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Download full textCalifornia State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Office of Program Evaluation and Research. – 1982
California's Master Plan for Special Education provides information on the extent and effectiveness of special education services for exceptional students in local plan areas (LPAs) for 1980-1981. Findings are grouped according to the following seven evaluation criteria (sample findings in parentheses): availability of special education services…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Petisi, Kathleen; Toole, Amy L. – 1980
One of 10 documents developed by the Regional Demonstration Program for Preschool Handicapped Children (New York), the curriculum model is intended to describe the means by which child development theory, empirical research data, and teacher experiential assumptions are integrated into the various phases of the curriculum. Individual sections…
Descriptors: Child Development, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Definitions
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (ED), Washington, DC. – 1980
The document is the third in a series of reports on progress in implementing P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. Six chapters each address a particular question regarding implementation. Chapter 1 investigates the numbers and types of handicapped children being provided special education and related services, and examines…
Descriptors: Administration, Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Capital Area Rehabilitation Center, Austin, TX. – 1980
The document contains the final report of a model project to provide a therapeutically based educational program for severely handicapped, orthopedically impaired children (6 to 21 years old) utilizing the skills of teachers, aides, therapists, and a nurse to provide individualized hands on services. Section I contains an overview of the…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicap Identification, Individualized Education Programs
Peer reviewedAltschuld, J. W.; Downhower, S. G. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1980
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act mandates a free and appropriate education for all handicapped children between the ages of 3-18 (to be extended to 3-21 by 1981). The premises upon which the act was formulated as well as its provisions are described. (RL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Disabilities, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education
Schrag, Judy A. – 1996
This document, prepared as background information for a conference arranged by the National Association of State Directors of Special Education, reviews studies on the use of the individualized education program (IEP) in the education of students with disabilities. The report begins by explaining the legislative origins of the IEP. The report then…
Descriptors: Accountability, Change Strategies, Compliance (Legal), Computer Uses in Education
Slovic, Roz, Ed.; And Others – 1988
This manual is intended for parents of high school students with severe disabilities and offers guidelines for evaluating a high school program and ways parents can improve existing programs. In the first section seven key characteristics of a good high school are identified: (1) integrated; (2) age appropriate; (3) community-based; (4)…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Cooperation, Education Work Relationship, High Schools
Fleming, Donald C.; And Others – 1980
This paper proposes a set of procedures for self-evaluation by practicing school psychologists and includes specific directions for development and improvement of their functioning. The evaluability assessment, a preparation for self-evaluation, is explained and suggested as a starting point. Included is a table which outlines the evaluability…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Counseling, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Jones, Philip R.; And Others – 1983
The four-volume study compared the costs and characteristics of public and nonpublic special education programs serving moderately and severely handicapped students in Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools (MCPS). Data are discussed according to five research questions. First, demographic characteristics are presented, and it is recommended…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student
Anderson, Ellen, Comp.; And Others – 1978
Narrative descriptions of activities in 10 areas of Project FAITH (Family Assistance for Infants and Toddlers with Handicaps) and results of the 1977-1978 project year evaluation are presented. Cost figures, strategy activities, significant findings, recommendations, personnel responsible, product development information, and continuation plans…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Evaluation, Family (Sociological Unit)
Dequin, Henry C. – 1979
This report contains a narrative and two evaluations of a week-long institute on media services for handicapped students which was held at Northern Illinois University. Purposes of the institute were to: (1) extend the abilities of school library media professionals to provide media services to handicapped children; (2) supply information on…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
National Association for Retarded Citizens, Arlington, TX. – 1976
Intended for boards of education, teachers, and concerned citizens, the manual suggests means of evaluating state laws and public school services for mentally retarded students. Guidelines provide information on right to education legislation and litigation, suggestions for citizen monitoring of school services, and a list of resources. Presented…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Check Lists, Equal Education, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedBillingsley, Bonnie S.; Jones, Philip R. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1993
Provides a framework for supervisory tasks in special education, outlines funding and organizational alternatives for providing supervision in rural areas, and suggests specific strategies for dealing with barriers to supervision in rural programs. (Author/KS)
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support
PDF pending restorationTexas Interagency Council on Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Austin. – 1991
This Texas state plan presents proposals for provision of services to people with autism. It is noted that less than 25 percent of the estimated 8,500 persons with autism in Texas are currently receiving services. Preliminary sections look at the nature of autism, the numbers of Texans with autism, the responsibilities of the Interagency Council…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Autism, Delivery Systems, Developmental Disabilities
Striefel, Sebastian; And Others – 1987
The project manual was a product of the 3-year project, "Functional Mainstreaming for Success," (FMS) designed to develop a model for instructional mainstreaming of 162 handicapped children (3-6 years old) in community settings. The major feature of the project was development of a full reverse mainstreamed preschool program, which…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Decision Making, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs
