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Statewide Implementation of Evidence-Based Programs
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Fixsen, Dean; Blase, Karen; Metz, Allison; van Dyke, Melissa – Exceptional Children, 2013
Evidence-based programs will be useful to the extent they produce benefits to individuals on a socially significant scale. It appears the combination of effective programs and effective implementation methods is required to assure consistent uses of programs and reliable benefits to children and families. To date, focus has been placed primarily…
Descriptors: Evidence, State Programs, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness
Implementing Federal Transition Initiatives for Youths with Severe Handicaps: The Utah Community-Based Transition Project.
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Hardman, Michael; McDonnell, John – Exceptional Children, 1987
The article describes the Utah Community-Based Transition Project, a federally funded project on transition planning for severely disabled youth. The planning process is aimed at facilitating coordination and expansion of community services for each graduate. Barriers facing states as they attempt to implement effective transition planning models…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Services, Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship
State Councils on Developmental Disabilities
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Stedman, Donald J. – Exceptional Children, 1976
Examined are the roles and progress over the past 3 years of state councils on developmental disabilities, as established by the Developmental Disabilities Act of 1970. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Accountability, Advisory Committees, Developmental Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Transition Policies, Practices, and Promises: Lessons from Three States.
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Furney, Katharine S.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1997
A policy study (1992-94) investigated how three exemplary states have implemented transition services for youth with disabilities. Document evaluation and interviews (N=74) with key policymakers and implementors resulted in identifying seven themes that contributed to the successful initiation and continuation of transition policies, practices,…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship