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IDEA & Students with Disabilities
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Kern, Laura; Yell, Mitchell L. – Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, 2020
This Practice Brief was developed as a result of the roundtable dialogue that occurred at the 2019 Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Leadership Forum in Chicago, Illinois, and is not intended to provide comprehensive legal guidance. Districts/schools should consult with their district's legal resources for deciding on legal…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Positive Behavior Supports, Educational Legislation, Equal Education
Issues of Policy and Law in Transition Services: Implications for Special Education Leaders
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Petcu, Stefania D.; Yell, Mitchell L.; Cholewicki, Judith M.; Plotner, Anthony J. – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2014
The successful transition into adulthood of students with disabilities should be a priority for parents, students, educators, and leaders in special education. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) amendments of 1990 first mandated transition services for individuals with disabilities. Subsequent amendments to the IDEA in 1997 and…
Descriptors: Special Education, Disabilities, Developmental Tasks, Federal Legislation
"Schaffer v. Weast": The Supreme Court on the Burden of Persuasion when Challenging IEPS
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Conroy, Terrye; Yell, Mitchell L.; Katsiyannis, Antonis – Remedial and Special Education, 2008
On November 14, 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision in "Schaffer v. Weast." This special education decision concerned which party bears the burden of persuasion when parents challenge a school district's Individualized Education Program (IEP) in a due process hearing. In this article, we define burden of persuasion and…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Individualized Education Programs, Disabilities, Court Litigation
Education and the Law.
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Yell, Mitchell L. – Preventing School Failure, 1997
Reviews the 1997 amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in the context of the law's history. Focused on are changes in Individualized Education Program requirements, mediation as a conflict resolution option, discipline of students in special education, and the required review of the relationship between a student's…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Conflict Resolution, Disabilities, Discipline
Developing Legally Correct and Educationally Appropriate Programs for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders.
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Yell, Mitchell L.; Katsiyannis, Antonis; Drasgow, Erik; Herbst, Maria – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2003
This article extrapolates principles from litigation concerning students with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to establish guidelines for individualized education program teams developing appropriate special education programs for students with ASD. Principles address free, appropriate public…
Descriptors: Autism, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Due Process
The IDEA Amendments of 1997: Implications for Special and General Education Teachers, Administrators, and Teacher Trainers.
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Yell, Mitchell L.; Shriner, James G. – Focus on Exceptional Children, 1997
Summarizes the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997, especially changes in the individualized education program process, discipline of students with disabilities, accountability, and procedural safeguards. It also addresses restructuring of the act, issues of assessment as a means of accountability, development of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Correctional Education, Disabilities, Discipline