Provide a comprehensive review of the progression of special education in light of these congressional statutes, court cases, and Presidential actions. Your review must address how special education has evolved and improved throughout this process. to describe the role each of these played in shaping improved services for children with disabilities. Explain how knowledge of these court cases and acts can enhance your ability to provide services for and meet the needs of students with disabilities. Also, address how your research through these events has improved your ability to understand what best practices and skills you can develop in response to these changes.

You must include discussions of the following:

• Supreme Court Decision Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (May 17, 1954)
• The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) (April 9, 1965)
• Pennsylvania Association of Retarded Children (PARC) v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (October 8, 1971)
• Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia (December 17, 1971)
• Congressional Investigation of 1972
• Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
• Mattie T. et al. v. Johnson (1975) This is a Mississippi-Specific Case
• Education of All Handicapped Children Act, otherwise known as Public Law 94-142 (November 29, 1975)
• Public Law 99-457, Amendment to All Handicapped Children Act (October 8, 1976)
• Handicapped Children's Protection Act (August 6, 1986)
• Public Law 101-476, modification of PL 94-142 (January 1, 1990)
• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (June 4, 1997)
• Congressional amendments to IDEA (December 3, 2004)
• No Child Left Behind or Every Student Succeeds Act (2015)
• Americans with Disabilities Act