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The Assessment Placement and Monitoring Index: A Non-Categorical Severity Scale for Handicapped Students.
Renter, Chuck; And Others – 1979
The APMI (Assessment, Placement, and Monitoring Index) is a non-categorical placement procedure designed to facilitate objective assessment, placement, and monitoring of exceptional children (ages 4 and up). The purpose of the APMI is to offer an "alternative" model for determining "severity" that (1) describes the needs of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Communication Skills, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education
Case Study of the Implementation of P.L. 94-142: Preliminary Findings Summary.
Education Turnkey Systems, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1978
The paper discusses the activities and processes by which the local education agencies (LEAs) are implementing the provisions of Public Law 94-142 (Education for All Handicapped Children Act) and describes and analyzes the consequences which occur at the individual LEA/community level. The preliminary findings of a series of nine case studies of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Due Process, Evaluation Methods, Federal Legislation
"To Assure the Free Appropriate Public Education of All Handicapped Children." Second Annual Report to Congress on the Implementation of Public Law 94-142: The Education for All Handicapped Children Act.
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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
Counseling IEPs.
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Humes, Charles W., II – School Counselor, 1980
Despite limited references to guidance and counseling in federal legislation on the handicapped, school counselors are deeply involved in the delivery of appropriate services. An individualized education program (IEP) can include counseling services for both special and regular education placements and provide intervention, as well as support.…
Descriptors: Counselor Role, Delivery Systems, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Overview: Educational Rights of Children with Disabilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
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Center for Law and Education, Washington, DC. – 1994
This report reviews and compares the legal rights of students with disabilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The first and second sections detail the statutory framework of the laws and legal requirements pertaining to eligibility, identification, and local and…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Clinical Diagnosis, Court Litigation, Disabilities
Education of Adjudicated Handicapped Youth: Policy Issues and Implications.
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Hockenberry, Cathe McCall – 1980
The report outlines areas of policy convergence between agencies providing services to adjudicated handicapped youth and suggests policy arrangements to encourage interagency agreements necessary to carry out P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Research is cited showing…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Compliance (Legal), Coordination, Correctional Education