Educating Individuals with Disabilities: IDEIA 2004 and Beyond

Contents......Page 6
Contributors......Page 10
Introduction......Page 14
PART I. EDUCATING INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES......Page 20
1 Issues and Developments in Special Education......Page 22
2 Policy and Law of Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004: Attempting No Student With Disabilities Left Behind to the Extent Enforceable......Page 58
PART II. THE REAUTHORIZATION OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2004 (IDEIA): CONCEPTS AND CONSTRUCTS—OLD, NEW, AND MODIFIED......Page 80
3 The Law and Reality: Understanding the Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act......Page 82
4 From Policy to Practice: IDEIA and Evidence-Based Practice......Page 104
5 Response to Intervention: A Strategy for the Prevention and Identification of Learning Disabilities......Page 134
6 Learning Disability Identification: How Does It Apply to English Language Learners?......Page 156
7 IDEIA 2004 and Specific Learning Disabilities: What Role Does Intelligence Play?......Page 184
8 Assessment and Eligibility of Students With Disabilities......Page 216
9 Systems of Instruction and Assessment to Improve Mathematics Achievement for Students With Disabilities: The Potential and Promise of RTI......Page 246
10 English Language Learners and Response to Intervention: Improving Quality of Instruction in General and Special Education......Page 268
11 Response to Intervention and Teacher Preparation......Page 292
12 Twice-Exceptional Students: Being Gifted and Learning Disabled—Implications of the IDEIA......Page 314
13 High Stakes Testing and Students With Disabilities: Why Federal Policy Needs to Be Changed......Page 338
14 Individualized Education Program......Page 356
15 Behavior Intervention Plans......Page 380
PART III. FROM THE FRONT LINES......Page 400
16 Increasing the Academic Performance of Struggling Students and Students With Disabilities in Underperforming Schools......Page 402
17 Local Educational Authorities and IDEIA......Page 422
18 New Individuals With Disabilities Educational Improvement Act and Psychological Assessment: From Policy to Practice......Page 440
19 Reading Assessment and IDEIA: The Science Made Practical......Page 454
20 How Private Practice Should Respond to IDEIA 2004......Page 472
21 The Road Just Started: Concluding Remarks From the Editor......Page 490
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