Special Education Laws and PE

This law ensures students with a disability receive a free, appropriate, public education

• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

• Rehabilitation Act, Section 504

• Every Student Succeeds Act

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is federal legislation designed to

• Ensure that children with a disability receive an education from birth-21 years of age

• Ensure that all children with a disability have access to special education and related services

• Provide all children with a disability an individualized education program (IEP)

• All of the above

All of the following are true of the least restrictive environment (LRE) Except:

• Educating children with disabilities in a regular setting to the extent appropriate is consistent with LRE

• Schools should have a continuum of alternative placements to implement LRE

• The least restrictive environment for a child may be a segregated setting

• Least restrictive environment and inclusion are identical concepts

According to IDEA

• Physical education and physical therapy are direct services

• physical education and physical therapy are related services

• Physical education is a related service and physical therapy is a direct service

• Physical education is a direct service and physical therapy is a related service

According to IDEA, a child with a disability means a child

• Who has a physical or mental impairment that limits one or more major life activities

• Who has one of 13 clinical disability labels (e.g., hearing impaired)

• who is regarded as having an impairment

• All of the above

A related service should be provided ...

• When the student has a physical disability

• When the physical education teacher deems it necessary

• When a child needs help to meet educational goals

• All of the above

Which law specified/defined the curriculum area of physical education?

• Rehabilitation Act Section 504

• Americans with Disabilities Act

• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

The definition of physical education in this federal law includes all but one of the following:

• Physical and motor fitness

• Fundamental motor skills and patterns

• Skills in aquatics, dance, individual and team sports

• Physical therapy

Which Law does not define disability as an impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities

• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

• Rehabilitation Act Section 504

• Americans with Disabilities Act

When a student has a disability but does not meet the criteria to qualify for special education services, he or she might be entitled to appropriate adaptations and services to meet his or her individual needs as provided by a(n)

• Individual education plan

• Individual transition plan

• Section 504 accommodation plan

• All of the above