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Anna Wright; Anne Martin; Anna D. Johnson; Deborah Phillips; Diane Horm; Gigi Luk; Sherri Castle; Owen Schochet; Jane Hutchison; Anne Partika; April Dericks – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2025
Background: Public preschool can provide opportunities for earlier detection of child health problems and receipt of special needs services. This is especially important for children from low-income households who disproportionately face cost barriers to obtaining health screenings and services. Objective: This study explores the possibility that…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Identification, Early Intervention
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Smith, Zoe R.; Krieg, Dana Balsink – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2022
This study explored the experiences of Head Start parents who were becoming involved in their pre-school-age children's Individualized Education Program (IEP) process. Seven participants from the rural Midwest engaged in focus group (n = 2) or interview (n = 1) format discussions regarding barriers to involvement in the IEP process and…
Descriptors: Barriers, Rural Areas, Parent Attitudes, Individualized Education Programs
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Zhang, Qing; Jenkins, Jade Marcus – Exceptional Children, 2023
Little is known about how the expansion of state pre-kindergarten (pre-k) programs affects low-income children with disabilities in Head Start. Using almost 30 years of administrative data of all Head Start programs and a differences-in-differences design, this study tests the possibility that, as state pre-k differentially draws relatively more…
Descriptors: Social Services, Federal Programs, Low Income Students, State Programs
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Muccio, Leah S.; Kidd, Julie K.; White, C. Stephen; Burns, M. Susan – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2014
This study considered the facilitators and barriers of successful inclusion in Head Start classrooms by examining the perspectives and practices of instructional professionals. A cross-sectional survey design was combined with direct observation in inclusive Head Start classrooms. Survey data were collected from 71 Head Start instructional…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Early Childhood Education, Inclusion, Barriers
FPG Child Development Institute, 2012
The goal of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is no longer simply to make services available to young children with disabilities and their families, but also to ensure that those services lead to enhanced outcomes for participating children and families. To that end, IDEA 2004 requires states to submit State Performance Plans…
Descriptors: Disabilities, State Policy, Educational Policy, Accountability
Bureau of Indian Education, 2012
During SY 2010-2011, the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) continued their efforts to improve the validity and reliability of data reporting. BIE data collections are dependent on school level entry (self-reporting) into the Native American Student Information System (NASIS) or into the Bureau's Annual Report from the schools. In addition,…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Indicators, Graduation Rate
Bureau of Indian Education, 2011
During SY 2009-2010, the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) continued their efforts to improve the validity and reliability of data reporting. BIE data collections are dependent on school level entry (self reporting) into the Native American Student Information System (NASIS) or into the Bureau's Annual Report from the schools. In addition,…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Indicators, Graduation Rate