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Download full textIowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. Div. of Elementary and Secondary Education. – 1997
This guide from Iowa is intended to: clarify changes in the state's new rules on special education; make the state's definition of mental disability operational; provide practical guidelines on preferred practices for determination of mental disability and the need for special education services; and highlight prescriptive assessment practices…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Definitions, Delivery Systems, Disability Identification
Cultural Diversity and Special Education Teacher Preparation: Critical Issues Confronting the Field.
Peer reviewedVoltz, Deborah L. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1998
Presents an overview of areas related to preparing educators for diversity that have particular significance or unique implications for special education. Issues addressed include special-education eligibility determination, instructional methodology, parental involvement, culturally diverse special educators, and educational equity. (CR)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Disabilities
Duffy, James, Ed.; Duron, Susan, Ed. – 1999
This document discusses strategies for meeting the special education needs of Colorado students who are culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) and who may have a disability. It begins with a case example of the challenges of serving CLD children with disabilities, a glossary of acronyms and key terminology, and basic principles underlying…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Court Litigation, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Alexandria, VA. – 1995
This document was developed as a result of 1993 and 1994 policy forums on strategies to address disproportionate representation of minority students in special education. Part 1 is a synthesis of major themes and recommendations resulting from the first forum. Part 2 is a prioritization of 35 recommendations arising from that forum. The following…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cultural Differences, Disability Identification, Disproportionate Representation
Breen, Michael J., Ed.; Fiedler, Craig R., Ed. – 1996
This text presents 13 chapters on the assessment of students with emotional and/or behavioral disorders for the purpose of making educational placement and programming decisions consistent with federal and state diagnostic guidelines. Chapters are grouped into four sections focusing on: basic considerations for assessment of youth in this…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Anxiety, Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Disorders
