IDEA 2004 includes an "Exception for Special Education Teachers Teaching to Alternate Achievement Standards"and "Special Education Teachers Teaching Multiple Subjects" (the full text of the definition of highly qualified special education teacher is in20 U.S.C. 1401 - Definitions). ...
To remedy evaluations that have led to over-representation of minority children in special education, IDEA 2004 requires that evaluations be administered in the child’s native language or mode of communication and that “no single procedure shall be the sole criterion.” (Section 1412(a)(6)(B)...
Specifically, Hirschi tapped into the old philosophy that "idle hands are the devil's workshop" in that if people are spending their time engaged in some form of prosocial activity, then they are not, by definition, spending their time engaged in antisocial activity. For example, youths who...
it is another instance of a PC game getting a fundamentally middling SNES port, in the same vein asPopulousandSimCity. There are no doubt those for whom this is “their”Civilization– the version of a monumental piece of video game history. This is the game that inspired Iain Banks to...
you will know how to find the definition of this term. Not only do we discuss it in Wrightslaw: Special Education Law (you can quickly search the e-book for any term), but you look it up in the Commentary of the Federal Register (it's on page46681). How do you know where to fin...
The full definition of the term “scientifically based research” includes that a peer-reviewed journal published the research, or that a panel of independent experts through a comparably rigorous, objective, and scientific review approved it. Must public agencies provide positive behavioral interventions...
The definition of “related services“supports individualized one-on-one remediation, i.e., tutoring. The definition of “specially designed instruction” also supports tutoring. I argue that under the definition of a “child with a disability,” the childneedsspecial education (specially designed in...
Part C eligibility is determined by each state's definition of developmental delay and whether it includes children at risk for disabilities in the eligibility formula. An important part of the evaluation process for infants and toddlers (ages 0 - 36 months) includes informed clinical opinion of ...