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The Rehabilitation Act: Outcomes for Transition-Age Youth
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National Council on Disability, 2008
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, together with the Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975, set in motion policy changes that have allowed many thousands of children and youth with disabilities in the United States the opportunity to gain the educational and vocational skills needed to transition to living, working, and participating as…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Employment Level, Disabilities, Young Adults
Summary of Research Findings on Individualized Education Programs.
National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Washington, DC. – 1977
Intended for state education agency personnel and others concerned with implementation of P.L. 94-142 (Education for All Handicapped Children Act), the booklet presents summaries and findings of three research projects on individualized education programs (IEPs) and the planning team (PT) process. Reported on are the following three studies: a…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Training Special Educators to Teach in Rural Areas: Special Problems and Recommendations for Program Development.
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Polloway, Edward A.; Tolbert, Merrill P. – 1984
A review of the existing literature on preparation of rural teaching personnel focuses on the problems of education and specifically, special education, in rural areas and reports various solutions to those problems. Characteristics of many rural areas (such as high non-enrollment rates, rising service costs, resistance to outside interference,…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Educational Environment, Educational Finance, Educational Research