What is the definition of the Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) and how does the availability of a continuum of services ensure the LRE for students with disabilities? Include the role the LRE should play when deciding a student's educational placement.

What will be an ideal response?


Answers should include the definitions of LRE and continuum of services. Essays should explain that placement should be dynamic and ongoing and that students cannot be educated in more segregated settings simply because it is easier to do so. The best essays will also explain that placing students in the settings most like those of their nondisabled peers is the principle behind the least restrictive environment and that placement decisions must be determined on a student-by-student basis.

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