IDEA—the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

IDEA—the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act · IDEA was originally enacted by Congress in 1975 to ensure that children with disabilities have the ... IDEA—theIndividualswithDisabilitiesEducationAct CurrentasofSeptember2017 InSpanish|Enespañol   IDEAwasoriginallyenactedbyCongressin1975toensurethatchildrenwithdisabilitieshavetheopportunitytoreceiveafreeappropriatepubliceducation,justlikeotherchildren. Thelawhasbeenrevisedmanytimesovertheyears. ThemostrecentamendmentswerepassedbyCongressinDecember2004,withfinalregulationspublishedinAugust2006(PartBforschool-agedchildren)andinSeptember2011(PartC,forbabiesandtoddlers). Thelawhasalong,detailed,andpowerfulhistory. This websiteisfullofinformationaboutIDEA.Wearepleasedtoconnectyouwith: SummariesofIDEA’srequirements,whichshapewhatschoolsystemsdo; IDEAitself—toreadIDEA’sexactwords,youcaneitherdownloadacopyofthelawanditsregulations,orreadthemhereonline; GuidanceonIDEAfromtheOfficeofSpecialEducationProgramsattheU.S.DepartmentofEducation;and TrainingmaterialsonIDEAthatyoucanusetofullyinformyourselfandothers. Usethelinksabovetofindthetypeofinformationyou’relookingforonIDEA.It’sagreatlaw!Complicated,tobesure,butwellworthunderstandingandimplementing.   ___________________________________________________ SummariesofIDEA Ifyou’relookingforsummariesofwhatthelawrequires(ratherthanitsword-for-wordstatuteorregulations),letuspointyoutotwoothermajorsectionsofourwebsite: Servicesforbabiesandtoddlerstothethirdbirthday(PartCofIDEA) https://www.parentcenterhub.org/babies/ Servicesforschool-agedchildren,includingpreschoolers(PartBofIDEA) https://www.parentcenterhub.org/schoolage/  Backtotop ExactWordsofIDEAItself ToreadIDEA’sverbatimlanguagecanbeabighelpinunderstandingwhylocalpracticesinschoolsandearlychildhoodsettingsareastheyare.Hereistheplacetoconnectwiththatlanguage.Usethelinksbelowtoexploretheactualwordsofournation’sspecialeducationlaw. GetaCopyofIDEA DoesyourdeskneedafullcopyofIDEAoritsimplementingregulations?Here’swhere! PartCofIDEA:EarlyInterventionforBabiesandToddlers UnderIDEAPartC,infantsandtoddlerswithdisabilities(birth-3)andtheirfamiliesreceiveearlyinterventionservices. PartBofIDEA:ServicesforSchool-AgedChildren Childrenandyouth(ages3-22)receivespecialeducationandrelatedservicesunderPartBofIDEA.Findoutallaboutthisextremelycriticalpartofthelaw.  Backtotop GuidanceonIDEAfromtheU.S.DepartmentofEducation TheOfficeofSpecialEducationPrograms(OSEP)attheU.S.DepartmentofEducationregularlyprovidesguidancetothefieldonIDEA.Allareintendedtoclarifyelementsofthelawanditsregulations,andareanimportantpartofunderstandingIDEAandhowtoimplementit.Toconnectwiththisfederalguidance,visit:https://www.parentcenterhub.org/doe/  Backtotop TrainingMaterialsonIDEA Ifyou’reatraineroradvocatewho’dliketotellothersaboutIDEA,orfindmaterialstobecomefullyinformedyourself—includingallthosepeskylittledetails—thenvisitthe trainingcurriculumonIDEA2004offeredhereontheCPIR’swebsite. Thetrainingcurriculumis dividedinto2parts: TrainingmaterialsforPartB(School-agedchildren) BuildingtheLegacy/ConstruyendoelLegado forPartBgivesyou19trainingmodulesinEnglishand8inSpanishcoveringthemajortopicsforschool-agedchildrenwithinIDEA2004. Materialsforeachmoduleinclude:aslideshowpresentation,atrainer’sguide,handoutsforparticipants,andsupplementalresourcesfortrainers.Youcanusethesematerialstoinformyourselfortotrainothers. TrainingmaterialsforPartC(Babiesandtoddlerstothe3rdbirthday) Thispartofthe trainingcurriculumisbasedonthefinalPartCregulationsreleasedinSeptember2011. Materialsforeachmoduleinclude:aslideshowpresentation,handoutsforparticipants,andadetailedtrainer’sguide.Youcanusethesematerialstoinformyourselfortotrainothers. Backtotop ________________________________________________________ **HighlyRatedResource! Thisresourcewasreviewedby3-memberpanelsofParentCenterstaffworkingindependentlyfromoneanothertoratethequality,relevance,andusefulnessofCPIRresources.Thisresourcewasfoundtobeof“HighQuality,HighRelevance,HighUsefulness”toParentCenters. ________________________________________ Share: PreviousDueProcessHearings NextRoadmaptoBehavioralHealth:AGuidetoUsingMentalHealthandSubstanceUseDisorderServices