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New York City Office of the Mayor, NY. – 1985
The report presents recommendations of a commission for improving special education in New York City. The commission conducted interviews with over 300 persons, held 2 days of public hearings, and reviewed documents, publications, and laws and documents in New York and eight other states. Recommendations are offered for four major topic areas: (1)…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicap Identification
Download full textReisman, Karen Cortell; Macy, Daniel J. – 1981
The authors consider the special education research studies conducted for the Special Education Department of the Dallas Independent School District. The Dallas evaluation model utilized a modification of the CIPP model which delineated four kinds of evaluation information: context (which describes the state of the world before intervention),…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Handicap Identification
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1981
The report by the General Accounting Office examines the status of education for handicapped children in 10 states. P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, is reviewed briefly, and the states' compliance with the following aspects was assessed: eligibility criteria, individualized educational programs, and provision of a free…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Definitions, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Capital Area Rehabilitation Center, Austin, TX. – 1980
The document contains the final report of a model project to provide a therapeutically based educational program for severely handicapped, orthopedically impaired children (6 to 21 years old) utilizing the skills of teachers, aides, therapists, and a nurse to provide individualized hands on services. Section I contains an overview of the…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicap Identification, Individualized Education Programs
Anderson, Ellen, Comp.; And Others – 1978
Narrative descriptions of activities in 10 areas of Project FAITH (Family Assistance for Infants and Toddlers with Handicaps) and results of the 1977-1978 project year evaluation are presented. Cost figures, strategy activities, significant findings, recommendations, personnel responsible, product development information, and continuation plans…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Evaluation, Family (Sociological Unit)
Harvard Education Letter, 1989
The question of responsibility for the education of disabled students has become a controversial issue. This article explores the debate between proponents of special education and of mainstreaming for academically handicapped children. Under Public Law 94-142, disabled children are guaranteed an appropriate public education in the least…
Descriptors: Classification, Elementary Secondary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Handicap Identification
Hofmeister, Alan M.; Ferrara, Joseph M. – 1986
The research project investigated whether expert system tools have become sophisticated enough to be applied efficiently to problems in special education. (Expert systems are a development of artificial intelligence that combines the computer's capacity for storing specialized knowledge with a general set of rules intended to replicate the…
Descriptors: Articulation Impairments, Artificial Intelligence, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Problems
