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Special Education Placements among Former Head Start Children in Kindergarten: A Descriptive Multi-Site Study.
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Redden, Sandra Cluett; Ramey, Sharon L.; Ramey, Craig T.; Forness, Steven R.; Brezausek, Carl M. – Education and Treatment of Children, 2003
A study involving 2,929 Head Start children found that 8% transitioned into special education during kindergarten and showed divergent patterns of receptive language development. Head Start children in special education differed from children in general education based on child demographic, intellectual, behavioral, and health factors. (Contains…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disability Identification, Early Childhood Education, Economically Disadvantaged
The Status of Children with Disabilities in Head Start Programs. Eighteenth Annual Report of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to the Congress of the United States on Services Provided to Children with Disabilities in the Head Start Program.
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Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC. Head Start Bureau. – 1992
This 18th annual report to Congress, covering the program year 1989-1990, outlines the status of children with disabilities in Head Start programs. The report states that the program's mandate of having 10 percent or more of the total number of enrollment opportunities in Head Start programs available for handicapped children was met in each state…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disability Identification, Economically Disadvantaged, Enrollment Rate
The Status of Handicapped Children in Head Start Programs. Sixteenth Annual Report of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to the Congress of the United States on Services Provided to Children with Disabilities in the Head Start Program.
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Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC. Head Start Bureau. – 1991
This report, covering the program year 1987-1988, is designed to inform the Congress of the status of children with disabilities in Head Start programs. The report states that the program's mandate of having 10 percent or more of the total number of enrollment opportunities in Head Start programs available for handicapped children was met in each…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disability Identification, Early Intervention, Economically Disadvantaged
The Status of Handicapped Children in Head Start Programs. Seventeenth Annual Report of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to the Congress of the United States on Services Provided to Children with Disabilities in the Head Start Program.
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Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC. Head Start Bureau. – 1991
This report describes the activities of the Head Start program relating to children with disabilities in the 1988-1989 year. Head Start nationally achieved a 13.5 percent level of enrollment of children with professionally diagnosed disabilities. All states and jurisdictions met the federal mandate of at least 10 percent enrollment of children…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disability Identification, Early Intervention, Economically Disadvantaged
Head Start Children Finishing First Grade: Preliminary Data on School Identification of Children at Risk for Special Education.
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Forness, Steven R.; Ramey, Sharon L.; Ramey, Craig T.; Hsu, Chuanchieh; Brezausek, Carl M.; MacMillan, Donald L.; And Others – Behavioral Disorders, 1998
A study examined the identification rate of mental retardation, learning disabilities, speech or language impairments, and emotional disturbance of 4,161 Head Start children as they completed first grade. Only 26% of the children meeting research diagnostic criteria in these four major categories were identified by the schools. (Author/CR)
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Clinical Diagnosis, Disabilities, Disability Identification
Special Education in Urban America: It's Not Justifiable for Many.
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Gottlieb, Jay; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1994
This paper reviews current practices in urban school districts, concluding that for inner-city children, special education referral, evaluation, and placement practices are not more effective now than 25 years ago. The characteristics and needs of inner-city special education youngsters and the difficult options facing school administrators are…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disability Identification, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational History
Employing Welfare Recipients with Significant Barriers to Work: Lessons from the Disability Field.
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Gardiner, Karen N.; Fishman, Michael E. – 2001
This report examines the disability community's efforts to help individuals who have significant disabilities access and maintain employment. It identifies how welfare agencies can learn from and build upon lessons from the disability community. Chapter 1 describes the hard-to-employ (HTE) Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) population…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adult Education, Agency Role, Assistive Devices (for Disabled)
Welfare Reform: Former TANF Recipients with Impairments Less Likely To Be Employed and More Likely To Receive Federal Supports. Report to Congressional Requesters.
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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 2002
Research was conducted to find out the following: (1) whether welfare recipients with impairments (or their able-bodied parents, if they are children) were as likely to exit Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) as are their counterparts without impairments, and 2) the sources of income reported by leavers with and without impairments.…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adult Education, Adults, Agency Role