This paper provides an overview of the effort of South Dakota University's Affiliated Program/Center for Developmental Disabilities (SD UAP/CDD) to provide a comprehensive outreach-training approach for personnel serving in early intervention programs. Public Law 99-457 (Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986) requires states and…

The booklet contains the U.S. Government Report which accompanied the Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986 (Public Law 99-457) and a commentary on the law written by the National Center for Clinical Infant Programs. The bill is intended to establish a federal discretionary program to assist states in developing and implementing an…

This volume addresses the needs of decision-makers involved in implementing Public Law 99-457, Part H, which establishes a federal discretionary program to help states plan and implement a comprehensive, coordinated interdisciplinary program of early intervention services for children from birth through age 2. Chapter titles include the following:…