Education
We are committed to making sure students with disabilities receive a free appropriate public education (FAPE).
FAPE is shorthand for the free appropriate public education that every child eligible for special education is entitled to receive.
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Public Law 92-142) was enacted in 1975. In 1990, it was renamed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The name change reflects the evolution of how society has come to view students with disabilities as individuals first, instead of as being defined entirely by their disability. The IDEA was revised in 1997, and most recently in 2004, and is now called the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA), though it is still commonly referred to as IDEA or IDEA 2004.
Our Special Education: A Guide for Parents & Advocates (Fifth Edition) provides parents and advocates with accurate information and answers to questions about special eduction for children enrolled in Oregon's public schools from Kindergarten to 21 years of age.
For a PDF version of Special Education: A Guide for Parents & Advocates (Fifth Edition) in English, click here.
For a PDF version of Special Education: A Guide for Parents & Advocates (Fifth Edition) in Spanish, click here.
- 5TH-Grade Special Education Student Tasered by Police in His Oregon Class Room
- An Investigation of Systemic Failure | Written by Joel Greenberg, DRO Staff Attorney
- Education Links
- Links to Education resources on the Internet.
- Education
- The following publications on education can be found here: Finding Help and Working with Schools: Tips for Parents of Teens with Mental Health Problems | GAO Report - Higher Education & Disability | GAO Report - Seclusions and Restraints: Selected Cases of Death and Abuse at Public and Private Schools and Treatment Centers | ODE - Mediation Handbook | School is Not Supposed to Hurt: Investigative Report on Abusive Restraint and Seclusion in Schools | School is Not Supposed to Hurt - Update on Progress in 2009 to Prevent and Reduce Restraint and Seclusion in Schools
- Parents: DRO Wants Your Input on Summer Programs for Special Education Students
- Have you had a good or bad experience with a summer program serving your special education child?
- GAO Report - Higher Education & Disability
- Education Needs a Coordinated Approach to Improve Its Assistance to Schools in Supporting Students
- Finding Help and Working with Schools: Tips for Parents of Teens with Mental Health Problems
- A brochure for parents of children with mental health issues from the Urban Special Education Leadership Collaborative. The Collaborative is a network of special and general education leaders working together to improve outcomes for students with disabilities in the nation's urban schools, sponsored by Education Development Center, Inc., (EDC) and its Center for Family, School, and Community.
- Cuestionario sobre Restriccion y Reclusion
- Usted puede ayudar en nuestra Campaña Mantener la Escuela Segura para Todos.
- Restraint & Seclusion Questionnaire
- You can help our Keep School Safe for Everyone Campaign.
- Educación Especial: Una Guía para Padres y Defensores - Español
- Una versión en PDF de nuestra Guía de Educación Especial en español.
- Restricción y Reclusión de Niños en Educación Especial - Español
- Una versión en PDF de nuestra publicación Restricción y Reclusión de Niños en Educación Especial en español.
- Restraint & Seclusion of Children in Special Education - English
- A PDF version of our Restraint & Seclusion of Children in Special Education publication in English.
- State Releases 2008-09 Special Education Child Count
- (03-11-2009): Oregon Dept of Education Releases 2008-09 Special Education Child Count
- "Welcome to the Real World of Special Education"
- Guest Blogger Michael T. Bailey's thoughts on the closing of Oregon School for the Blind
- Will closing Oregon's school for the blind help students fulfill their potential, or create an archipelago of neglect?
- DRO's Executive Director Bob Joondeph reflects on guest blogger Michael Bailey's "Welcome to the Real World of Special Education"
- US Supreme Court Rules For Parents
- Quotes from the Special Education case of Forest Grove School District v. T.A.
- Seclusion & Restraint Abuse in Schools
- A U.S. House of Representatives committee hears a report from the GAO and testimony of parents regarding the tragic misuse of seclusion and restrain in schools.
- House Votes to Close Oregon School for Blind
- Sitting in the gallery of the Oregon House chamber, listening to the debate over whether to close the OSB.
- A Day at the Legislature
- How a lot of running around in circles can get you somewhere.
- Supreme Court hears Oregon Special Ed Case
- A case that is important to special education students and their families will be decided this year by the U.S. Supreme Court. And, it’s from Oregon.
- Hate Crimes and Bullying
- DRO is working on bills at both the federal and state level to protect individuals with disabilities from abuse in schools and the community.
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