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New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Education for the Gifted and Talented. – 1983
These guidelines are intended to help New York State school districts: (1) develop procedures for identifying gifted students and (2) use the information obtained through identification procedures as a basis for deciding how educational programs and services can be modified to serve the students. Initial sections of the manual define giftedness…
Descriptors: Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted, Program Development
Download full textYajnik, Girish G.; Lopez-DeFede, Ana – 1992
This final report presents results of a feasibility study and implementation plan concerning the establishment of a national assistive technology information and referral (ATI&R) network. The study explored the feasibility of establishing such a network from two perspectives: the current processes used to disseminate information about assistive…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Disabilities, Feasibility Studies, Information Management
Maine State Dept. of Educational and Cultural Services, Augusta. Div. of Special Education. – 1989
In this cooperative agreement, Maine's Division of Special Education, Bureau of Adult and Secondary Vocational Education, and Bureau of Rehabilitation (including the Vocational Rehabilitation Program and the Division of Eye Care) document their intent to develop collaboratively programs to provide educational, vocational, occupational, supportive,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
New York State Education Dept. Albany. Office for the Education of Children with Handicapping Conditions. – 1985
The publication is intended to help those wishing to establish educational programs for handicapped preschoolers. Nine topic areas are addressed: (1) assessing local service needs; (2) identifying available funding sources; (3) choosing a program site; (4) locating and accessing referral services (suggested strategies for generating referrals);…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Eligibility
New York State Education Dept. Albany. Office for the Education of Children with Handicapping Conditions. – 1984
The booklet presents regulations of New York's Education Law as it pertains to handicapped children. Fourteen topics are addressed: definitions; board of Education responsibilities; role and function of the Committee on the Handicapped; procedures for referral, evaluation, individualized education program development, placement, and review;…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Descriptions
New Jersey State Child Care Advisory Council, Trenton. – 1991
The purpose of this report is to update New Jersey's 1988 Comprehensive Child Care Plan (Child Care: Today's Challenge for Tommorrow), by informing the New Jersey legislature, governor, and citizenry about the status of child care in the state, the 1990 activities of the New Jersey Child Care Advisory Council, and updated recommendations and…
Descriptors: Compensation (Remuneration), Day Care, Elementary Education, Information Services
Brooke, Valerie, Ed.; And Others – 1992
This monograph presents the philosophy of the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Supported Employment (Virginia) concerning consumer advocacy and supported employment for persons with disabilities. An introductory chapter looks at origins of supported employment, its relationship to consumer advocacy, and challenges facing these…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adults, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Career Development
Washington State Higher Education Coordinating Board, Olympia. – 2000
The Washington State Displaced Homemaker Program (DHP) as administered by the Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB) accomplished its goals during the 1997-99 biennium. Four multipurpose service centers provided services to displaced homemakers in urban and rural county areas; four programs provided services to displaced homemakers in rural…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Displaced Homemakers, Employment Services, Information Services
Dependents Schools (DOD), Washington, DC. – 1985
The guide is intended to provide information to administrators and regional and local case study committees on special education procedures within Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS). The manual addresses a step-by step approach from referral to the implementation of individualized education programs (IEP). The following topics are…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Dependents Schools, Disabilities, Due Process
Sale, June Solnit – 1990
Recommendations for national child care policy are offered. It is recommended that the Federal Government, in partnership with the states, expand subsidies to support low-income families' use of high quality child care programs and arrangements. In partnership with the states, the Federal Government should expand Head Start and other compensatory…
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Coordination, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
