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Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)

Least Restrictive Environment (LRE). Professor Daniel J. Abbott ED 492. Background Information. Prior to 1975, 1 million children with disabilities were completely excluded form public education and 8 million were not placed and served appropriately.

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Least Restrictive Environment (LRE)

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  1. Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) Professor Daniel J. Abbott ED 492

  2. Background Information • Prior to 1975, 1 million children with disabilities were completely excluded form public education and 8 million were not placed and served appropriately. • As a result, Congress found it necessary to mandate the at every child with a disability be educated with regular education students to the maximum extent appropriate with related services and supplementary aides.

  3. Definition of Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) • LRE refers to the educational setting closest to the regular classroom in which FAPE can be delivered to a special education student. • The regular classroom should be considered first is the least restrictive placement continuum; however, it certainly may not be the least restrictive learning environment for every child.

  4. Continuum of Special Education Service Models • Regular class only: regular teacher meets all the needs of the student • Special educator consultative: regular teacher meets the needs of the students with occasional help from the special education teacher. • Resource: Students attend a regular class most of the day but go to a special education class several hours or for a block of time.

  5. Continuum of Special Education Service Models (continued) • Self-contained: special education classes are attended most of the day and is included in regular education activities minimally • Hospital or home bound: instruction provided in the hospital or home until student is able to return to regular school from which they are temporarily or totally withdrawn. • Special day school: instruction provided in separate school

  6. Continuum of Special Education Service Models (continued) • Residential placement: students receive their services in a full-time living environment.

  7. Things you Should Know • The IDEA mandate of zero reject means that no child between the ages of 3 and 21 may be excluded form public education. • The LRE is determined on a case-by-case basis by the individualized education program (IEP) team. • No individual my unilaterally determine the placement or educational program for a child.

  8. Determining the Least Restrictive Environment • There are at least five things to be considered when the IEP team is determining LRE. • Has the school taken steps to maintain the child in the general education classroom? • Academic vs. non-academic benefits of the student being placed in a particular LRE. • Effects on the education of other students

  9. Determining the Least Restrictive Environment (continued) (4) If a student is being educated in a setting other than the general education classroom, are there integrated experiences with nondisabled peers to the maximum extent appropriate? (5) Is the entire continuum of alternative services available from which to choose an appropriate placement.

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