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The Influence of Parental Engagement on Most Restrictive Special Education Placements for African American Students in a Major Urban Texas School District
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Hawkins, Dianne Kendrick – ProQuest LLC, 2017
African American students receive placements in special education in numbers disproportionate to their representation in the population at large. They are also placed in most restrictive settings in large numbers. The current quantitative study was designed to examine the influence of participation in ARD/IEP meetings by African American parents…
Descriptors: Parent Influence, Special Education, Student Placement, African American Students
A Five-Year Longitudinal Study of IEP Implementation.
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Turner, Ruth M.; Macy, Daniel J. – 1978
The paper describes a 5-year longitudinal study of a Texas school district's implementation of an individualized mainstream special education program. "Plan A" program activities and outcomes are reported for five phases (sample subtopics in parentheses): initiation in one high school, one junior high school and eight elementary schools…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicapped Children, Individualized Programs
Parent Manual: Education for Your Handicapped Child.
Advocacy, Inc., Austin, TX. – 1979
Intended for parents, the manual discusses in detail the education of handicapped children, with a focus on the state of Texas. Section 1 provides basic information and covers such aspects as basic laws and regulations--including the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142), case law, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of…
Descriptors: Confidentiality, Court Litigation, Discipline, Due Process
Assistive Technology in the Individualized Education Plan: Analysis of Policies across Ten States
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Bausch, Margaret E.; Quinn, Brianna Stegall; Chung, Yoosun; Ault, Melinda Jones; Behrmann, Michael M. – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2009
With the heightened emphasis of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 on inclusion in the general curriculum and meeting the associated standards, assistive technology (AT) has become a necessary consideration to ensure a free appropriate public education and to promote education in the least restrictive environment…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Disabilities, Educational Technology, Assistive Technology
All Children Can Learn Together: Suggestions for Least Restrictive Environment.
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Special Education Programs. – 1991
This guide offers specific recommendations to Texas school districts concerning the implementation of least restrictive environment (LRE) requirements for students with disabilities. Suggestions are grouped according to six issues recommended for consideration in the decision making process: These are: (1) the primacy of the individual student's…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Compliance (Legal), Decision Making, Delivery Systems
Handicapped Students in Regular Vocational Education: Impact on Class Interaction and Instructional Variables. Final Report.
Fair, George W. – 1981
A study examined the impact of teaching handicapped students in regular vocational education classrooms on class interaction and instructional variables. During the study, researchers conducted individual interviews with 22 vocational education instructors from 11 randomly selected school districts throughout Texas and later conducted a total of…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Group Dynamics