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Peer reviewedBeckman, Paula J.; And Others – Journal of Early Intervention, 1993
This paper describes Project Assist, a model for developing and implementing a flexible system of social support that can be individualized for families of infants/toddlers with disabilities. The model uses group support, individual support, and follow-up support to meet a variety of family needs and promote family adaptation. (JDD)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Family Involvement
Download full textDougan, Patricia; And Others – 1986
Part of a training curriculum designed to prepare a multidisciplinary team of preservice/inservice personnel to deliver vocational and special education experiences for disabled individuals, this competency-based module focuses on model vocational special needs programs. Content includes rationale, objectives, prerequisites, evaluation procedures…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Kovach, JoAnne; Kjerland, Linda – 1988
This final report describes Project Dakota, an early intervention demonstration project serving newborns to preschoolers with developmental delay or disability in Dakota County, Minnesota, from 1983 to 1986. The first chapter describes the project model (which focuses on increasing the effectiveness of parents in fostering the child's development)…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Community Programs, Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems
Wurbacher and Associates, Takoma Park, MD. – 1993
This report describes results and conclusions of a third-party evaluation of a 1-year demonstration project in Alexandria (Virginia) to develop "safety nets" for 12 people with disabilities who were either unemployed or with a history of unemployment. An Employment Security Specialist worked with these individuals and their families to:…
Descriptors: Adults, Agency Cooperation, Career Development, Career Planning
Bruder, Mary Beth; Brand, Marie – 1993
This final report describes objectives, activities, and outcomes of a project to provide training to infant specialists employed within a total of 16 infant intervention programs in New York State. The project focused on the acquisition of skills necessary to provide services under Public Law 99-457. Training content and procedures were derived…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Compliance (Legal), Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1986
The text of Public Law 99-457, the Education of the Handicapped Amendments (1986) is presented. Title I focuses on handicapped infants and toddlers with sections specifying: definitions, general authority, general eligibility, continuing eligibility, requirements for statewide system, the individualized family service plan, state applications and…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Deaf Blind, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
