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Download full textBritish Columbia Dept. of Education, Victoria. Div. of Special Education. – 1997
This report discusses the outcomes of a 1996-1997 review that investigated the current role of Learning Assistance Services in the delivery of special education support services to students in 115 British Columbia public schools and the students who receive these services. Learning Assistance Services are described as school-based, non-categorical…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, High Risk Students
Kelker, Katharin A. – 1997
This final report of a five-year project describes the activities of Parents, Let's Unite for Kids (PLUK), a Montana program designed to provide support, training, and information to parents of infants, toddlers, and children with disabilities. A priority of the project is to serve members of groups that have been traditionally underserved,…
Descriptors: Advocacy, American Indians, Children, Disabilities
Thurlow, Martha L. – 1998
This guide for parents explains implications of the 1997 amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, which requires the participation of students with disabilities in statewide and districtwide assessments, leading to greater accountability by the educational system for educational results for all students. The guide notes that…
Descriptors: Accountability, Alternative Assessment, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities
NICHCY News Digest, 1998
This digest summarizes the reauthorized Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997 (IDEA 97) with emphasis on changes in the new law. First, it highlights principal changes in the law. These changes include participation of children and youth with disabilities in state and districtwide assessment programs; the way in which…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Decision Making, Disabilities, Discipline
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Bureau of Education for Exceptional Students. – 1991
This resource manual provides guidelines for development, management, and evaluation of Florida school district programs for students with visual impairments. In each section rules are presented first and are in script type. General rules are followed by rules specific to programs for the visually impaired. Following the rules, recommended best…
Descriptors: Blindness, Curriculum, Educational Legislation, Educational Practices
Smith, Pamela D.; Leatherby, Jennifer L. – 1992
These guidelines are intended to help educators and other school personnel in Kentucky better manage the inclusion of students who require health services in either special or regular educational settings. The brief manual has sections which address: definitions; related Kentucky regulations; results of a statewide survey on personnel,…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Communicable Diseases, Delivery Systems, Disease Control
McWilliam, R. A. – 1992
This manual provides a structure for professionals to work collaboratively with families in selecting outcomes for their special needs children. It does so through presenting a family-centered intervention approach to conducting the Individualized Family Service Plan or Individualized Educational Program meeting. Part I provides an introduction…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Cultural Influences, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Averitt, Sallie Dowling – 1993
This guidebook was designed to be a practical guide in developing workplace education programs. The handbook includes the following three sections: (1) background information, including details and supporting information about workplace education; (2) workplace education worksheets that adult education supervisors can take to the worksite to use…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Individualized Education Programs
Baggett, Connie D.; Banski, Kathleen – 1988
The development of individualized educational programs (IEPs) has become a burden for many secondary school systems. The primary objective of the project described in this report was to develop a computer system that would help in the development of IEPs for all 15,000 handicapped and/or disadvantaged students enrolled in Pennsylvania's vocational…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Aptitude Tests, Computer System Design, Diagnostic Tests
Evaluation and Training Inst., Los Angeles, CA. – 1991
This Vocational Education Resource Package (VERP) was developed to provide materials useful in replicating an exemplary vocational education program for special student populations in the California Community Colleges. This VERP provides information on a basic food service training program for physically disabled, learning disabled, and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Food Service
Lynch, Patricia S. – 1991
A study was conducted to determine how parents perceive their involvement in planning the transition from school to work for their children with disabilities. A random sample of 240 parents in 9 school districts in Texas identified as having exemplary disabilities programs were contacted with a mailed survey, and 17 parents volunteered as a result…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, High School Students
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. – 1983
Designed to assist service providers as they strive to provide a full service goal for all handicapped pupils, this manual consists of checklists for monitoring compliance with Public Law 94-142 (Education for All Handicapped Children Act). Checklists of components in general policy areas are: (1) policy requirements (LEAs - Local Educational…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Compliance (Legal), Confidentiality, Disabilities
PDF pending restorationAsh, Paul M., Comp. – 1983
A listing of 178 curriculum guides for exemplary special education programs is presented, based on a national 1983 survey of over 500 programs. For each program, information is presented on the title of the guide, the source and source address, development date, price, number of pages, recommended exceptionality area(s), and recommended level(s).…
Descriptors: American Indians, Career Education, Communication Skills, Counseling
Rudolph, Carol; And Others – 1984
This manual is the fourth in a set of training manuals for Head Start staff. It contains descriptions of workshop modules on the topics of (1) language development in children, (2) creativity in children, (3) the Individualized Education Program (IEP), (4) building self-esteem in families, (5) family development, (6) effective communication, and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Communication Skills, Creativity, Disabilities
New York State Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled, Albany. – 1990
This New York State study evaluated problems encountered by children with handicapping conditions and their parents (N=1,486) in obtaining a free, appropriate public education. The majority (64 percent) of parents were satisfied with their child's educational program. Only 19 percent were dissatisfied. Parents of children with physical…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Age Differences, Conflict Resolution, Disabilities
