Concept information
Preferred term
special education
Definition
- Special education is a set of free instructional and related services offered in U.S. schools to qualified individual students with identified disabilities. Originally enacted by Congress in 1975 under the title Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EAHC), or Public Law (P.L.) 94–142, the legislation established the foundation of special education services to meet the needs of students with disabilities who had traditionally been disenfranchised from the public school system. [Source: Multicultural America: A Multimedia Encyclopedia; Special Education]
Narrower concepts
- adapted physical education
- assistive technology
- conductive education
- diversity in special education
- history of special education
- inclusion
- integrated education
- noncategorical education
- response to intervention
- special education assessment
- special education curriculum
- special education law
- special education policies
- special education services
- special education techniques
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/special_education
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