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Peer reviewedGarwood, S. Gray – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1987
The paper reviews factors affecting development of early intervention programs for all handicapped infants including changing political and economic conditions and programmatic issues (setting, staffing, identification). Finally, the provisions of P.L. 99-457 creating a discretionary infant intervention program are outlined. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Government Role, Infants
Download full textSchrag, Emily – 1988
The report analyzes roles of mental health professionals in implementing Public Law 99-457, the Education of the Handicapped Amendments of 1986, which established the Child and Adolescent Service System Program (CASSP). A December, 1987, conference of administrators, clinicians, policymakers, and parent representatives from federal, state, and…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Emotional Disturbances, Federal Legislation
Peer reviewedBarnett, W. Steven – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1988
The article reviews the current situation in preschool special education: who is served, how they are served, and program costs; predicted is program expansion under Public Law 99-457. A strategy is recommended for developing state preschool special education policies that take into account costs as well as benefits. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Educational Finance
