Evaluate the importance of PL 99-457
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ANSWER:
PL 99-457, the Education of the Handicapped Amendments Act of 1986, has had a profound effect on early childhood educators. Sections of this law provide funding for children who were not included in the previous law, particularly infants, toddlers, and 3- to 5-year-olds. Parents of children with special needs became part of the process through the child’s Individualized Education Plan, and their role has been strengthened in other areas. This law also allows for the inclusion of “developmentally delayed” youngsters and children “at risk.” The vague definition leaves more of the determination for services up to local agencies.
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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A. day care B. compensatory preschool C. cooperative preschool
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A. a development for which there is no precedent in the twentieth century. B. a return to nineteenth-century classical liberalism. C. thoroughly consistent with corporate liberal ideology. D. All these answers are correct.