IDEA 2004
My goal this week is to help parents and educators understand the IDEA 2004.
IDEA stands for Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. This act is a law ensuring children with disabilities with the right services for education through out the nation. The website Building the Legacy: IDEA 2004 help explains the different methods of intervention for infants, children and young adults. Visit http://idea.ed.gov/ for more information. This website is very informational as it explains the regulations pertaining to the IDEA 2004. It’s also a good reference for future questions because it is actively up to date.
The IDEA 2004 helps parents and educators understand why the IEP becomes important. The IEP is the Individualized Education Program. The wright’s law website is very helpful because it goes into depth on how to improve education with Children that have disabilities, high qualified teachers and the IEP. I highly suggest this website http://www.wrightslaw.com/idea/ and review the different links it has available.
I feel like it’s very important for parents and educators to understanding the IDEA 2004 if they are working with children with disabilities or have one of their own. I think it’s important to understand this so they have no boundaries that get in the way and each child can be given the best opportunity possible to succeed to the best of their ability. I’ve included a few other websites that I found very helpful as well.
· The Worlds leading website on Learning Disabilities
http://www.ldonline.org/features/idea2004
· IDEA 2004 Summary
http://www.fape.org/idea/2004/summary.htm
· National Center for Learning Disabilities
http://www.ncld.org/content/view/274/321/
Additional reading material:
What Every Teacher Should Know About Transition and IDEA 2004 - Carol A. Kochhar-Bryant & Stan F. Shaw & Margo Izzo
IDEA 2004 (ISBN: 1-892320-05-3) by Peter W. D. Wright,
Thank you Angelica. This information is very helpful in fully comprehending IDEA 2004 and all of its components. There are many aspects of IDEA 2004 that educators and professionals are not aware of and you have done a nice job in highlighting the crucial components. I believe the websites that you have included will prove beneficial for all. The first website, "Wrights Law" is excellent. It illustrates what you need to know about functional goals, the IEP for children with Behavior Problems, and 10 tips to improve the education of a child with disabilities under IDEA 2004. I liked how the second website, "The World's Leading Website on Learning Disabilities" summarized the history of IDEA 2004 and related its components to individuals with learning disabilities. Lastly, the remaining websites nicely illustrate the IEP process and what needs to be included in short-term objectives and goes into great detail about the transition part of an IEP (which is right up our objectives for this class!) I liked how all the websites included a section for lastest and updated information regarding IDEA 2004, to keep everyone abreast of the changes in legislation.
ReplyDeleteGreat job with all of this Angelica. I look forward to reading your next post in the coming week :)
-Lauren :)