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Carpenter, Catherine L. – Exceptional Parent, 1989
A planned search/selection process can help locate the best possible learning situation for a child needing early intervention services. Parents are offered a detailed checklist for evaluating programs, and are encouraged to consider goals for the coming years, to make site visits to potential programs, and to ask questions. (JDD)
Descriptors: Check Lists, Decision Making, Disabilities, Intervention
Novak, Jan, Ed.; Dougherty, Barbara, Ed. – 1981
This handbook offers a variety of prevention and therapeutic services that can be tailored to meet the unique characteristics of a school and community. In section 1, an overview of the dropout problem and the comprehensive dropout prevention strategy are presented. In section 2, on needs assessment, data collection, objective selection, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Action, Counseling Services, Dropout Prevention
LaSasso, Carol – Perspectives for Teachers of the Hearing Impaired, 1986
The article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the language experience approach and the basal reader approach to reading instruction for hearing impaired students. Suggestions are offered to parents regarding evaluating the effectiveness of their child's reading program. (CL)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Hearing Impairments, Language Enrichment
Berla, Nancy; And Others – 1989
This handbook suggests ways for parents to help improve the achievement of their middle school-age children. A general introduction discusses the development of 10- to 14-year-olds and ways parents can help these children reach their potential. Chapter 1 begins with a description of middle schoolers and changes in their growth, the way they act…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Guidelines, Middle Schools
Transition Summary, 1986
Two articles examine issues of transition for people with mental retardation. The first article describes how the Ohio Association for Retarded Citizens (ARC) developed a parent-based project to monitor the quality of residential placements. The project was intended to assess both the strengths and weaknesses of community residential programs, to…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Group Homes, Mental Retardation

Zinkil, Susan S.; Gilbert, Tammy S. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2000
This article examines inclusion and provides questions that parents can ask themselves when determining if inclusion is appropriate for their child. Guidelines are also provided to assist parents in determining the appropriateness of inclusion, evaluating the support that inclusion programs receive, and determining the provision of accommodations.…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Decision Making, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education

Johnsen, Susan – Gifted Child Today Magazine, 1996
Parents of gifted children are advised to follow a four-step plan of information gathering and advocacy when their children are not receiving an appropriate educational program. Examples of three parents following this procedure are presented, along with a checklist for program and teacher evaluation. (DB)
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Cragnotti, Katherine – Exceptional Parent, 1987
Parents considering placing a disabled child in a residential facility should evaluate and choose a school by visiting at both "peak" and "off-peak" hours to learn about the physical surroundings, structured activities, the child-care staff, the teaching staff, the administration, and treatment plans. (CB)
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Child Caregivers, Disabilities, Educational Environment
O'Brien, Mary Parys – 1986
This guide for expectant and new working parents addresses practical and emotional issues that complicate the task of balancing work and family. Chapter 1, which addresses maternity and paternity leave, and the Pregnancy Disability Act, provides information regarding preparation for maternity leave after childbirth. Included are a worksheet to aid…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Day Care, Dual Career Family, Early Childhood Education
Chen, Deborah; McCann, Mary Ellen – 1993
Translated into Spanish, this booklet is intended for parents of infants and preschoolers with visual impairments or blindness. The guide focuses on the parent's role in selecting an appropriate program and helping the child make a positive transition into the program. The first section looks at feelings about transitions and positive steps…
Descriptors: Blindness, Child Development, Decision Making, Educational Needs
Arredondo, C.; And Others – 1982
A bilingual handbook for Title I migrant Parent Advisory Councils (PACs) was designed to be used by administrators, teachers, consultants and parents in organizing and training PACs at local, district, and state levels. All information is duplicated in separate English and Spanish sections. The first part discusses the Texas migrant program,…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria