IDEA and Learning Disabilities: Perspectives, Problems, and Proposals

Abstract

This chapter presents the personal perspectives of the author on issues related to methodology in teaching children with learning disabilities and to the role of methodology in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Additionally, problems schools have had in implementing IDEA are highlighted and proposals offered to alleviate those difficulties.

Citation

Bateman, B. (2014), "IDEA and Learning Disabilities: Perspectives, Problems, and Proposals", Special Education Past, Present, and Future: Perspectives from the Field (Advances in Learning and Behavioral Disabilities, Vol. 27), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 11-37. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0735-004X20140000027003