Introduction to Special Education

Aimed at parents of students with disabilities, this video covers the special education process, including Evaluation, Referral, Creation of the Individualized Education Plan, Placement, and Annual Review. Also touched on are Extended School Year Services and strategies for resolving disagreements. Brought to you by the DPI and the Wisconsin Statewide Parent Educator Initiative. More special education information for parents, including an order form for DVD copies of this video, is available at http://www.dpi.wi.gov/sped/hmparents.html.

This information is presented in print format at http://dpi.wi.gov/sped/pdf/intro-se.pdf.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• disability
• schools
• students
• parents
• wisconsin

[mizxkaren]

can i share this video in facebook? please? i wanna share this vid to my friends. Thanks.

[WisconsinDPI]

Of course! We are happy to see any of our videos widely shared.

[TENSBUDE]

I thought this was a great video and wanted to showcase it--but was surprised to see that it was not "accessbile" and captioned?

[WisconsinDPI]

We are happy to report that captions have been added. We are grateful to YouTube for new technology that makes this easier!

[alraktp]

i am a student majoring in special education. i am currently in my third year in college. One of our requirement in school is to make a site related to our major. May i ask permission in using this video and posting it in my site as a link. This would be very helpful to those other spedmajors who would be visiting my site. Thank you very much.

[WisconsinDPI]

Of course, we would be happy to see you link to this video.

[Ram886]

So if your in Special Ed you have a Learning Disorder? And can never be treated like a Normal Student?

[HBKanedge818]

I was in special Ed throughout school. Even though & have a highschool diploma & passed the grade 10 litteracy test without no help. I feel I don't deserve it because the work in "sped" was TO EASY. My self esteem is dead because of Sped!. I hate my parents for putting me in there in Grade 1. Crushing my confidence!

[xtremetom180]

i enjoyed this vid

[distractionxx]

really informative and interesting

[doulasc]

@yetibeef I agree with you but what are the alternatives these days.

[yetibeef]

If your a parent thinking of putting a child in to "Special Ed", don't. The term "learning disability" is fake, I wouldn't be able to write this if I was unable to learn! Besides getting a watered down education, children don't gain the same experiences as a "normal" student would. This is due to segregation and being labeled as a "different" or "disabled" student. Just so you know, labeling has a HUGE effect on a person's psychology, especially a child's.

[XXXzivaNcisfanXXX]

I have a learning disability and ive speech problems we are just as much worth helpin as so called normal ppl. we just need extra help

[iHateHackerzx]

omg i want be in a special ed class^

[kabookalilshawty1]

Wow, I didn't know there was special ed "classes" I thought it was just someone who went into ur classes and watched you. At least that's how it is for me. But I'm still taking all the regular classes as other 9th graders like me, I'm just not in a class with other special ed kids. And I have to do the same work :( which is hard as hell.

[XxAmBeRGoRaWrxX]

in my skool kids thinks special lead is for retarted ppl -.-

[thethreeedwards]

I HATED regular ed! I was discriminated against because of either my looks, or because I had only 2 classes that were special ed. I'm in full time special ed and I love it!

[youngdones]

Most sped students have IQ's between 60-80