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Direct linkKeenan, Walter R.; Shaw, Stan F. – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
The legal basis for serving students with learning disabilities at the K-12 level is predominantly derived from the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This federal law provides for substantive education support for students with learning disabilities through an Individualized Educational Program (IEP). However, because the IDEA…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Learning Disabilities
Cortiella, Candace; Mather, Nancy; Diller, Lawrence; Goldstein, Sam – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Forest Grove School District v. T.A. involved a student with learning disabilities, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and depression (T.A.) whose parents had moved him to a private academy for students with special needs without first consulting with his public school. In the past, the school district had found T.A. to be ineligible…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Public Schools, Private Schools, Individualized Education Programs
Cherkes-Julkowski, Miriam – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2003
By making the general curriculum the reference point for all considerations, The New Era proposals set forth by the President's Commission are devoid of all considerations of individual differences. Rather than tailoring IEP's to the particular learning characteristics of individual children, it is suggested that one kind of good, scientifically…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Individualized Education Programs, Special Education, Foreign Countries
Johns, Bev – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2005
The reauthorization of IDEA, which is now Public Law 108-446, was signed into law by President Bush on December 3, 2004. This article discusses background issues and some of the consequences of this new law for children with learning disabilities. For the first time in a reauthorization of IDEA, the rights of parents and students have been…
Descriptors: Parent Rights, Inclusive Schools, Learning Disabilities, Standardized Tests
