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Disability Matters Legal and Pedagogical Issues of Disability in Education
Paul T. Jaeger, Cynthia Ann Bowman
ISBN: 0-89789-909-1
ISBN-13: 978-0-89789-909-3
216 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 9/30/2002
List Price: $95.00 (UK Sterling Price: £65.95)
Discount Price: $47.50 Sale Price for U.S. Customers Only. Save 50%. Ends 12/31/2009.
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: Authored by a legal specialist and an education professor, this study is targeted to everyone involved in the education of students with disabilities and provides a full examinatiaon of the legal issues. Each chapter blends classroom vignettes and teachable moments with relevant legal rights and responsibilities of all school personnel.

Disability rights laws are an essential part of every classroom, not just special education classrooms. Laws providing rights and protections to students and teachers with disabilities will be limited in utility unless all teachers understand the laws and the roles of the laws in the classroom. As the number of lawsuits in education is on the rise, Teachers must learn about the numerous legal issues possible in order to protect themselves against becoming involved in court cases. Teacher preparation programs must prepare all teachers to deal with these issues and to be aware of legal requirements for an equal education.

A legal mandate for an individual education plan, a less restrictive environment, and a free appropriate public education for students with disabilities are topics that all general education teachers must know and understand. This text is geared to all general education majors at all levels and in every content area, as well as administrators, teachers, parents of students with disabilities, and those involved in legal research.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Disability Matters to Everyone
    The Name Game
    The Relationships between Disability, Education, and the Law
    Defining Disability
    Defining Discrimination
    IDEA, Part I: The Concepts of IDEA
    IDEA, Part II: Procedures and Implementations
    IDEA, Part III: Applying IDEA
    IDEA, Part IV: Much Ado
    Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
    The Disabled College Student, the Disabled Intern
    Educators with Disabilities
    Assistive Technology
    Disabilities and the Media
    Appendix 1: How to Understand and Use Legal Sources
    Appendix 2: A Guide to Relevant Legal Acronyms and Abbreviations
    References
About the Author: PAUL T. JAEGER is Legal Research Associate, Information Use Management and Policy Institute, Florida State University.

CYNTHIA ANN BOWMAN is Assistant Professor, English Education, Florida Sate University.
LCC Class: 344
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