EDS 201:
Legal Aspects of Special Education

 

Handouts/Course Materials

Fall 2017 Syllabus (PDF file)

Week 1: Course Introduction and Overview, (Brock, Holland, and Gutierrez)

Week 2: APA Style (Brock), Lecture Power Point Handout

Week 3: Legal and Ethical Issues Associated with DSM-5, DSM-5 PowerPoint Handout (Brock & Holland).

Week 4: FAPE/IEP Basics (Gutierrez), Lecture PowerPoint Handout, Hudson v. Rowley (1982)

Week 5: FAPE/IEP Basics and Assessment (Gutierrez), Lecture PowerPoint Handout, Endrew F. v. Douglas Cith School District (2017), Timithy O. v. Paso Robles (2016)

Week 6: Discipline (Gutierrez)

Week 7: LRE (Gutierrez)

Week 8: Discipline (Gutierrez), Jay F. v. William Hart School District (2017); Pasadena Unified School District, Lecture PowerPoint (Discipline), Hypo/ Paper2, FIRAC Format for paper 2

Week 9: LRE (Gutierrez), Capistrano Unified School District (2015); and Remedies Even if not Eligible, Forest Grove (2009)

Week 10: Legal Issues (Gutierrez)

Week 11: Introdution to Ethical Issues, Respecting the Dignity and Rights of all Persons (Brock), Lecture PowerPoint Handout

Week 12: Ethical Issues, Professional Competence and Responsibility (Holland); Required reading Jacob, Decker & Lugg, (2016), Chapter 3; pages 47-64 from the following: http://www.agpa.org/docs/default-source/practice-resources/download-full-guidelines-(pdf-format)-group-works!-evidence-on-the-effectiveness-of-group-therapy.pdf?sfvrsn=2 

Weel 13: Ethical Issues, Professional Competence and Responsibility (Holland)

Week 14: Ethical Issues, Honesty and Integrity in Professional Relationships (Holland)

Week 15 Ethical issues, Responsibility to Schools, families, Communities, the Profession, and Society, Lecture PowerPoint Handout (Brock)