1 BC SECAC Meeting Office of Specialized Services October 12 2015 Inclusion and the Least Restrictive Environment Information for Families Senator Paul Harkin Iowa stated we will not in our nation measure human beings by what they cannot do We should instead value the ID: 786899
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Inclusion and the Least Restrictive Environment
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BC SECAC Meeting
Office of Specialized Services
October 12, 2015
Slide2Inclusion and the Least
Restrictive
Environment
Information for Families
Senator Paul Harkin, Iowa, stated
“. . .we will not, in our nation, measure human beings by what they cannot do. We should, instead, value them for what they can do.”
Slide4Inclusion means including students with disabilities as valued members of the school community
McLeskey
, Rosenberg, and
Westling (2010)
Slide5Let’s look at what IDEA says about Least Restrictive Environment
One requirement in providing a free, appropriate public education (FAPE) for each child is to place each child with disabilities in the
“least restrictive environment” (LRE)
Slide6Specifically, IDEA requires
school districts to ensure:
Slide71. That to the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities, including children in public or private institutions or other care facilities, are educated with children who are not disabled; and. . .
Slide82. That special classes, separate schooling or other removal of children with disabilities from the regular educational environment occurs only when the nature or severity of the disability is such that education in regular classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily.
(
20U.S.C. 1412(a)(5)) (34C.F.R. 300.550(b)(1)-(2)
Slide9“Let us put our heads together and see what life we will make for our children.”
Tatanka
Iotanks
Sitting Bull
Slide10Least Restrictive
Environment(“LRE”)
To the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities are educated with children who are not disabled.
Slide11What about a separate education?
The IEP team can identify a separate education for students but only when the nature or severity of the disability of the child is such that education in general education classes with the use of supplementary aids and services cannot be achieved satisfactorily.
Slide12Why Include?
Slide13Inclusion in City Schools
Slide14Unlocking the IEP
Slide15Inclusion on the IEP
Accommodations
Supplementary Aids and Services
Slide16Inclusion on the IEP
Slide17Inclusion on the IEP
Slide18Questions?