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There are special education resources and residential options for loved ones with mental retardation or developmental disabilities. When a family member has special needs, families are faced with difficult decisions. When a child has severe mental retardation or violent and uncontrollable behavior, these decisions are made even more difficult as families struggle to provide their children with a life full of experiences and opportunities for maximum potential. Appropriate educational and residential options are among the many decisions families of children with special needs must face.
Recognizing that every person with special needs has unique strengths, abilities and needs, VOR supports a full array of educational and residential options. We are the only national organization supporting a full array of educational and residential options.
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Wrightslaw
Parents, advocates, educators, and attorneys come to Wrightslaw for accurate, up-to-date information about special education law and advocacy for children with disabilities. You will find articles, cases, newsletters, and resources about dozens of topics in the Advocacy Libraries and Law Libraries. Wrightslaw is ranked #1 in education law, special education law and special education advocacy.
IDEA Statutes and Regulations
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Author: Bev Johns
We face an increasing problem of a local school or school district adopting
a philosophy of "full inclusion". For the following reasons "full
inclusion" violates Federal law and Federal regulations, despite some
school administrators saying all students with disabilities have the
"right" to full inclusion in the regular classroom.
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Schools grapple with degree to which they're responsible for social, as well as academic, skills
By Sara B. Miller | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor, August 24, 2004
She was a bright 9-year-old with a high IQ and a flair for creative writing. When she grew anxious and refused to do homework, her parents and school were at a loss. No one considered it a learning disability, until sixth grade when she tried to commit suicide. She was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, a neurological disorder that can interfere with basic social skills.
Still, looking at her academic record, officials in her Maine school district said that while she needed extra support, they saw no reason to place the girl - known as L.I. in court documents - in special education. After all, she'd been able to learn despite her difficulties.
But her parents disagreed with the decision, and have filed a civil rights suit in federal court in Maine.
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VOR's February 20, 2004 edition of the Weekly E-Mail Updated focused on Special Education. Offered was a collection of articles and other resources for families of children with special needs. Specifically,
- About this issue: Special Education
- VOR Position on Special Education: Choices for a lifetime; Options for all
- Laws and Special Education
- Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
- Does "Full Inclusion" Violate Federal Law?
- Don't Take Sides on Inclusion
- No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
- NCLB Analogy: No Dentist Left Behind
- Against full inclusion: Special Ed Suit Is Filed in Orange County (excerpts)
- Case for inclusion: Chicago's schools warned on special ed (excerpts)
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By Marcie Roth
The Ragged Edge
Marcie Roth is a well-respected, longtime national disability rights advocate.
September 2003
I have been fighting for children with disabilities to be able to receive a
free appropriate public education since before PL 94-142 -- now called the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA -- was passed, back in
1975. I have represented hundreds of families as they fought to get their
children that free appropriate public education in their neighborhood
school, in the classroom the child would have attended if they didn't have
a disability.
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