The paper discusses the rationale and guidelines for parent involvement in HCEEP (Handicapped Children's Early Education Program) projects. Ways of assessing parents' needs are reviewed, as are four types of services to meet the identified needs: parent education, direct participation, parent counseling, and parent provided programs. Materials and…

The booklet is designed to help teachers understand the role of physical education in relation to P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. Following an introduction is a section addressing the definition and legal provisions of an individualized education program (IEP). A second section describes the IEP as including a…

The journal issue contains articles on parents, special education, and diagnostic organizations. The first article, "Parental Reactions to a Partnership in Special Education" by M. Feldman and M. Preston, stresses the value of including parents on the special education team particularly in the expression of their feelings toward psychoeducational…

The instructor's manual examines ways to help regular class teachers develop instruction based on individualized educational programs (IEPs) developed for disabled students. Procedures are described for the workshop leader to discuss training objectives, assumptions concerning the need for training, and a brief review of research. The issue of…

The study investigated the effects of P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) on parents with disabled children through case study procedures with six families and a series of structured interviews with 26 additional families. Children ranged in age from 6 to 18 years and in degree of developmental disability from moderate to…

Ten elementary special education teachers in a rural educational cooperative implemented specific curriculum based measurement and data utilization procedures with at least two students each over one school year. Three data utilization strategies (no data utilization, therapeutic analysis, and experimental analysis) were compared in terms of their…

An alternative educational program, ADVANCE (Alternative Design for Vocational and Necessary Cognitive Education), was developed for emotionally disturbed secondary school students in New Jersey. To develop and modify social behaviors needed to complete academic and vocational training to facilitate a return to the mainstream of secondary…

The paper reviews judicial rulings regarding labeling, due process in placement, and right to education for handicapped students with emphasis on the hearing impaired. Statutes and regulations guaranteeing rights to the handicapped are discussed. The issues surrounding the individualized education program and the least restrictive environment…

This 1981 supplement adds recently produced publications to the basic bibliography of resource materials produced by the Wisconsin Research and Development Center for Individualized Schooling as an aid to educators in dealing with diversity among students. Detailed abstracts are provided for items listed in each of seven categories: (1) books…

Individualized education programs (IEPs) for handicapped students are discussed in terms of contents, legal requirements, monitoring, and their implications for physical education. The role of the physical educator in developing IEPs and in providing specially designed physical education services is considered. Approaches to assessment and…

The manual is intended to help teachers of gifted elementary students teach independent learning skills. As a framework, it may be used to provide goals, objectives, conditions, and criteria for developing individualized educational programs (IEPs); to develop evaluation strategies; or to design instructional activities. Objectives and…

In the third of seven volumes on a national survey of individualized education programs (IEPs) for handicapped children, research findings are summarized. Findings are organized according to 10 basic study questions and touch on the following topics: basic content of IEPs, personnel involved in developing and approving IEPs, special education and…

As part of a seven volume study on the individualized education program (IEP) for handicapped students, the document describes a telephone survey to determine the extent to which 153 handicapped migrant children were identified in and had IEPs prepared in different schools. Information is presented in five headings: student charcteristics, student…

The paper describes a school store program designed to improve general work habits such as job attitude, job performance, and punctuality in students (15 to 18 years old) with severe behavior problems. It is explained that the curriculum is devised so that each week students apply for a self selected job by filling out application forms, are…

The second document of a series describes approximately 150 classroom activities in career education for teachers of exceptional students at the elementary, middle, and junior high school levels. An initial section provides such introductory information as a definition of career education, procedures for using the handbook, the relationship…