What was the intent of Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act?
What will be an ideal response?
A good answer would include the following key points:
- Intent of this law was to ensure that children with special needs received a full education in the least restrictive environment
- The least restrictive environment is the setting most similar to that of children without special needs
- The goal of the law is to integrate exceptional children and typical children to the fullest extent possible
- Resulted in the mainstreaming movement, an educational approach in which exceptional children are integrated as much as possible into the traditional educational system and are provided with a broad range of educational alternatives
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A psychologist has generated a hypothesis. Now,
a. it becomes a theory. b. researchers are bound to accept it as valid. c. research is needed to verify the if-then link. d. researchers are likely to move on to other hypotheses.
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Iron deficiency, known as __________, is experienced by the majority of children under the age of __________ in developing countries
a) anemia; 2 b) workmanship; 3 c) anemia; 5 d) Erasmus; 5