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Download full textFankhauser, Glenda; And Others – 1977
Presented is a screening device for use in preschool programs to identify children with serious developmental delay. It is explained that the instrument will also help the classroom teacher to obtain a class profile. Screening tasks are charted and incorporated into lesson plans for the following skill areas: gross motor, fine motor, language,…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Handicap Identification, Handicapped Children
Laub, Karen W.; And Others – 1978
In order to comply with Public Law 94-142, Education for All Handicapped Children Act, procedures for planning and conducting screening (identification) and assessment of preschool handicapped children in rural areas were developed. Screening was accomplished by public awareness campaigns, health screening, or school census analysis. In the HICOMP…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Developmental Disabilities, Guides, Handicap Identification
Goetaski, Janet E. – 1984
The major goals of this practicum were (1) to initiate a preschool screening program to identify children with special needs in the Lower Township School District, Cape May, New Jersey; (2) to refer these children to appropriate remedial services prior to their entrance into kindergarten; and (3) to provide opportunities for parents to attend…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Diagnostic Tests, Handicap Identification, High Risk Students
Sonoma State Univ., Rohnert Park, CA. California Inst. of Human Services. – 1982
Activities and accomplishments of the Napa (California) program for disabled infants, birth to 5 years old, are summarized; and forms and program materials are presented. Components of the program, which served 25 children (birth to 3 years old) in 1981-1982, are discusssed as follows: early identification of children at risk; developmental…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Developmental Stages, Disabilities, Early Identification
Berman, Carol, Ed.; And Others – 1989
The report describes tracking systems which address the need for early, reliable, and consistent identification and follow-up for children at risk for developmental disability. The systems, developed by 15 states that participated in the "Project Zero to Three" network, demonstrate how states may approach the linkages among prevention,…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Case Records, Data Collection, Developmental Disabilities
Bagnato, Stephen J.; And Others – 1978
The COMP-Ident Assessment Format for developing assessment and intervention procedures to follow up initial screening of preschool handicapped children in rural areas is the second stage in the HICOMP Project. Linkage between assessment and programming includes describing the child's current levels of functioning in all areas; specifying long- and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developmental Programs, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Education, Raleigh. – 1988
Sample forms and form completion instructions are provided for the referral, initial placement, annual review, and reevaluation of exceptional children. The forms were developed for use by North Carolina local educational agencies. The forms encompass the exceptionalities of academically gifted, specific learning disabled, behaviorally-emotionally…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Behavior Disorders, Disabilities, Educational Diagnosis
O'Brien, Esther; Sanspree, Mary Jean – 1984
The document contains materials from the Jefferson County (Alabama) vision and hearing screening program to identify students with sensory impairments, to monitor "at risk" students, and to provide appropriate educational intervention. The package contains the following: instructions for the principle on vision screening; procedures for…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicap Identification, Hearing Impairments
Freilinger, J. Joseph, Ed.; And Others – 1982
The Iowa Severity Rating Scales are designed to provide general guidelines which may be used as a part of the clinical speech and language program to obtain uniform identification of preschool children with communication disabilities. Section 1 contains definitions, an explanation of the severity classification (a 5 point scale ranging from 0 for…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Communication Disorders, Evaluation Methods, Handicap Identification
Vaillancourt, Beverly – 1979
This final report contains a ten-page narrative and extensive appendixes of materials regarding, and products developed by, a project to develop assessment and educational techniques serving the adult basic education (ABE) student with learning disabilities (LD). The narrative discusses activities (and results) concerning these five project…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Basal Reading
Goodman, Joan F. – 1982
A unique psychometric device, The "Lock Box," has been developed to measure the ability of preschool children to structure a novel problematic situation. The primary purpose of the box is to identify those preschoolers with mental ages ranging from 2 1/2 to 6 years who have difficulty imposing an orderly plan on their explorations and…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Handicap Identification, Innovation, Learning Problems
Magrab, Phyllis; And Others – 1981
The workbook suggests a concrete procedure for initiating a cooperative effort to collect and summarize information so that plans can be made for serving handicapped preschoolers. Once the workbook is completed, it can be used as a baseline for evaluating the progress of community activities, to make revisions in the plans and to share changes…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Community Resources, Disabilities
Kressley, Catherine Gill – 1979
The final report documents the progress of Project SAFE (Special Assistance for Early Education of the Handicapped), designed to provide educational services to young children (0 to 5 years) with severe and profound, multiple, hearing, orthopedic, and health impairments. SAFE's activities in the following areas are documented: public…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Handicap Identification, Infants, Parent Counseling
Bennett, Randy Elliot; Lewis, Michael – 1979
This paper describes the Developmental Knowledge and Management Practices Scale. It is designed for assessing the primary care physicians' knowledge of development and their management practices when faced with children exhibiting evidence of handicap. The scale may be useful for assessing the inservice training needs of primary care physicians…
Descriptors: Child Development, Clinical Diagnosis, Disabilities, Handicap Identification
Bell, Catherine; Chalufour, Ingrid – 1982
One of four packets designed to help day care workers provide services to handicapped children and their families, the booklet addresses issues in screening and identification. A 12-item agenda for a workshop on screening and identification covering such topics as the definitions of screening, rationale for screening, information gathered from a…
Descriptors: Day Care, Developmental Stages, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
