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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...
Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District (2017) FAPE and the U.S. Supreme Court
Content type: Journal Article
On March 22, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision in Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District. This case, coming 35 years after the Supreme Court’s first special education decision in Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central...
Teaching Students With Childhood Cancer: It’s More Than Just the Disease
Content type: Journal Article
Students with chronic illnesses, like cancer, can have long-term side effects that impact their success in school even when their illness is controlled or in remission. The purpose of the current manuscript is to describe the more common education-related...
SMART or Not? Writing Specific, Measurable IEP Goals
Content type: Journal Article
Annual goals and present level of academic and functional performance are required components of the individualized education programs (IEP) for students with identified disabilities. A wide range of service providers, in addition to special educators take...
An Updated Primer of Special Education Law
Content type: Journal Article
Teachers and parents often find special education law complex and confusing. As one step for a basic foundation in special education law, a previous TEC article (Zirkel, 2005) provided a snapshot of the “top 5 case concepts” based on 10 decisions from the...
Pursuing Academic and Functional Advancement: Goals, Services, and Measuring Progress
Content type: Journal Article
According to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Endrew F. v. Douglas County School Board in order to meet it's educational benefit standard under the IDEA, school districts are obligated to “offer an IEP that is reasonably calculated to enable the child to...
Advanced Gifted Education Professional Preparation Standards
Content type: Page
Last Updated:
21 July, 2020
After mastering initial standards for the preparation of teachers of the gifted, many educators in gifted education continue their professional growth toward mastery of advanced professional standards at the post baccalaureate levels. For some this means...
How the Supreme Court May Change Your Practice
Content type: Webinar
On January 11, 2017, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District , a case that involved a student with autism from Colorado. The question in this case, which has major implications for special education services...