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Pauline Westcott – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) mandates that a transition plan be in place for students with disabilities by the time they turn 16. This plan aims to facilitate the child's movement from high school "to post-school activities, including postsecondary education, vocational education, integrated employment (including…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Students with Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Equal Education
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Gaumer Erickson, Amy S.; Noonan, Patricia M.; Brussow, Jennifer A.; Gilpin, Barb J. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2014
Since the revision of Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in 2004, experts and service providers have been operating on the untested assumption that State Performance Plan Indicator 13 (transition Individualized Education Program [IEP] compliance) is a precursor to Indicator 14 (student outcomes of engagement in postsecondary…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Individualized Education Programs
Blythe, Teresa – Regional Resource Center Program, 2013
In this Information Research Cadre, Teresa Blythe responds to the following research question: For those states that have residential schools for the Blind/VI and Deaf/HI students, have they developed policies and procedures for residential placement of these students? To develop this response Blythe conducted web research utilizing numerous…
Descriptors: Residential Schools, Blindness, Deafness, Visual Impairments
Special School District of St. Louis County, MO. – 1981
The manual provides guidelines for developing individualized education programs (IEPs) and determining the educational placement of handicapped children in St. Louis County, Missouri. The introduction summarizes requirements of Public Law 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) regarding the IEP provision. The next chapter examines…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education
Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2008
Children with disabilities have a right to a free appropriate public education (FAPE). Children differ in mental abilities, sensory development, physical traits, emotional or social behaviors, or communication skills. Some may require modification to their school program or special education and related services in order to benefit from their…
Descriptors: Parent Materials, Parents, Related Services (Special Education), Student Needs
Do You Know..., 1999
This brochure discusses the role of Missouri parents in the transition of students with disabilities from high school to adult life. It begins by outlining the requirements of federal legislation for transition planning and transition services. A question-and-answer format follows that addresses the beginning of transition planning at age 14 or…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Missouri Univ., Columbia. Coll. of Education. – 1988
This module identifies the major provisions of federal laws involving vocational special needs education. Information is provided for implementing the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act in Missouri. The guide includes a list of definitions and uses a question-and-answer format to discuss the legislation. Topics covered include…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Disadvantaged Youth, Education Work Relationship
Missouri State Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jefferson City. Div. of Special Education. – 2001
This technical assistance bulletin explains extended school year (ESY) services for students with disabilities. It begins by discussing federal regulations that require schools to ensure that ESY services are available as necessary to provide free, appropriate public education to students with disabilities, that require ESY services to be provided…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility
Missouri State Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education, Jefferson City. Div. of Special Education. – 1998
This bulletin provides guidance and direction to Missouri local education agencies (LEAs) and Individualized Education Program (IEP) teams regarding the U.S. Office of Special Education Program's findings that indicated Missouri students with disabilities were not always receiving all of the special education and related services that were…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Center for Innovations in Special Education, Columbia, MO. – 1998
This booklet was developed in response to input from six regional forums held in Missouri in the spring of 1996. The purpose was to solicit public perceptions about inclusive school practices in public schools for students with and without disabilities, as well as to obtain stakeholder input on how to increase and improve inclusive education in…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems, Disabilities