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Chapter 8 Free Appropriate Public Education
Legal/Ethical Aspects in Special Education (SPED 525)
University of North Dakota
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Short Answer (3 points each)
In the Rowley decision, the Supreme Court developed a twofold test when determining if a student with disabilities is provided an appropriate education. Explain the Rowley case and both parts of this test. How can schools ensure that they meet each part? The first part of the twofold test is seeing if the school district personnel has complied with the procedures of IDEA. And the second part is seeing if the school has developed an IEP that is reasonably calculated to enable the child to receive educational benefits. This also requires the courts to examine the child’s IEP and the progress he/she has made whether the IEP made was the best reasonable calculations for the child to make progress. If these criteria are met then the school has done their part.
There are important implications for school officials from the Lovaas cases regarding a FAPE. List and explain two of these implications. Parents must play an important role of the child’s educational decisions. This is a procedural violation against the child. Another implication is to cause depravation of educational benefits against the child. This is also a procedural violation. To this date the court is still hearing cases based of these violations of a child’s education.
What is a related service? When must a school provide a related service? What are the limitations on related services? Related services are supportive services that are related to assist the child with a disability to benefit from special education. The school must provide related services when the student has a diagnosed disability and the related services are required for the student. There are some limitations on these related services, specifically implanted devices such as cochlear implants.
Briefly discuss predetermination. How can IEP teams avoid predetermination? Predetermination is the districts presentation of parents in one placement option and is unwilling to be open to consider other alternatives. The IEP team can avoid predetermination by keeping an open mind, using an agenda to guide the meeting, carefully consider what the parents input is, don’t automatically discount other recommendations made by other agencies or personal, and finally keep good documentation.
Briefly discuss the components of FAPE. FAPE is an acronym for free appropriate public education which include multiple components. First and foremost it allows students to receive a special education service and related service with no cost to them. This also includes that schools cannot deny services to students because of the expense it will bring to them. Next the education that the child is receiving must be appropriate, while this is a wide controversial topic in special education the school district is responsible for putting forth effort to provide this appropriate education. Also under FAPE is state standards, the education plan the given student is on must meet the standards of the educational state agency. Finally the school district must involve the parents and be sure they are an essential part of their child’s education.
Describe the peer-reviewed research requirement of the IDEA. How is it related to FAPE? Research done must be reviewed by qualified and independent reviewers to ensure the quality and accuracy of the publication. Due to the accuracy and quality that varies from research to research not all research can be taken for 100% within the school district, meaning that just because article Y says to do M for a child with autism doesn’t mean the school district must do so. FAPE says free and appropriate yet cannot put unnecessary financial hardship on the school. Even after articles are peer-reviewed and published they must be taken lightly as times/research/qualifications are constantly changing.
Briefly discuss extended school year services and when they should be provided to students with disabilities. Extended school year or ESY is a service provided during the summer/breaks for students to help with retention. Students with disabilities lose learned information at a much higher rate than students without disabilities. ESY can help students keep that learned information in their head.
Discuss the IEP team’s responsibilities when a student with disabilities graduates. By the time the student reaches 16 years old their IEP must include transition planning. The transition planning is for the student to figure out what they are wanting to do when he/she graduates. Maybe this is technical schooling, continuing education, job corps, etc. This will also include community experiences, daily living skills, and any other essential living skills.
Journal article questions (6 points):
- List the top 10 implications of Endrew F. decision (3 points):
- The IEP is the cornerstone of a student’s educational program and the blueprint of a FAPE.
- Adhere to the IDEA’s procedures when developing students’ IEPs.
- Parents play an important role in their child’s education, are vital team members, and must be involved in a meaningful way in the development of their child’s IEP.
- Assessment must be relevant, meaningful, and address all of a student’s needs.
- Annual IEP goals should be ambitious, challenging, measurable, and assessed.
- Special education programming must be designed to enable a student to make appropriate progress in light of the student’s circumstances and must be clearly specified in a student’s IEP.
- Monitor student progress in a systematic manner and regularly report student progress to his or her parents.
- Make instructional changes when data indicates a student is not progressing towards his or her goals.
- The burden is on professionals to justify the decisions they make on a student’s IEP regarding his or her progress. 10 abreast of legal developments in special education.
Chapter 8 Free Appropriate Public Education
Course: Legal/Ethical Aspects in Special Education (SPED 525)
University: University of North Dakota
