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When Good Intentions Go Awry: A Critical Policy Analysis of Equity-Focused Policies Intended to Reduce Racial Disparities in Special Education
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Dosun Ko; Dian Mawene; Yehyang Lee; Sumin Lim; Jahyun Yoo – Exceptional Children, 2025
In the U.S. education system, students of color experience multiple forms of marginalization at the intersection of markers of difference. These injustices manifest in multiple forms, such as higher rates of inappropriate referrals to special education, misidentification, conferring stigmatizing labels, and subsequently placing students of color…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Equal Education, Racism
A Team Approach to Planning and Evaluating Personnel Preparation Programs in Public Schools.
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Maher, Charles A. – Exceptional Children, 1982
A team approach for planning and evaluating personnel preparation programs within the context of PL 94-142, (Education for All Handicapped Children Act), proceeds through six steps--from needs assessment through plan revision. Formative evaluation data has shown success in three goal areas and in staff satisfaction. (CL)
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Formative Evaluation, Interdisciplinary Approach
The Multiple Talent Approach in Mainstream and Gifted Programs.
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Schlichter, Carol L. – Exceptional Children, 1981
The application of the multiple talent model in special programs for the gifted is discussed in the context of a comprehensive program model as defined by J. Renzulli's triad model. (Author)
Descriptors: Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Interdisciplinary Approach
Some Questions from a School Administrator
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Melcher, John W. – Exceptional Children, 1972
The need for a system of special education which covers all aspects of interprofessional and interagency relationships is discussed. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Educational Programs, Exceptional Child Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Training Special Service Teams to Develop IEP's.
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Maher, Charles A. – Exceptional Children, 1980
Results suggested that although inservice training appears to enable special service teams to increase the number of complete individualized education programs, both inservice training and performance feedback may be necessary to maintain increased team productivity during the school year. (Author)
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Disabilities, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research
Interdisciplinary Team Training: A National Survey of Special Education Teacher Training Programs.
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Courtnage, Lee; Smith-Davis, Judy – Exceptional Children, 1987
Of 360 institutions responding to a national survey on the status of preservice interdisciplinary special education team training, 48 percent did not offer team training. The majority of programs with team training infused training components into existing courses/practica. Team training components followed closely the team operations found in…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Interdisciplinary Approach, National Surveys, Practicums
The Challenge of Implementing Collaboration between General and Special Education.
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Pugach, Marleen C.; Johnson, Lawrence J. – Exceptional Children, 1989
The article describes differences between consultation and collaboration among special education and regular classroom teachers and makes the argument that collaboration deserves far greater attention in current attempts to redefine relationships between specialists and teachers in the schools. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Disabilities, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education
Preparing Professionals to Serve Infants and Toddlers with Handicaps and Their Families: An Integrative Analysis across Eight Disciplines.
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Bailey, Donald B., Jr.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1990
Entry-level university programs (N=449) in eight disciplines were surveyed concerning students' preparation to provide services to young children with disabilities and their families. Although considerable variability was found across disciplines, the average student receives little specialized information concerning either the infancy period or…
Descriptors: Course Content, Disabilities, Early Intervention, Higher Education