The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997 (IDEA) included provisions for students with disabilities for functional behavioral assessments (FBA) and Positive Behavior Intervention Support (PBIS) programs to identify the source of student problem behavior and subsequent supports. ... Social roles are defined as students' identity and status within their social network and peer system at large. ... Little research has been done on students with disabilities and their social interactions. ... Future needs for research and observation included: the effectiveness of existing scree...

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(Myhill, 2008) Little did the nation know that significant decision would impact not only the education of African Americans but it would have a historic impact on the way special education students were to be educated in American public schools. For the average student with average or above average abilities that has always meant constructing a groundwork for success, but until a decision called IDEA was implemented children with special education needs were given a substandard education that had no hope of leading to success. ... This decision was prompted by the suit of one student who wan...

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(Adelman, p96) By being permitted and capable of identifying the special needs of children and adolescents, the policy makers and practitioners amongst communities are better equipped to make informed choices about the resources and regulations that dictate the education of the young individuals in question. This allows them to not only ensure that there is the possibility of specialised education for special needs children and adolescents, but also to be able to correctly design the programs that are initiated to ensure that each child and adolescent is given the opportunity to be educated in...

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