Special Education Law, 3rd edition

PART I: THE BASES FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION

1. Historical Overview of Special Education
2. A New Foundation for Special Education Services

PART II: SIX BASIC PRINCIPLES OF SPECIAL EDUCATION LEGISLATION

3. Free Appropriate Public Education
4. Nondiscriminatory Evaluation
5. Program Development
6. Least Restrictive Environment
7. Procedural Due Process
8. Parental Participation

REMEDIES

9. Enforcement of Special Education Law
10. Discipline Issues
11. Mediation and Impartial Due Process Hearing
12. Ethics and the Special Education Professional
13. Future Issues in Special Education

APPENDIX A: THE AMERICAN LEGAL SYSTEM
APPENDIX B: READING RESEARCHING CASE LAW
APPENDIX C: GLOSSARY OF LEGAL TERMS
APPENDIX D: CASE LIST