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Hanline, Mary Frances; Bair, Marilyn – 1988
The paper describes Project STIP (Supported Transition to Integrated Preschools), a demonstration project in San Francisco, California, which is developing and evaluating a model for integrating preschool children with special needs into regular education preschool programs. Project STIP also developed and evaluated a district-wide model for…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Mainstreaming
Hanline, Mary Frances; Hanson, Marci J. – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1989
Planning and implementing successful community-based social integration experiences for infants and toddlers with multiple disabilities require consideration of such issues as the developmental needs unique to this age-group, family needs and concerns, health and safety considerations, and training needs of staff. (JDD)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Early Intervention, Infants
Salisbury, Christine L. – 1990
This paper examines policy options in implementing least restrictive environment (LRE) requirements of federal legislation (Public Laws 99-457 and 94-142), and offers recommendations regarding the array of placement options that should be available in relation to preschool children with handicaps. First, the legal interpretation of LRE is analyzed…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Educational Legislation

York, Jennifer; Vandercook, Terri – Remedial and Special Education (RASE), 1990
General and specific strategies useful in facilitating an integrated educational environment for children with severe disabilities are presented. Strategies include, among others, identifying and facilitating natural supports, using a participation approach, demonstrating success locally, recruiting collaborators, communicating with all members of…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Delivery Systems, Educational Change, Educational Methods
Shaw, Stan F.; And Others – 1990
This review analyzes the impact of the traditional school reform model on students who are "at-risk" and disabled. Several goals of current reform initiatives are felt to be exclusionary, such as specifying national or state goals for student achievement, establishing rigid graduation requirements, and relieving schools from "burdensome…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational Objectives
Gordon, Elizabeth – 1990
This report outlines emerging paradigms of service for mentally retarded adults emerging from a nationwide search for innovative programs and practices. It was prompted by the consistent finding of a Pennsylvania longitudinal study that mentally retarded school completers tend to live indefinitely with parents or guardians. The study found the…
Descriptors: Adoption, Adults, Community Programs, Delivery Systems
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Special Education Programs. – 1991
This guide offers specific recommendations to Texas school districts concerning the implementation of least restrictive environment (LRE) requirements for students with disabilities. Suggestions are grouped according to six issues recommended for consideration in the decision making process: These are: (1) the primacy of the individual student's…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Compliance (Legal), Decision Making, Delivery Systems
Mirenda, Pat; Calculator, Stephen – 1993
This paper addresses the involvement of students with severe communication disorders in school curricula. First, current best practices regarding eligibility for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) services are addressed. This is followed by a discussion of whether students who use AAC systems should be educated in regular or special…
Descriptors: Communication Aids (for Disabled), Communication Disorders, Communication Skills, Curriculum
Covert, Angela M., Ed.; Fredericks, H. D. Bud, Ed. – 1987
This conference report focuses upon transition issues for those individuals with profound multiple-sensory impairments. It contains presentations, reactions, and syntheses of discussions by working groups. The keynote address, by H. D. Bud Fredericks, is titled "Those with Profound Handicaps: Who Are They? How Can They Be Served?."…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Deaf Blind, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Delivery Systems
Montana Univ. Affiliated Rural Inst., Missoula. – 1994
This curriculum on supported employment for individuals with disabilities is intended for case managers in Montana and focuses on programs and processes relevant to the case manager's typical roles of long-range planning, coordination, and facilitation. Part 1 discusses the move toward inclusion, including its value, the concept of normalization,…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Curriculum, Delivery Systems
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Center for Special Needs Populations. – 1992
These three videotape recordings focus on provision of inclusive, family-centered programs for children with disabilities, birth through age 8. The first video is 14 minutes long and is titled "ICC Parents Share Their Stories." In it, four parents who serve on state interagency coordinating councils (ICCs) for early intervention share…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Hostler, Sharon L.; And Others – 1987
This compilation brings together various conference papers and a working group report on health and psychosocial aspects of transition for people with deaf-blindness and other profound disabilities. The title paper by Sharon Hostler focuses on health service needs of the individual, including health planning, a transition health assessment, and an…
Descriptors: Adults, Deaf Blind, Delivery Systems, Family Involvement
Goetz, Lori; And Others – 1987
This report of a conference session dealing with recreation and leisure activities for people with deaf-blindness and other profound multiple disabilities contains three papers and a working group report. The title paper by Lori Goetz reviews "model indicators" for recreation and leisure educational programming with individuals who have severe and…
Descriptors: Adults, Advocacy, Communication Skills, Deaf Blind
Skarnulis, Edward, Ed.; Lakin, K. Charlie, Ed. – IMPACT, 1990
This "feature issue" reports on consumer-controlled housing for persons with developmental disabilities, and explores housing and service options that empower individuals with disabilities to live their lives with independence, privacy, and freedom of choice. It includes an excerpt from the Association for Retarded Citizens position…
Descriptors: Adults, Delivery Systems, Developmental Disabilities, Financial Support
1989
The Statewide Systems Change Project for the Severely Handicapped was a federally funded project established to develop activities to improve the quality of special education and related services for learners with severe handicaps and to encourage a change in service delivery from segregated to integrated environments. The project identified best…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Philosophy
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