Basic Principles of Special Education
Keywords:
Appropriate Public Education, parent and student involvementAbstract
This manual provides both educators and parents of children with disabilities with a collection of recommendations that may be used to increase the children's access to the mainstream curriculum. These include: the legal requirements concerning access to the general curriculum; the principles of access to the general education curriculum; relevant findings from Congress; the general education curriculum and state-wide testing; the purpose of modifications; suggested adaptations and modifications related to the volume of work, time, support, difficulty, participation, and physical adaptations; ways in which parents and teachers can help students follow directions and pay attention to wording in assignments; and physical adaptations.
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