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Chopra, Ritu; Banerjee, Rashida; DiPalma, Geraldine; Merrill, Laura; Ferguson, Ardith – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2013
Under the supervision of a licensed early intervention provider, paraprofessionals play an indispensable role in implementation of home and community-based services to infants and toddlers with developmental delays or disabilities and their families in Colorado. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 requires that…
Descriptors: Paraprofessional School Personnel, Models, Training Methods, Early Intervention
Kasprzak, Christina; Goode, Sue; Hurth, Joicey; Lucas, Anne; Marshall, Jacqueline; Terrell, Adriane; Jones, Elizabeth – National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2010
The NECTAC Technical Assistance (TA) Model for Long-Term Systems Change (LTSC) recognizes that components of a state system are highly interactive and changes at one level are not likely to be sustained without supportive changes at all related levels. Improved child and family outcomes require: intervention practices that are research-based,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Quality Assurance, Staff Development, Technical Assistance
Haegele, Justin A.; Kozub, Francis M. – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2010
This article describes three different ways of using paraeducators during adapted physical education. (1.) Having paraeducators read a portion of the lesson plan that describes the desired support towards lesson objectives. Paraeducators then assist all students when needed. (2.) Assigning specific modifications for paraeducators through the IEP…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Paraprofessional School Personnel, Teaching Methods
Kahn, Lynne; Hurth, Joicey; Kasprzak, Christina M.; Diefendorf, Martha J.; Goode, Susan E.; Ringwalt, Sharon S. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2009
The National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center was charged by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs from October 2001 through September 2006 to develop, implement, and evaluate an approach to technical assistance (TA) that would result in sustainable systems change in state early intervention and…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Disabilities, Young Children, Staff Development

McKenzie, Robert G.; Houk, Carolyn S. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1986
The article describes a model of paraprofessional placement in special education. The process involves four steps: (1) assessing needs and skills; (2) comparing role expectations; (3) resolving differences in perceptions of teacher and paraprofessional; and (4) writing individualized job descriptions. A list of resource materials for training…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Paraprofessional School Personnel

Burrello, Leonard C.; Baker, Kenneth T. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1980
The authors propose a model for statewide planning and dissemination in the Comprehensive System of Personnel Development process, as mandated in P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. (CL)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Inservice Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Models

Gilles, Cynthia A. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1980
The author describes the Massachusetts and Northeast Region manpower planning projects, discusses the Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD) as a dynamic process, and reviews problems in its implementation in special education. (CL)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Inservice Teacher Education, Models, Preservice Teacher Education

Westwood, Ralph; Thumlert, Ian – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 1994
This article identifies factors that gave rise to current educational models to prepare rehabilitation practitioners for work in community-based services in Alberta, Canada; examines recent changes in resources available and services to be delivered; and offers examples of personnel preparation models being organized for the future. (JDD)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Models
Allison, Terry E.; And Others – 1984
The Project ACCESS (Adapting Curriculum Content for Exceptional Secondary Students) resource guide is designed to help regular classroom teachers provide successful experiences to mildly handicapped mainstreamed students through the adaptation of the curriculum. The concerns-based approach, which was used successfully by Project ACCESS, focuses on…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Feedback, Mainstreaming
May, Marcia J., Ed. – 1980
Seven papers from a 1979 workshop address program evaluation factors (specifically planning) in the Handicapped Children's Early Education Program. R. Sheehan ("Evaluation Strategies in Early Childhood Education: A National Perspective") summarizes the state of the art and lists seven guidelines, such as that evaluation efforts must…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods, Models
Hutchinson, David – Special Education: Forward Trends, 1982
The need for better curricular planning, improved access and aids, and more adequate training for further education staff serving handicapped students in English colleges are discussed. (SW)
Descriptors: College Students, Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Dalke, Bruce; And Others – 1980
The newsletter describes the staff and training activities of the Teaching Research Infant and Child Center which consists of two national model centers--Early Education for the Handicapped Model and a Severely Handicapped Education Model. It is reported that staff training procedures developed at the Boulder (Montana) River School and Hospital…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Models
Nadler, Barbara; And Others – 1981
The New Jersey Mainstream Inservice Project is described as a response to the mandate of P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) for a comprehensive system of personnel development. The model stresses collaboration between the state department of education, 50 local school districts, and five institutions of higher education…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Compliance (Legal), Cooperation, Disabilities
Toole, Amy L.; And Others – Journal of the Division for Early Childhood, 1986
The C.A.S.E. model (Conceptualization, Acquisition, Staff Development, and Evaluation) provides a management model for introducing computers into a preschool program for handicapped children over a period of 4 years. Each of the four model components are described and practical applications provided. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Disabilities, Educational Innovation, Management Systems
Jordan, June B., Ed. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1985
Seven author-contributed papers focus on excellence in urban special education schools. Libby Goodman reviews the isolation of special education teachers and children, in "The Effective School Movement and Special Education," while Dan L. Peterson et al. trace the implications for the Seattle School District of the efforts described in…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education