The current system
of procedural accountability within special education law is a logical response to the problems that led Congress in 1975 to enact the Education for All Handicapped
Children Act (now known as the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA): the total exclusion of some students with disabilities, the inadequate education of others, and the segregation of those in school from their nondis
Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA): the total
exclusion of some students
with disabilities, the inadequate education of others, and the segregation of those in school from their nondis
disabilities, the inadequate education
of others, and the segregation
of those in school from their nondisabled peers.
Dr Armstrong said
children from disadvantaged backgrounds, or
with disabilities such as autism, are most at risk
of behaviours that lead to
exclusion, poor school attendance or self - withdrawal from school.