Task
You've
just applied for a job as an assistant to a senior researcher who
works for the Department of Education. The researcher wants you
to be able to read and absorb information quickly, and to be facile
at using the World Wide Web to locate data about Public Laws related
to Accessibility Technology and Disabilities. To eliminate the non-serious
applicants, she has created a scavenger hunt. The winner of the
hunt will be her first choice for the job. Are you ready to take
this challenge?
Resources
Here
are some sites that might contain the information you need to answer
the questions:
http://www.scn.org/~bk269/94-142.html
http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/95school_1.html
http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/Diversity/
Specific/Disability/Government/Legislation/pubp999999
http://www.cec.sped.org/pp/1a
http://www.edst.purdue.edu/lloyd/Course/540-562/PL-105-17.html
QUESTIONS
1.
Which law required states to provide a free appropriate public education
(FAPE) to all children and mandated an individualized education
program (IEP) for every student with a disability?
_________________________________________________________________________________
2.
Both the Public Law 94-142 Education for All Handicapped Children
Act and the Public Law 101-476 Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (IDEA) require that students with disabilities be placed in
the least restrictive placement (LRE) as possible. What does LRE
mean? Please explain in your own words.
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
3.
According to ________________________________Act, in developing
each child’s IEP, the IEP team, must consider whether the
child requires assistive technology devices and services.
4.
This Public Law provides financial assistance to states on a competitive
grant basis, to plan and implement a consumer responsive system
of technology services for individuals of all ages with disabilities.
Unlike already existing public programs, this federal initiative
represents the first time Congress targeted new public resources
exclusively to expand access to assistive technology. What is the
name of this Act?
____________________________________________________________________________________
5.
Which law reaffirmed PL 94-147, the Education of the handicapped
Act’s requirements of a free, appropriate public education
(FAPE) through an individualized education program (IEP) and replaced
the word "handicapped" to "disabled”?
____________________________________________________________________________________
Created
by Yesim Yilmazel-Sahin
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