Talk:Special education in the United States

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The following information box is a proposal for how to track what needs to be done to ths article. Feedback welcome. Best, Rosmoran 21:14, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

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    This article was originally part of the general article Special Education. I moved it here to its own page as it was a very detailed and interesting piece of work but out of place in a general article. --Brideshead 10:56, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

    We need to remember to use person-first language when talking about people with disabilities, not disabled people. Thanks! Hawkeyeatc 23:30, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

    [edit] Integration with related topics

    Hi, There are a number of existing articles related to IDEA and special education including Individualized Education Program, Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE), Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and Least Restrictive Environment. There is certainly more than enough information to fill many articles, so there would be little to gain by combining any of the topics.

    However, the topics are all very closely inter-related and have more and more content duplicated among them. I'm thinking that it would be good to create a "set" or "series" of articles, using Wikipedia:Summary style, eliminate the unecessary redundancy by relying on (and linking to) detailed content in other articles. Adding a common "navigation" box to all pages could tie all of the articles in the series together.

    I'm thinking something along the lines of:


    [edit] Special Education in the United States (parent article)

    Article Series 1: Special education statutes and regulations


    The above information is what I'm particularly focused on right now because there is quite a lot of redundancy most of which really should be eliminated. However, there are other article "sets" that should also fit into the special education umbrella, such as:


    Article series 2: Disabilities covered by special education / IDEA

      • Cognitive disabliity
      • Learning disabilty
      • Response to intervention
      • Lots of other related topics that I haven't thought of


    Of course, all of the articles would also stand on their own, and some of them would probably also be closely tied to other subject areas.

    Thoughts?

    Best, Rosmoran 13:35, 19 June 2007 (UTC)


    Since no one has objected (or even replied), I have begun to implement the Wikipedia:Summary style to longer sections, especially where there are already articles on the topic (such as Individualized Education Plan, etc).
    Now I'm beginning to add tasks to top of this page so folks can see what I think the next steps should be.
    Feedback, discussion, objections, and direct participation are all welcome!

    Best, Rosmoran 21:18, 25 June 2007 (UTC)


    [edit] Added some history and citations

    It seems to me that this article is becoming more and more about IDEA, that is, the legal aspects of special education, and less about special education itself.

    It seems pretty clear that much of the info in this article really belongs in the IDEA article, but I'm not sure what kind of information *ought* to be included about how the US handles special education.

    Certainly the historical aspects of 'warehousing" (though we wouldn't want to use such a POV term), inclusive education movement and its pros and cons. What else?

    Ideas? Best, Rosmoran 04:11, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

    I agree that the article would probably read a lot better if it delved more into the genesis of special education as a whole, then passed the administrata of IDEA over to that article instead of dealing with it here.
    It also should be noted that teachers, as well as parents, can initiate the referral process.RyanGrant 06:08, 8 July 2007 (UTC)