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ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education, Arlington, VA. – 2001
This publication presents a digest of pertinent research and recommended practices for the first steps of providing early intervention services for young children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Chapter 1, "Initial Identification and Referral: Child Find, Screening, and Tracking: Serving Culturally and Linguistically…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Rimm, Sylvia B. – 2001
This book provides parents with guidelines on how to determine if their children are unusually gifted and how to prepare them for school. Recommendations are provided to ensure that gifted children are sufficiently challenged in the classroom, while reducing emotional stresses to which intellectually gifted children are often prone. Specific…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Acceleration (Education), Career Exploration
Sandall, Susan; McLean, Mary E.; Smith, Barbara J. – 2000
This book is designed to provide guidance on effective practices that are related to better outcomes for young children with disabilities, their families, and the personnel who serve them. Practices were identified through focus groups of stakeholders: practitioners, personnel trainers, researchers, administrators, and family members. These…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Delivery Systems, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Disabilities
Arkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock. Special Education Section. – 1999
This final report describes accomplishments and activities of a four-year federally funded project in Arkansas to provide technical services to families and service providers of children with deaf-blindness. Project activities have included inservice and pre-service training for educators and other service providers, training for families, onsite…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Deaf Blind, Disability Identification, Early Childhood Education
Alaska State Dept. of Education and Early Development, Juneau. – 1999
This handbook provides guidelines for the operation of local special education programs for Alaskan children with disabilities. It addresses: (1) the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Amendments of 1997 and basic concepts of special education; (2) identification of students with disabilities, referral, screening programs, and…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Charter Schools, Compliance (Legal)
Daniel, Brigid; Wassell, Sally – 2002
Noting that the protective factors that support positive development despite adversity are becoming better understood, this workbook discusses the importance of encouraging resilience in school-aged children living in challenging circumstances and shows how to evaluate resilience through the use of checklists and background information. The…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Attachment Behavior, Change Strategies, Check Lists
Gillikin, Jo, Ed.; Johnson, Fran Holman, Ed. – WILLA, 1995
These four annual issues of WILLA (Women in Literature and Life Assembly) presents articles that focus on the crucial issues regarding the status and image of women and girls in every educational setting, from pre-kindergarten to continuing education. Articles and poetry in the first issue are: "On the Twentieth Anniversary of the Founding on…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Corley, Mary Ann; Tibbetts, John – 2002
This field-tested training packet, which was designed for adult literacy providers, contains preparation materials, facilitator's notes, handout masters, and transparency masters for two 3-hour sessions on learning disabilities (LD) in the workplace. (At the end of the first session supported by the packet, participants will be able to do the…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adult Students, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Diagnostic Tests
Quinn, Mary Magee; Osher, David; Warger, Cynthia L.; Hanley, Tom V.; Bader, Beth DeHaven; Hoffman, Catherine C. – 2000
This guidebook is designed to help educators and others in their efforts to work with students with emotional and behavioral difficulties (EBD). Chapter 1 provides an overview of the needs and problems presented by such students. Chapter 2 contains basic information to help provide an enhanced understanding of students with EBD. Causes of…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Differences
Ellis, Arthur E. – 1999
This paper presents a policy framework for the implementation of goals for special education in Michigan. The first part of the paper is a memorandum that recommends the policy framework. Attachment A presents goals for providing a support system to students with disabilities to foster their progress in the general curriculum. Goals include: (1)…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Bortolussi, Vicki, Ed. – Communicator, 1997
The CAG "Communicator" focus is on serving gifted students in California. This document consists of the four issues of "communicator" issued during 1997. Featured articles include: (1) "The Gifted Student At Risk. It Can't Be True" (Judy Roseberry); (2) "Tech Net-Technology and At-Risk Students" (Judy Lieb); (3) "Reviving Ophelia: Saving the…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Standards, Child Rearing, Educational Technology
Cline, Starr; Schwartz, Diane – 1999
This book is designed to help classroom teachers identify and plan for gifted children from special populations. It examines ways in which teachers can help these students reach their potential. The first section of the book, "Background for Changing the Present Educational Paradigm," includes chapters that discuss reasons for the failure to…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Disabilities, Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education
Sharpe, Michael N. – 1996
This document is the report of one phase of a Minnesota study to examine the problem of misrepresentation and overrepresentation of African American, American Indian, and Latino students in special education. This phase of the study involved eight professional focus groups who examined four broad areas: factors contributing to minority…
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, Cultural Differences, Disabilities
Sharpe, Michael N. – 1998
This document is the report of one phase of a Minnesota study to examine the problem of disproportionate representation in special education of African American, American Indian, Latino, and Asian American students. Phase 3 of the study focused on factors which have led to the underrepresentation, rather than overrepresentation of Asian American…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian American Students, Cultural Differences, Disabilities
Lenz, B. Keith, Ed.; Sturomski, Neil A.; Corley, Mary Ann – 1998
This document contains four monographs on serving adults with learning disabilities. The preface (Mary Ann Corley) explains how the papers were commissioned. The primary and secondary characteristics of learning-disabled adults and the implications of those characteristics for adult literacy programs are discussed in "Characteristics of Adults…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Students