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David E. DeMatthews; Pedro Reyes; Jinseok Shin; Torri D. Hart – Texas Education Research Center, 2025
To ensure students with disabilities receive the services they need to support their learning, the U.S. Congress reauthorized the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in 2004. IDEA requires that each state: (1) implement IDEA with fidelity; (2) sustain special education programs that meet IDEA's educational standards; and (3) monitor…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Special Education, Program Implementation, Program Administration
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Macy, Marisa; Marks, Kevin; Towle, Alexander – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2014
Early detection efforts have been shown to vary greatly in practice, and there is a general lack of systematic accountability built into monitoring early detection effort impact. This article reviews current early detection practices and the drawbacks of these practices, with particular attention given to prevalent issues of mismeasurement,…
Descriptors: Identification, Early Intervention, Early Childhood Education, Special Education
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Bradham, Tamala S.; Houston, K. Todd – Volta Review, 2011
Over the past 20 years, tremendous strides have been made in establishing and strengthening early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI) programs in all 50 states and the U.S. territories. Although EHDI programs have become more robust, considerable work remains to ensure that all children who do not pass a hearing screening receive the…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Disability Identification, Early Intervention, Program Administration
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Nelson, Lauri; Houston, K. Todd; Hoffman, Jeff; Bradham, Tamala S. – Volta Review, 2011
State coordinators of early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI) programs were asked to complete a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, or SWOT, analysis that consisted of 12 evaluative areas of EHDI programs. For the interdisciplinary area, 47 coordinators responded with 224 items, and themes were identified within each SWOT…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Disability Identification, Early Intervention, Coordinators
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Houston, K. Todd; Hoffman, Jeff; Munoz, Karen F.; Bradham, Tamala S. – Volta Review, 2011
State coordinators of early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI) programs completed a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, or SWOT, analysis that consisted of 12 evaluative areas of EHDI programs. For the EHDI program infrastructure area, 47 coordinators responded with a total of 292 items, and themes were identified in each…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Disability Identification, Early Intervention, Program Administration
Danaher, Joan; Goode, Sue; Lazara, Alex – National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2010
"Part C Updates" is a compilation of information on various aspects of the Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities (Part C) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This is the eleventh volume in a series of compilations, which included two editions of Part H Updates, the former name of the…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Early Intervention, Poverty, Pervasive Developmental Disorders