Extent of Nonparticipation The IEP must also include an explanation of the extent, if any, to which the child will not participate with
nondisabled children in the regular class and in other school settings and activities.
an explanation of the extent, if any, to which the student will not participate with
nondisabled children in the regular education environment;
Not exact matches
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
nondisabled peers.
If
children who are experiencing success
in schools or for whom schools generally «work» (that is, white, middle - class,
nondisabled children) don't participate
in the assessment, their parents lose valuable information.
Ableism, «the devaluation of disability,» can «result
in societal attitudes that uncritically assert that it is better for a
child to walk than roll, speak than sign, read print than read Braille, spell independently than use a spell - check, and hang out with
nondisabled kids as opposed to other disabled kids.»