Legal+&+Societal+Issues

II. Legal and Societal Issues

 * 1) Federal laws and legal issues related to special education, including
 * 2) IDEA 2004 - IDEA
 * 3) Section 504 - Section 504
 * 4) Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - ADA
 * 5) Important legal issues, such as those raised by the following cases: //Rowley// re: program appropriateness Program Appropriateness, //Tatro// re: related services Related Services, //Honig// re: discipline Disipline, //Oberti// re: inclusion Inclusion


 * 1) The school's connections with the families, prospective and actual employers, and communities of students with disabilities, for example:
 * 2) teacher advocacy for students and families, developing student self-advocacy
 * 3) parent partnerships and roles
 * 4) public attitudes toward individuals with disabilities
 * 5) cultural and community influences on public attitudes toward individuals with disabilities
 * 6) interagency agreements
 * 7) cooperative nature of the transition planning process


 * 1) Historical movements/trends affecting the connections between special education and the larger society, for example:
 * 2) deinstitutionalization and community-based placements
 * 3) inclusion
 * 4) application of technology
 * 5) transition
 * 6) advocacy
 * 7) accountability and meeting educational standards