Syllabus
PD Guides
Foundations of Disability
Foundations of United States Educational Policy
Disability Rights Movement
Legislative Foundations in ECSE - Historical
Legislative Foundations in ECSE - Contemporary
Key Rights and Provisions under IDEA
IDEA Rules and Regulations
Noncompliance: Litigation, Policies and Procedures - Part 1
Noncompliance: Litigation, Policies and Procedures - Part 2
Implementation of IDEA
Advocacy in Policy
Roles of Faculty in Advocacy
Learning Activities
Foundations of Disability
- Activity 1: Exploration of the World Health Organizations 2022 Global Report
- Activity 2: Exploration of Willowbrook State School
- Activity 3: Exploration of Section 14(c)
Foundations of United States Educational Policy
- Activity 1: Exploring Educational Policy Analysis
Disability Rights Movement
- Activity 1: Temple University, Disability Rights Timeline
- Activity 2: Film: Crip Camp (adapted from original film)
- Activity 3: Advocacy to Access: Policy Influence Map
Legislative Foundations in ECSE - Historical
- Activity 1: The Beginning of Head Start
- Activity 2: The Education of Students with Disabilities: Where do we stand?
Legislative Foundations in ECSE - Contemporary
- Activity 1: IDEA Mandates
- Activity 2: Congressional Hearings in Preparation for IDEA 2004 Reauthorization
- Activity 3: No Child Left Behind and Every Student Succeeds Act
Key Rights and Provisions under IDEA
- Activity 1: Case Study of Rights and Provisions
- Activity 2: Parental Rights: Exploration of Resources
IDEA Rules and Regulations
- Activity 1: Understanding the Process of Federal Rulemaking
- Activity 2: The Role of Public Engagement
- Activity 3: Dear Colleague Letter
Noncompliance: Litigation, Policies and Procedures - Part 1
- Activity 1: Writing a District Memo
- Activity 2: Gallery Walk
Noncompliance: Litigation, Policies and Procedures - Part 2
- Activity 1: Mock Debate
- Activity 2: Mock Debate 2
- Activity 3: Diagramming IDEA, ADA, and Section 504
Implementation of IDEA
- Activity 1: Part C and Part B Role Playing
- Activity 2: Federal and State Responsibilites
- Activity 3: Federal Oversight
Advocacy in Policy
- Activity 1: Case Study of Grassroots Advocacy
- Activity 2: Visual Map of Professional Organizations
- Activity 3: Designing an Advocacy Campaign
Roles of Faculty in Advocacy
- Activity 1: Advocating for Evidence-Based Policy
Multimedia Illustrations
The video library is a compilation of almost 500 videos that may be used in early childhood intervention pre-service courses or in-service training. Each video contains the following relevant information:
- Title with a description
- Link to video
- Suggested citation
- Length of the video
- EI/ECSE standard
- DEC Recommended Practice
Resources
Resources to supplement the Syllabus:
- CEC Policy Fact Sheet: Federal v. State Role in Special Education
- Empovia. (2021, October 25). Leading with empathy & Allyship EP59: Demystifying disability with Emily Ladau [Video]. YouTube.
- The ADA Legacy Project. (2015). Behind the scenes in the Reagan and Bush administrations – stories from no pity.
- Minnesota Olmstead Implementation Office. (2025, March 12). Wheels of justice march and the capitol crawl.
- ADAPT. (n.d.). The ADAPT community: 25 years of activism and counting.
