Book Review: GETTING COMFORTABLE WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION LAW: A FRAMEWORK FOR WORKING WITH CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES by Dixie Snow Huefner Norwood, MA: Christopher-Gordon, 2000 334 pages

2001 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-56
Author(s):  
Rebecca J. Panagos
2020 ◽  
pp. 073428292096999
Author(s):  
Shelley Kathleen Krach ◽  
Tracy L. Paskiewicz ◽  
Staci C. Ballard ◽  
James E. Howell ◽  
Suzanne M. Botana

Timely identification of children with disabilities is required by federal special education law (Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1400, 2004). During COVID-19, school psychologists have been faced with the challenge of completing valid, comprehensive, and diagnostic assessments when traditional methods are not an option. Traditional methods of testing have become nearly impossible due to social distancing requirements; therefore, alternate methods need to be considered. These alternate methods may be unfamiliar to the practitioner and/or lack validation to use with confidence. This study offers a prospective guide to help practitioners make safe and valid test selection and interpretation decisions during a pandemic. Examples of assessments analyzed using this guide are provided for the reader. In addition, a case study is provided as an example.


2008 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 147-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen A. Hurwitz

1977 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Weatherley ◽  
Michael Lipsky

Recent state and federal legislation holds the promise of sweeping reform in special-education practices. In this article, Richard Weatherley and Michael Lipsky examine the implementation of Chapter 766, the dramatically innovative state special-education law in Massachusetts. They show how the necessary coping mechanisms that individual school personnel use to manage the demands of their jobs may, in the aggregate, constrain and distort the implementation of special-education reform. Their findings have serious implications for those seeking to introduce policy innovations in service bureaucracies of all kinds where the deliverers of service exercise substantial discretion in setting their work priorities.


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