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Shulman, Murray S.; Doughty, James F. – 1983
The manual is intended to help school administrators regionalize special education services. The procedures described are modeled after those of a regional effort in Maine to address the needs of moderately and severely handicapped students. Four major steps are outlined: (1) establishing communication to clarify issues, gather information, and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Administration, Program Development
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Rush, Dathan D.; And Others – Infants and Young Children, 1995
This paper describes the Oklahoma Statewide Training and Regional Support (STARS) program, a system of early intervention inservice training developed to comply with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Part H. Major challenges included identification of technical assistance needs, facilitation of training attendance, identification…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Intervention, Inservice Teacher Education, Preschool Education
Hayward, Becky Jon – 1989
This report reports activities of the Regional Information Exchange (RIE) program under the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research's Knowledge Dissemination and Utilization Program. An overview compares the RIE program with a National Diffusion Network unit--the Joint Dissemination Review Panel, which also focuses on…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Information Dissemination, National Programs
Thousand, Jacqueline S.; And Others – 1986
The report describes the first 3 years of the Homecoming Project, which was designed to return disabled students in regional special education programs to regular classes in 26 local Vermont schools. Fifty-eight such students (of whom 45% were moderately or severely handicapped) were transitioned into regular classes and 19 other students at risk…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Kochhar, Carol A. – 1996
This text is designed to assist state, regional, and local education agencies and other collaborating agencies to improve interdisciplinary and interagency service coordination for children, youth, and adults with disabilities in accordinace with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and other related statutes. The training guide…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Gill, Douglas H. – 1986
Activities of a Pierce County, Washington, cooperative established in 1983 to unify the delivery of instructional services to secondary special education students in a vocational education context are reported. The report is divided into two major phases: Phase I, A Determination of Secondary Vocational Education Staff Input and Involvement in the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Enrollment Trends, Individualized Education Programs, Interdisciplinary Approach
California Association of School Business Officials, Sacramento. – 1990
The J-50 Report, one of the most complicated entitlement reports that any state agency requires, provides information for funding and monitoring special education services and operations throughout California and for making special education funding allocations equitable. This manual was developed to assist local educational agency (LEA) and…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Disabilities, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Planning
Miles, Bruce H. – 1993
This compilation of materials from the Rum River (Minnesota) region special education programs includes the following items: (1) an outline of performance-based supervision and employee review techniques for special education supervisors and administrators; (2) a brief description of the Rum River North and South day treatment programs (for…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Behavior Disorders, Cooperative Programs, Disabilities
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Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1986
The four issues of the "Rural Special Education Quarterly" for 1985 contain 17 major articles with the following titles and authors: "The Challenges in Providing Appropriate Educational Services to Rural Visually Impaired Children and Their Families" (K. Huebner); "Rural Orientation and Mobility: A Preview" (J. Tucker); "Organizations Serving the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Schmidt, Gene L. – 1983
After an introductory section which points out that the responsibility of small and rural schools is to provide all children with a quality education, and that Boards of Education must decide what is best for all children in the community, the paper briefly describes 16 exemplary programs involving cooperation between school districts. The…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Community Influence, Cooperative Programs, Decision Making