Litigating a Free Appropriate Public Education: The Lovaas Hearings and Cases.

Yell, Mitchell L.; Drasgow, Erik

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Publication Date: 2000

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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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