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Download full textDepartment of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC. – 1979
The report examines reasons for widely different proportions of handicapped children identified in 24 local school districts across six states and surveys the implementation of special education programs in those districts. Interviews are said to have been conducted with over 1000 persons, including students, teachers, parents, administrators, and…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicapped Children, Identification
National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Washington, DC. – 1979
Intended as a practical guide, the handbook presents information on implementation issues of P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The book is organized into two main sections: an overview of federal, state, and local responsibilities in special education, legislative…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Costs, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education
Smith, Carl R. – Iowa Perspective, 1978
The paper focuses on trends in the areas of emotional disabilities (ED) related to identification, programming considerations, and general delivery issues. An increase in the number of children identified as ED has affected the need for more programs and personnel for this group and on public awareness of the disability. Other trends are the use…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Educational Legislation, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
