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ERIC Number: EJ601463
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4669
Litigating a Free Appropriate Public Education: The Lovaas Hearings and Cases.
Yell, Mitchell L.; Drasgow, Erik
Journal of Special Education, v33 n4 p205-14 Win 2000
This paper reviews the 45 due process hearings and court cases between 1993 and 1998 concerning parental requests for school districts to provide and/or fund the Lovaas treatment program for their young children with autism. It reviews previous legislative and legal definitions of a free appropriate public education and considers implications of the Lovaas decisions for schools. (Contains extensive references.) (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Autism, Conflict Resolution, Court Litigation, Decision Making, Due Process, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Legal Problems, Legal Responsibility, Parent School Relationship, School Districts, Student Placement, Therapy
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Lovaas (O Ivar)
Note: Special Issue: Reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act: Analysis and Implications for Practice.