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Avoiding Substantive Errors in Individualized Education Program Development
Content type: Journal Article
The primary charge of special educators is to provide eligible students with disabilities a special education that confers a free appropriate public education (FAPE). The U.S. Supreme has held that a FAPE consists of two types of student rights: Procedural...
Pasteur's Quadrant as the Bridge Linking Rigor with Relevance
Content type: Journal Article
A tension exists between educational practitioners and researchers, which is often attributed to their dichotomous and oftentimes polarizing professional ideologies or Discourse communities. When determining what works in education, researchers tend to...
Evidence-Based Practices and Implementation Science in Special Education
Content type: Journal Article
Establishing a process for identifying evidence-based practices (EBPs) in special education has been a significant advance for the field because it has the potential for generating more effective educational programs and producing more positive outcomes...
Is it Time for Elevating the Standard for FAPE under IDEA?
Content type: Journal Article
This article examines a critical question for the special education community: What should be the current meaning of “free appropriate public education” (FAPE) in light of not only the Supreme Court's landmark Rowley decision in 1982 but also developments...
Recent Changes in State Policies and Legislation regarding Restraint or Seclusion
Content type: Journal Article
In this article, we describe and evaluate the extent to which recent changes to state-level policy are related to seclusion and restraint in schools and detail what components of comprehensive restraint and seclusion policy are indicated. We examined state...
Which Procedural Parts of the IEP Process Are the Most Judicially Vulnerable?
Content type: Journal Article
To provide a missing piece to the legal foundation of professional development and practice for the individualized education program (IEP) process, the authors report the results of a comprehensive systematic analysis of court decisions specific to IEP...
The Supreme Court, Endrew, and the Appropriate Education of Students With Disabilities
Content type: Journal Article
In this article, we analyze the Supreme Court’s decision in Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District RE-1 (2017), interpreting the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and its provisions creating a right of every student with a disability...
Response to Intervention and Child Find: A Legally Problematic Intersection?
Content type: Journal Article
This article provides a systematic and impartial analysis of the law, including hearing and review officer as well as judicial decisions, specific to the intersection of response to intervention (RTI) and school districts’ ongoing affirmative obligation of...
Preregistration in Single-Case Design Research
Content type: Journal Article
To draw informed conclusions from research studies, research consumers need full and accurate descriptions of study methods and procedures. Preregistration has been proposed as a means to clarify reporting of research methods and procedures, with the goal...
Big Ideas in Special Education: Specially Designed Instruction, High-Leverage Practices, Explicit Instruction, and Intensive Instruction
Content type: Journal Article
The mandate to provide specially designed instruction to support the learning and behavioral needs of students with disabilities is at the core of special education. As the field of special education has evolved, a proliferation of terms has been...