ERIC Number: ED393247
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: 896
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California Peers Outreach Project: Application and Replication of Inclusive Models at the Local Level. Final Report.
Sandoval, Leo; And Others
This final report describes activities and accomplishments of the California PEERS (Providing Education for Everyone in Regular Schools) Outreach Project, a cooperative effort of the California Department of Education, California State University at Hayward, and eight school districts. The project focused on increasing the capacity of the districts to provide general-special education collaborative, inclusive educational options across ages and grade levels for students with severe disabilities. The project provided direct benefits to 225 students with severe disabilities, 250 general educators, approximately 40 special educators and related services staff, and approximately 500 general education students. Coordinated activities are reported at the building, district, and state levels. The project is described in terms of its budget; goals and objectives; conceptual framework; model, activities, and participants; methodological and logistical problems and resolutions; and evaluation. Most of the document consists of appendices, such as a proposed state funding model, course syllabi, procedures guides, an inclusion cost analysis scale, data on friendships between students with and without disabilities, and manuscripts. Manuscripts include: "Inclusive Service Delivery at the Elementary School" (Ann Halvorsen and Tom Neary); "What Is Inclusion?" (Tom Neary); and "A Cost-Benefit Comparison of Inclusive and Integrated Classes in One California District" (Ann T. Halvorsen and others). (DB)
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Friendship, Inclusive Schools, Outreach Programs, Program Evaluation, Regular and Special Education Relationship, Severe Disabilities, Social Integration, Teaching Models, Technical Assistance
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
Sponsor: Special Education Programs (ED/OSERS), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Div. of Special Education.
Identifiers - Location: California
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