DIGITAL LIBRARY
CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF SPECIAL EDUCATION PREPARATION AND PRACTICE
Saint Leo University (UNITED STATES)
About this paper:
Appears in: EDULEARN17 Proceedings
Publication year: 2017
Pages: 9341-9343
ISBN: 978-84-697-3777-4
ISSN: 2340-1117
doi: 10.21125/edulearn.2017.0758
Conference name: 9th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies
Dates: 3-5 July, 2017
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Abstract:
The field of special education is a challenge for most nations and in the Unites States, a recent court decision will mandate new Federal laws. Each state will have to change regulations to comply with the new Federal law.

The change focuses on how students with disabilities, entitled to a "free, appropriate, public education (FAPE)" under the current law, has been newly defined, based on academic progress made by each student. This legal change re-defines what constitutes a FAPE for students with disabilities and how teacher preparatory programs can support new teachers, and how practitioners must support and be held accountable for the academic progress of students with disabilities in the prek-12 school setting.

This presentation will allow participants to learn and apply strategies to both the prek-12 classroom settings and in Institutes of Higher Education (IHE) that support students and assists teachers in meeting the needs of these students appropriately.
Keywords:
Special Education, IHE preparatory programs, students with disabilities.