Miles Park School views outreach to families, community groups, and businesses as necessary for educational success. Support programs in tutoring, counseling, and high school equivalency for parents are offered, while parents participate in grant-writing, instruction, and program development. Describes the school's drug prevention program. (CJS)

This final report describes activities of the 3-year Activating Children Through Technology (ACTT) Outreach program housed in Macomb Projects in the College of Education at Western Illinois University, which attempted to integrate assistive technology into early childhood services for children, ages birth to 8, with disabilities. Major program…

This 3-year project provided support services to 16 sites (in 8 states) which implemented the BEACON model (Bilingual Early Assessment and Curriculum Outreach Network) to screen, evaluate, and serve young (ages 2-8) bilingual children with disabilities and their families. Major components of the BEACON model are: (1) bilingual children with…