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Special Education Law A Guide for Parents, Advocates, and Educators

To any professional concerned with exceptional children, it would be the greatest understatement to say that the courts and legislatures have had a tremendous impact on the field of speeial education. Especially in the last decade, a flood of litigation filed to develop and define the right to educa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goldberg, Steven S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1982, 1982
Edition:1st ed. 1982
Subjects:
Humanities And Social Sciences
Physical Sciences
Humanities
Engineering
Science
Fundamentals Of Law
Civil Law
Life Sciences
Law
Social Sciences
Technology And Engineering
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 2.13. Excluding Persons without a Legitimate Educational Interest: The Government Requirements
  • 2.14. Notes
  • 3 Prohibiting Discrimination against Handicapped Students
  • 3.1. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
  • 3.2. Preschool, Elementary, and Secondary Education
  • 3.3. The Integration Requirement
  • 3.4. Court-Ordered Integration: Hairston v. Drosick
  • 3.5. Evaluation Procedures
  • 3.6. Nonacademic Services
  • 3.7. Postsecondary Education
  • 3.8. Auxiliary Aids
  • 3.9. Access to Postsecondary Programs: Southeastern Community College v. Davis
  • 3.10. Other Section 504 Provisions
  • 3.11. Notes
  • 4 The Special Education Hearing: Preparation and Litigation
  • 4.1. The Purpose of a Hearing
  • 4.2. Preparation for the Hearing
  • 4.3. At the Hearing
  • 4.4. The Hearing Officer
  • 4.5. The Opening Statement
  • 4.6. The Presentation of Witnesses
  • 4.7. The Testimony of School District Officials
  • 4.8. Medical Testimony
  • 4.9. The Psychological Testimony
  • 4.10. The Parent as a Witness
  • 4.11. Cross-Examination
  • 4.12. Closing Statement
  • 4.13. Appeals
  • 4.14. Model Exceptions
  • 4.15. Appeal to Court
  • 4.16. Notes
  • 5 Major Issues in Special Education Law
  • 5.1. Continuous Special Education
  • 5.2. Discipline and Special Education
  • 5.3. Language and Racial Minorities
  • 5.4. Special Education Malpractice
  • 5.5. Gifted and Talented Children
  • 5.6. Notes
  • Appendix 1 Federal Requirements for the Education of all Handicapped Children (20 U.S.C. §§1401-1420)
  • Appendix 2 P.L. 94-142 Regulations (34 C.F.R. PART 300)
  • Appendix 3 Section 504 of the Rehabilitation act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. § 794)
  • Appendix 4 Section 504 Regulations (34 C.F.R. Part 104)
  • Appendix 5 Legal Organizations
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1. The Background
  • 1.2. The Right to Education for Retarded Children: Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
  • 1.3. Districtwide Relief for All Handicapped Students: Mills v. Board of Education, District of Columbia
  • 1.4. Programs for Newly Identified Children: Frederick L. v. Thomas
  • 1.5. Notes
  • 2 A National Right to Education: The Education for all Handicapped Children act
  • 2.1. An Overview
  • 2.2. Court-Ordered Implementation of P.L. 94-142: Mattie T. v. Holladay
  • 2.3. Free Appropriate Public Education
  • 2.4. Handicapped Children
  • 2. 5. Individualized Education Program
  • 2.6. Due Process Procedures
  • 2.7. Appeals
  • 2.8. Surrogate Parents
  • 2.9. Evaluations
  • 2.10. Least Restrictive Environment
  • 2.11. Least Restrictive Environment and the Courts: The Willowbrook Case
  • 2.12. Confidentiality of Records

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