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Download full textArizona Department of Education, 2009
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004 established a requirement that all States develop and submit to the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) a performance plan designed to advance the State from its current level of compliance with the statutory and regulatory requirements of the law…
Descriptors: Student Rights, Sanctions, Disabilities, Special Education
Direct linkMorningstar, Mary E.; Lattin, Dana L.; Sarkesian, Sue – Transition Coalition, 2009
Successful transition planning is a lifelong process in which the student, family members, friends, and professionals come together to develop and act upon a plan that will lead to a successful adult life. For this reason, transition planning has become a part of several federal laws. The most encompassing of these laws, the Individuals with…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Transitional Programs, Cooperative Planning, Federal Legislation
Busenbark, Lynn; Kewin, Mary – 1993
This guide is designed to answer questions about cooperation/collaboration between Head Start and local school districts. Relevant sections of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the regulations implementing it are cited, along with regulations of the Department of Health and Human Services concerning the Head Start program, and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Early Intervention
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Office for Special Education Services. – 1994
This booklet contains guidelines for implementing a planning process that enhances the transition-related results of New York school districts' individualized education programs (IEP) for students with disabilities. The guide highlights applicable federal and state law and regulations and provides a logical process that addresses transition…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Waksman, Steven A. – 1980
The Preliminary Manual for the Portland Problem Behavior Checklist (PPBC) was developed to aid school personnel to identify problem behaviors, and to implement and evaluate intervention procedures to remediate or alter those problem behaviors. This manual describes the development, validation, administration, scoring procedures, and possible uses…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Check Lists, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Fuchs, Lynn S.; And Others – 1982
The purpose of this study was to explore whether, and if so how, ongoing measurement and evaluation procedures affect the instruction that special educators provide and the educational decisions that they make. Eighteen experimental group teachers employed specific continuous evaluation procedures while 21 contrast group teachers employed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Observation Techniques, Curriculum, Disabilities
Education Service Center Region 19, El Paso, TX. – 1981
The manual, in looseleaf format, is intended for training regular education teachers involved in mainstreaming handicapped students. The manual is organized into seven units of instruction: the law (P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act); handicapping conditions; assessment; individualized education programs; instructional…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
National Education Association, Washington, DC. Teacher Rights Div. – 1978
The effects and implications of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, Public Law (PL) 94-142, are discussed in this collection of conference presentations. A panel gave an overview of legislative and legal aspects of the law and its implications for personnel development and funding. Small group sessions were held on: individualized…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Educational Needs
Coursen, David – 1981
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 requires mainstreaming, or the education of handicapped children with regular students, to the greatest extent appropriate. Although the provisions of the law call for each student to be assessed individually and provided with an Individualized Education Program (IEP), the costs associated…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Schrag, Judy A.; Schrag, Howard L. – Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE), 2004
Consortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE) partner, the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) has been systematically gathering dispute resolution information from State Education Agencies (SEAs) to analyze formative (process) and summative (outcome) information on the use and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, State Departments of Education, Conflict Resolution, Special Education
Knoblauch, Bernadette – 1998
This digest summarizes the rights and responsibilities of parents of children in the special education process under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Amendments of 1997. Among 15 rights listed are a free appropriate public education for every child, informed consent concerning evaluation and programmatic decisions, evaluation…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
deFur, Sharon – 2000
This digest describes the process of designing quality individualized education program (IEP) transition plans for secondary students with disabilities as required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) as amended in 1997. It stresses the importance of taking an early, long-range approach, preferably beginning at age 14 or…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Decision Making, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Fouse, Beth – 1999
This book is intended to provide parents of students with autism with necessary information for the Individualized Education Program (IEP) process and includes relevant information from the 1997 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Chapters discuss the following topics: (1) introductory information; (2) definitions of autism, the basic…
Descriptors: Asperger Syndrome, Autism, Behavior Change, Compliance (Legal)
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. Bureau of Children, Family and Community Services. – 2001
This publication is intended to ensure that consideration for and provision of extended school year services (ESY services) for students with disabilities are consistent with the requirements of federal law, Iowa state rules, and Iowa's adopted educational standards. Part 1 of the document discusses the specific addition of ESY services to the…
Descriptors: Definitions, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility
Johnson, Jane; Goldberg, Paula – 2000
This guide on transition services for Minnesota students with disabilities provides parents with information on student's rights and responsibilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) that is available, how to obtain it, and how to improve the system to provide for transition needs that are not being met. Separate…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Child Advocacy, Disabilities, Educational Legislation
