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Download full textNational Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities, 2010
The National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities (NDPC-SD) was assigned the task of compiling, analyzing, and summarizing the data for Indicator 1--Graduation--from the FFY 2008 Annual Performance Reports (APRs) and amended State Performance Plans (SPPs), which were submitted by States to the Office of Special Education…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Disabilities, Dropouts, Special Education
Direct linkBruns, Deborah A.; Mogharreban, Cathy C. – NHSA Dialog, 2008
Increasing numbers of young children with disabilities are receiving services in inclusive settings such as Head Start. It is important to note that positive outcomes for young children with disabilities are due in large part to practitioners' understanding and implementation of both recommended practices in both early care and education and early…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Individualized Education Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Disabilities
PDF pending restorationOlesinski, Raymond L. – 1994
This paper reports on how factors related to students' impending graduate medical education (GME) influenced the design of their individual curricula in an alternative medical education program. Ten students of the Independent Study Program (ISP) of the College of Medicine at Chicago/University of Illinois participated in the study through…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Course Selection (Students), Graduate Medical Education, Higher Education
Goessling, Deborah Peters
This microethnographic study examined the perspectives of paraprofessionals assisting students with disabilities in inclusive educational settings. Extensive open-ended individual interviews were conducted with 10 educational technicians from 10 different schools in Maine. Demographic data on paraprofessionals in Maine were also analyzed. The…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnography
McGinley, Nancy J. – 1988
The study examined the Philadelphia school district's program for mildly handicapped students. It provided descriptive data related to mixed categorical classes, described students enrolled in the mildly handicapped program, provided descriptive data on the content of Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), and attempted to determine the…
Descriptors: Attendance, Educational Needs, Educational Practices, Educational Quality
Melograno, Vincent; Loovis, E. Michael – 1982
A study was conducted to determine the educational needs of elementary and secondary school physical education teachers in Ohio in mainstreaming handicapped children in their classes. A validated questionnaire was sent to teachers in 35 school districts, and 241 teachers responded. The survey sought information on the experiences of teachers with…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Education Programs
Halpern, Robert; Parker-Crawford, Frances – 1981
The two documents contain the final report and executive summary of a 2 year study on the impact of P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) on nine Michigan handicapped children (5 to 10 years old) who had participated in an integrated preschool. Section I of the final report presents introductory information with an overview…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Due Process
Helge, Doris I. – 1980
Data collected from 19 state education agencies through questionnaires and interviews focused on special problems and approaches in rural areas for complying with four major aspects of P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act: individualized education programs (IEPs), least restrictive environment (LRE), procedural safeguards,…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedMargolis, Howard; Truesdell, Lee Ann – Urban Review, 1987
A survey of teachers' attitudes over the use of individual education programs (IEPs) for handicapped children revealed that they viewed the IEP more as a legal requirement than as an important guide for planning instruction. Few helped develop their students' IEPs. Recommendations for increasing teacher involvement in IEP are presented.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Disabilities, Educationally Disadvantaged
Bottsford-Miller, Nicole; Thurlow, Martha L.; Stout, Karen Evans; Quenemoen, Rachel F. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2006
Individual Education Plans (IEPs) and 504 Plans often recommend the use of accommodations to facilitate the learning of classroom material by students with disabilities. Since the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in 1997, students with disabilities are expected to participate in state and district-wide assessments, using…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Disabilities, Testing Accommodations, Correlation
Zhang, Dalun; Stecker, Pamela M. – 2000
Involvement of students with mild mental retardation (MMR) in the transition planning process was evaluated through interviews with 44 secondary teachers of students with MMR. The interviews focused on behaviors of the teacher and Individualized Education Program (IEP) team members before and during the transition planning meeting as well as…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Education Work Relationship, High Schools, Individualized Education Programs
Peer reviewedShaunessy, Elizabeth – Gifted Child Today, 2003
A review of 2001 state policies on gifted education found that states varied on their definitions of giftedness. Twenty-seven mandate full or partial gifted education, 9 require an individualized education program for gifted students, but only 4 require gifted students and children with disabilities to be identified, located, and evaluated…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Classification, Definitions, Educational Practices
Garay, Suzette V. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2003
A study of 69 students with deafness found the following factors facilitated transition from education to adult life and employment: student participation in Individualized Education Program meetings; family involvement in the transition process; transition planning in middle school; and cultural sensitivity in transition planning. Transition…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Deafness, Education Work Relationship, Employment
Rist, Marilee C. – American School Board Journal, 1990
A poll of school attorneys conducted by the National School Boards Association revealed that some school districts are so reluctant to run up legal costs in special education cases that the districts are willing to agree to demands they do not consider educationally sound for children. (MLF)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Hearings
Peer reviewedRepetto, Jeanne B.; And Others – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1990
Information concerning implementation of Individualized Transition Plans (ITP) was collected from 46 states and analyzed to determine documentation used in transition planning, relationship between the ITP and Individualized Education Programs, age for beginning transition planning, individuals involved in transition planning, and issues addressed…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Planning, High Schools
