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Brockenbrough, Ken – NEC*TAS Notes, 1991
This publication describes several national initiatives focusing on the need for cultural pluralism among professionals and support services for parents of young children with disabilities. The publication begins with a discussion of new laws, funding initiatives and programs, and special projects of the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S.…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Early Intervention
Ross, E. Clarke – Word from Washington, 1982
The paper outlines the educational objectives of a course offered at the 1982 meeting of the American Academy on Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine. The course addresses policy changes and trends in publically financed services to developmentally disabled persons. Topics covered in the outline are a continuum of care; historical…
Descriptors: Course Content, Court Litigation, Delivery Systems, Developmental Disabilities
Ross, E. Clarke – Word from Washington Analysis, 1979
The paper examines the assumptions, historical developments of the federal service delivery system for developmentally disabled persons. Services for the disabled are seen to have evolved from criteria oriented programs to entitlements with accompanying guarantees of due process. Major federal programs are traced from the 1918 Vocational…
Descriptors: Costs, Delivery Systems, Developmental Disabilities, Educational Trends
Linking_Learning, 1998
This newsletter issue is devoted entirely to the goals and achievements of Project Estrella (Encourage Students through Technology To Reach High Expectations in Learning, Lifeskills, and Achievement), one of six migrant education technology projects funded by the U.S. Department of Education. "ESTRELLA Connects for Learning" describes…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Delivery Systems, Distance Education, Educational Technology
Youth Programs: Practical Lessons from Research and Program Experience, 1989
This journal issue summarizes the main points of a two-volume guide to youth performance management: "Working It Out: An Anthology of State and Local Performance Management Strategies Designed to Increase Services to Youth at Risk of Chronic Unemployment." The guide draws on the experiences of state and local practitioners in identifying…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delivery Systems, Disadvantaged Youth, Federal Legislation
OSERS New in Print, 1991
This U.S. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) quarterly issue contains six papers describing development of services for minority individuals with disabilities. "Goals for Improving Services to Minority Individuals with Disabilities" (Robert R. Davila) discusses the need to increase high-school graduation…
Descriptors: American Indians, Cues, Cultural Differences, Delivery Systems
Perspective: Essays and Reviews of Issues in Employment Security and Employment and Training Programs, 1990
This volume of an annual journal contains 17 articles that focus on model local offices of the employment security (ES) and training systems. The articles are arranged in three parts. Part I, on developing new initiatives, contains the following five articles: "A Public Employment Service for the 1990s" (Elizabeth Dole); "The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Career Information Systems, Cooperative Programs