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Listed below are links to the U. S. Department of Education from their Office
of Special Education Programs. These pages contain general information and
areas of special interest.
 | IDEA
2004 provides an overview of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA). In addition to the General Information offered,
there are several links to specific areas that affect all of us as educators and
change agents. |
| A Guide
to the Individual Education Program is a comprehensive rendering of the
basic Special Education process. Of special interest in the table of
contents is the section on IEP Team Members. |
| NCLB takes you
to the Desk Top Reference for the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
This site is comprehensive and it explains in detail all aspects of what
changed in 2001. |
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The following links offer information provided by the Massachusetts
Department of Education. The
pages include some helpful definitions of terms that are
frequently written in Individual Education Plans (IEPs).
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Disability
Definitions and Related links provides definitions for all disabilities
that would qualify a child for Special Education services. In addition to
the working definitions, there are thirteen links that provide more
information about each disability. |
| Education
Reform - lays out all the provisions of the Education reform Act of
1993. This is where we got Standards, Curriculum Frameworks, MCAS,
Accountability, and all the other driving forces in public education in
Massachusetts today. All the Frameworks are listed here, including the
new History and Social Science initiatives from August, 2003. |
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Chapter
71B - General Laws on Children with Special Needs. Covers
Chapter 71 B Sections 1-15. |
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Special Education
- This page contains general information, technical assistance, policy
statements, a section on the IEP process, forms, and notification, and links
to teacher resources and national sites. |
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