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Download full textSmith, Thomas M. – 1996
Since 1870, the federal government has gathered data about students, teachers, schools, and education funding. The U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) annually publishes a statistical report on the status and progress of education in the United States. The "Condition of Education" includes data and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Disabilities, Dropout Rate
Riviere, Adrienne – 1996
This monograph briefly describes a sampling of tools and technologies that can be used by adults with learning disabilities to improve their functional capabilities in employment, educational, or personal settings. Stressed is the importance of evaluating each technology in terms of the individual's unique profile, the function to be performed,…
Descriptors: Adults, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Communication Aids (for Disabled), Computer Oriented Programs
Ing, Christine Domzal; Tewey, Betsy Phillips – 1994
This monograph provides a compilation of 1985-1993 statistical data on children and youth with disabilities. Data sources included: (1) national surveys that collect economic and social information; (2) national surveys on health status; (3) health surveillance reports; and (4) program and administrative data from federal programs serving…
Descriptors: Child Health, Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Definitions
Horne, Richard L. – NICHCY News Digest, 1996
This newsletter issue reviews the educational and civil rights of children and youth with disabilities through the age of 21, with summaries of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and related federal legislation. Noted are unresolved problems in the reauthorization of IDEA and the permanent authorization of requirements…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Civil Rights, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation
Carger, Chris Liska – 1996
The story of Alejandro Juarez, Jr., a Mexican American youth, and his family's experiences in the parochial and public schools of Chicago (Illinois) portrays the problems that bilingual and bicultural children and their parents face. A further dimension was added by Alejandro's learning problems, which further complicated an already complex and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Catholic Schools, Cultural Differences, Disadvantaged Youth
McWilliam, P. J., Ed.; Bailey, Donald B., Jr., Ed. – 1993
This book presents 21 case studies of young children with disabilities in a variety of family situations and settings, for early interventionists to study in planning and applying recommended practices. Section I, "Defining and Delivering Quality Services in Early Intervention," provides two introductory chapters: "The Search for Quality…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Valletutti, Peter J.; And Others – 1996
This second of three manuals providing a functional curriculum for students with disabilities focuses on the development of nonverbal and oral communication skills. An introductory chapter provides an overview of the curriculum and offers guidelines for developing instructional plans for the following two units of study. Unit 1 considers the…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Disorders, Communication Skills, Curriculum
On Being Echolalic: An Analysis of the Interactional and Phonetic Aspects of an Autistic's Language.
Local, John; Wootton, Tony – York Papers in Linguistics, 1996
A case study analyzed the echolalia behavior of an autistic 11-year-old boy, based on recordings made in his home and school. Focus was on the subset of immediate echolalia referred to as pure echoing. Using an approach informed by conversation analysis and descriptive phonetics, distinctions are drawn between different forms of pure echo. It is…
Descriptors: Autism, Case Studies, Communication Disorders, Descriptive Linguistics
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. National Center for Youth with Disabilities. – 1995
This monograph was developed as a product of two Minnesota state conferences (held on June 2, 1994 and on May 19, 1995) on transition issues facing adolescents with chronic illness and disabilities. Participants included health professionals, educators, parents, policymakers, human service providers, and young adults. Introductory remarks by…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Chronic Illness, Delivery Systems
Asselin, Susan B. – 1995
Project UNITE (Unified Intercommunity Transition and Empowerment for Youth and Young Adults with Disabilities) is a federally funded transition systems change grant in Virginia which attempts to integrate services among educational systems, human service agencies, communities, families, and consumers with disabilities who are involved in…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Cooperative Planning
Hurth, Joicey L.; Goff, Paula E. – 1996
This paper synthesizes innovative practices and ideas for explaining to families the procedural safeguards required by the Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities Program (Part H) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). An introductory discussion stresses that the primary safeguard provided for in Part H is the clear…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Conflict Resolution, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1996
The last in a series of General Accounting Office (GAO) reports that present a comprehensive review of the conditions of America's school facilities, this report organizes state-level information gathered from GAO work on school facilities into individual profiles for the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The report presents new information…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Design Requirements, Disabilities, Educational Environment
Swan, William W., Ed.; Brown, Carvin L., Ed. – GPN Research Report, 1989
This collection of papers includes five articles on the education of students with emotional and/or behavioral disorders participating in the Georgia Psychoeducational Network Program (GPN). "Training Needs of Fully Certified BD Teachers in the Georgia Psychoeducational Network" (Robert J. Stansberry) found, in a survey of 203 certified…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Autism, Behavior Disorders, Disability Identification
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1991
The General Accounting Office (GAO) examined the allocation of vocational rehabilitation (VR) funds to determine whether and how states are prioritizing VR services to individuals with the most severe disabilities through the order-of-selection procedure mandated in the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. GAO visited VR agencies in 20 states and analyzed…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Caseworker Approach, Client Characteristics (Human Services)
Accardo, Pasquale – 1996
This paper reviews the state of the art concerning how learning disabilities (LD) are defined; how students with LD and their families are affected; and how LD can be addressed by interdisciplinary teams of health and education professionals. The emphasis is on dispelling the myth that children with LD are not at serious risk for adverse…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Clinical Diagnosis, Definitions, Drug Therapy
