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Bloom, Doris T. – 1989
A shortage of occupational therapists as well as fiscal constraints have made it difficult to meet the legal mandate under Public Law 94-142 (Education for All Handicapped Children Act) that occupational therapy be provided as a related service to handicapped children when needed to enable them to benefit from special education programs. A review…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Consultation Programs, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Meisels, Samuel J.; Provence, Sally – 1989
The purpose of this document is to suggest guidelines for the identification and assessment of children who should participate in programs related to the infant-toddler (Part H) and the preschool (Part B, Section 619) components of Public Law 99-457, the Education of the Handicapped Amendments of 1986. The guidelines integrate information from the…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Development, Disabilities, Early Intervention
Ysseldyke, James E.; And Others – 1985
Current screening and diagnostic practices for identifying young handicapped children in Minnesota were surveyed. Information was gathered on the populations served, the professionals and tools employed in screening and diagnosis, decision criteria, and the perception of gaps and duplications in services. The results indicated a heavy reliance on…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Decision Making, Disabilities, Educational Diagnosis
Carrillo, Ida S.; Carrillo, Federico M. – 1984
A guide to designing programs in English language arts for limited English proficient (LEP) students is intended for school districts to use in developing their own program manuals based on locally relevant needs. An introductory section gives background for LEP program development, and subsequent sections outline (1) identification procedures for…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language)
Strazicich, Mirko, Ed. – 1984
This publication provides a standard by which California migrant education health staff can plan, implement, and evaluate a health program for students in grades K-12. Following sections which describe current state legislation, the need for health services, and California's objectives and activities regarding health services for migrant students…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Health Education
Ferratier, Louis – 1985
A survey instrument was developed to obtain baseline data about early childhood education (ECE) programs within the public and nonpublic schools of Illinois. Information gathered concerned (1) perceptions of elementary school officials about the relative demand for and supply of ECE programs and services; (2) numbers and kinds of ECE programs and…
Descriptors: Communications, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Educational Experience
Burnham, Brian; And Others – 1987
The York Region Board of Education in Ontario, Canada, screens students for giftedness in grade 3. This report analyzes data produced in the 1986-87 screening procedure, involving approximately 3,400 students. The report begins with a review of procedural changes that were designed to make the screening more effective and efficient than earlier…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Comparative Analysis, Educational Diagnosis, Foreign Countries
Murray, Lane – 1981
The Windham School System implemented a pilot project designed to provide bilingual vocational training to limited English-speaking adults in a correctional setting. Inmate students enrolled in Windham bilingual academic classes on the Eastham Unit of the Texas Department of Corrections were interviewed, and procedures for student screening and…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Bilingual Education, Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation
Waldo, Lois J.; And Others – 1981
The Total Communication Checklist and Assessment screening tool for multihandicapped students is presented to assist the language examiner to select areas requiring more precise testing. The checklist, which contains 196 rating entries, consists of the following four sections: (1) readiness for symbolic communication, (2) preference for speech,…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Guidelines, Language Handicaps, Multiple Disabilities
Severson, Herbert H.; And Others – 1987
Reliability and validity data on a procedure for identification of students "at risk" for exhibiting behavior disorders are presented. The Systematic Screening for Behavior Disorders instrument relies upon teacher judgment and normative criteria in three interrelated stages that cross validate the results of each other. Stage 1 has…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Behavior Disorders, Behavior Rating Scales, Classroom Observation Techniques
Abraham, Ansley A., Jr. – 1987
Standards and assessments used by Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) states to place students in either regular college-level courses or remedial/developmental courses were investigated. Questionnaires were sent to 489 two-year and four-year institutions, of which 404 responded. Information was collected on the specific assessments (tests)…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College English, College Students, Educational Testing
Digby, Kenneth E. – 1986
The admissions process at Fayetteville Technical Institute (FTI) currently relies on high school class rank, prior academic performance, and an admissions interview for placement. Faculty concern about students' writing ability prompted a review of the placement test program, which resulted in a recommendation to include a measure of grammatical…
Descriptors: Admission (School), Aptitude Tests, College Students, Community Colleges
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
The aim of the New York City Board of Education's Bilingual Materials Development Project was to design and implement a process to produce culturally and linguistically relevant curricula and screening instruments for use with Chinese, Haitian, and Korean students of limited English proficiency (LEP) enrolled in Kindergarten through Grade 2. The…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Chinese Americans, Curriculum Development
Special Education Programs (ED/OSERS), Washington, DC. Div. of Educational Services. – 1986
The report examines the progress made in implementing the requirements mandated by the Education of the Handicapped Act, as amended by PL 98-199, with a specific focus on activities during school year 1984-85. Data are presented regarding four major topics: (1) students receiving a free appropriate public education (factors associated with serving…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Heath, Robert W.; And Others – 1987
Ninety-three indigenous Hawaiian or part-Hawaiian preschoolers were screened for hearing dysfunction; approximately 85 percent of the children failed the screening, which included pure-tone audiometry, tympanometry, and otoscopy. The research literature indicates that from 30 to 35% of all children experience recurring episodes of…
Descriptors: Auditory Evaluation, Auditory Tests, Ethnic Groups, Etiology
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