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The Impact Of Endrew F. V. Douglas County And Judicial Ideology On Individuals With Disabilities Education Act Fape Determinations In United States District Courts, Chrishawn Sontia Finister
The Impact Of Endrew F. V. Douglas County And Judicial Ideology On Individuals With Disabilities Education Act Fape Determinations In United States District Courts, Chrishawn Sontia Finister
Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Dissertations
The Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA) is legislation intended to ensure that children with disabilities receive a free and appropriate public education (FAPE). Over the last 35 years, the FAPE standard by which special education services were evaluated was determined by the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruling in Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District v. Rowley (“Rowley”) in 1982. On March 22, 2017, the Rowley 1982 standard of FAPE was altered with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Endrew F. vs. Douglas County School District (commonly referred to as Endrew F.). The law allows …
School Psychologists’ Knowledge Of The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, Christian W. Rewoldt
School Psychologists’ Knowledge Of The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, Christian W. Rewoldt
Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Dissertations
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between experience as a school psychologist, time spent in supervising other school psychologists, training hours, interest in learning more about the IDEA, perceived self-knowledge of IDEA requirements, and time spent in evaluating students for IDEA eligibility with school psychologist’s level of knowledge about IDEA eligibility requirements. A survey reflecting standards and competencies for professional practice was developed and administered to a sample of school psychologists licensed to practice in the state of Texas. A multiple regression analysis was performed on the data set. Among the predictors studied, only experience and …
Teachers' Perspectives On The Efficacy Of Inclusion For The General Education Student, Valayne May
Teachers' Perspectives On The Efficacy Of Inclusion For The General Education Student, Valayne May
Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Dissertations
Laws require special education students to be educated in the least restricted environment, which often means placing special education students with their general education peers in inclusion classroom settings. Inclusion classroom research has focused mainly on the efficacy for special education students, ignoring the effects of inclusion on the general education students, who make up the majority of students in K-12 education. Therefore, the purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the perceptions of four content and three special education teachers who teach in inclusion classrooms in a successful middle school in Texas regarding the efficacy of inclusion for …