Authors: Nikki L. Murdick
ISBN-13: 9780131175716, ISBN-10: 0131175718
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Date Published: February 2006
Edition: 2nd Edition
With IDEA 2004 and its accompanying regulations as its foundation, this readable book provides the most up-to-date and accurate information on the laws impacting the field of special education today. This comprehensive book enables teachers and other special educators to examine current legislation from a historical perspective, and provides the reader with an opportunity to understand the evolving nature of special education legislation and how it is interpreted by case law.
The second edition of Special Education Law has expanded its utility by adding additional content, including:
Ch. 1 | Historical overview of special education | 2 |
Ch. 2 | A new foundation for special education services | 20 |
Ch. 3 | Free appropriate public education | 44 |
Ch. 4 | Nondiscriminatory evaluation | 66 |
Ch. 5 | Program development | 90 |
Ch. 6 | Least restrictive environment | 118 |
Ch. 7 | Procedural due process | 142 |
Ch. 8 | Parental participation | 164 |
Ch. 9 | Enforcement of special education law | 180 |
Ch. 10 | Discipline issues | 202 |
Ch. 11 | Mediation and impartial due process hearing | 218 |
Ch. 12 | Ethics and the special education professional | 242 |
App. A | The American legal system | 253 |
App. B | Reading and researching case law | 259 |