Spec Ed-Historical Legal Basis

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Special Education: Historical and Legal Basis. This course emphasizes the historical and legal issues pertaining to special education with specific attention paid to the evolution of federal law, policy, and litigation and its influence on promoting social justice and educational equity for students with disabilities and their families. The course centers on the landmark Supreme Court cases across Section 504, ADA, and IDEA , alongside the civil and disability rights movements in U.S. history, that have shaped legal and institutional schemes of special education services.