pennsylvania

    Armstrong vs. Kline Pennsylvania
    This case established the right to some children with severe disabilities to an extension of the 180-day public school day. This was brought about because the parents claimed their children would regress during the usual breaks throughout the regular school year. Since then several states and local school districts offer year round schooling.

  • Honig vs. Doe

    Honig vs. Doe
    California court ruled that children with disabilities cannot be excluded from school for any misbehavior that is disability related.

  • PL94-142 is renamed (IDEA) Individuals with Dsabilities Education Act.

    PL94-142 is renamed (IDEA) Individuals with Dsabilities Education Act.
    This new terminology focuses attention to the individual, not to the label or condition. Students are entitles to a free appropriate public education (FAPE) and also will be placed in the least restricted environment (LRE) For the protection of the students parents are provided with procedural safeguards