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Mahoney, Gerald; Wheeden, Abbie; Janas, Debra – 1996
The INDAP (Individualizing Developmentally Appropriate Practices) program provides teachers with ideas on how to design classroom environments and materials, activities and routines, and instructional groups and transitions while providing high quality programs to children with different strengths and needs. These guidelines provide information…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Behavior, Class Activities, Classroom Environment
School, Beverly A.; Cooper, Arlene – 1999
Intended primarily for new teachers or teachers newly involved with special education, this guide to development of individualized education programs (IEPs) notes recent trends in special education including the shift from a categorical basis to a skill needs basis, the goal of maximum inclusion, greater involvement of regular educators and…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Disabilities, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Thompson, Sandra J.; Quenemoen, Rachel F.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Ysseldyke, James E. – 2001
Designed for general and special education administrators, teachers, and other education professionals, this book offers a "big picture" of high expectations, assessment, and accountability for students with significant disabilities. Chapters focus on the following eight steps involved in the development and administration of alternate…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Alternative Assessment, Data Collection
Connecticut Birth to Three System, Hartford. – 1999
These guidelines were developed to help school and early intervention personnel and families understand the nature and benefits of assistive technology and how to use current best practices to provide assistive technology to children with disabilities. Information is provided in a simple question and answer format on the following topics: (1)…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Definitions, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Download full textNorth Dakota State Dept. of Public Instruction, Bismarck. Div. of Special Education. – 2000
These guidelines are intended to assist North Dakota educators in complying with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) 1997 concerning provision of extended school year (ESY) services to students with disabilities. Presented in a question-and-answer format, guidelines are closely correlated with the IDEA regulations. Individual…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Moos, Karen L.; Hartwig, Shirley K. – 1997
This paper describes a program for adapting literature for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) users and students with other disabilities. The program is designed to teach specific language skills that will meet the students' Individualized Education Program goals and to be implemented on a daily basis by classroom instructors. The…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Childrens Literature, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Computer Uses in Education
Golden, Diane – 1998
This monograph provides an overview of critical policy and practice issues facing educators in the area of assistive technology (AT) for students with disabilities and discusses emerging policy directives and best practices for service delivery in a way that is supportive of quality AT programs in schools. Following an introduction, Section 2…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Definitions, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Wehmeyer, Michael L. – 2002
This book is intended as a text or resource for preservice or inservice training of general and special education teachers, and has an orientation for the education of the mentally retarded that is values-based, issues-oriented, and practice-oriented. The 17 chapters are organized into four sections. The first two chapters are introductory and…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Curriculum Design, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education
Center for Innovations in Special Education, Columbia, MO. – 1999
This manual, developed to assist Missouri school personnel in the provision of educational opportunities for students with traumatic brain injury (TBI), answers commonly asked questions about the educational needs of these students, and gives practical applications of educational practices and programming. Three case studies are introduced to help…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies
Beech, Marty – 1999
This manual describes different types of accommodations educators can use to include students with disabilities in general education classrooms, including accommodations relating to instructional methods and materials, assignments and classroom assessments, time demands and scheduling, learning environment, and use of special communication…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Classroom Environment, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability, Gloucester (Ontario). – 1994
This document is composed of 10 manuals which provide both general and specific guidelines to facilitate the inclusion of Canadian students with disabilities in physical education programs. An introductory manual identifies general concepts, strategies, and practical approaches that can be used in an inclusive physical education program. It…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Amputations, Athletics, Cerebral Palsy
Quinones, Wm. A.; And Others – 1997
This curriculum guide provides information on how a Texas high school for adolescents and adults (ages 15-21) with severe disabilities was able to coordinate the Life Centered Career Education (LCCE) curriculum with Dallas Public Schools district curricula and other best practices. Part 1 discusses why the LCCE curriculum has been adopted and the…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Career Planning, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Design
Caton, Hilda, Ed. – 1994
This manual assists in developing educational goals and Individual Education Plans for children with visual impairments, by providing guidelines for selecting appropriate learning media for optimum literacy development. Part 1 describes the target populations, the members of the interdisciplinary team, and the team members' responsibilities. Part…
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Check Lists, Decision Making
Ohio Association of Supervisors and Work-Study Coordinators. – 1989
These guidelines were prepared to provide direction toward implementing a functional instruction curriculum that leads to independence and occupational skills for Ohio's developmentally handicapped and multihandicapped students. The curriculum uses a three-part definition of adaptive behavior, involving independent functioning, personal…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Curriculum Development, Daily Living Skills, Developmental Disabilities
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. Bureau of Special Education. – 1993
This document describes: (1) the programs and environments that may be considered as general education environments for children with disabilities under the age of six, in addressing the least restrictive provisions of legislation; (2) the procedures to be followed in the process of developing individualized education program (IEP) goals and…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Contracts, Disabilities, Disability Identification
