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Download full textHedeen, Timothy; Peter, Marshall; Moses, Philip; Engiles, Anita – Center for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE), 2013
Over 6.5 million youth and their families are eligible for early intervention or special education services (Data Accountability Center, 2011) under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 (IDEA). The principal mechanism by which goals, objectives, services, and placements are determined for Part B of the IDEA are Individualized…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Individualized Family Service Plans, Early Intervention, Special Education
Direct linkWilliams, Jane M.; Martin, Suzanne M.; Hess, Robert K. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2010
Preparation of high quality personnel to provide educational services to students with disabilities living in rural areas is, at best, challenging. Findings from a comprehensive study concerning the status of the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in rural settings and the issues such implementation presents…
Descriptors: Staff Development, Disabilities, Rural Areas, Students
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2009
This paper presents the third part of the "Massachusetts Primer on Special Education and Charter Schools." Part III addresses the issues concerning the education of students with disabilities at all stages in the development and operation of a Massachusetts charter school. The information is intended to inform those who are responsible…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Charter Schools, Special Education, Program Implementation
Warren, Sandra Hopfengardner; Ahearn, Eileen M.; Giovannetti, Elizabeth A.; Lange, Cheryl M.; Rhim, Lauren Morando – National Association of State Directors of Special Education, 2008
The purpose of this document is to provide operators with implementation and operational technical assistance related to special education in charter schools. Special education is a very complicated component of public education and providing operators with technical assistance regarding special education is particularly challenging. This primer…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Public Education, Accessibility (for Disabled), Special Education
Gomm, Andy – Journal of Early Intervention, 2006
Comments on an article by Dunst and Bruder. Twenty years ago, amendments to the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 99-457, 1986) included language that required each state early intervention system to ensure that families had access to a case manager. The article by the authors and the study conducted as part of the Research and…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Models, State Agencies, Family Needs
Booker, Myra Martin – School Business Affairs, 1998
By signing a Consent Decree in March 1996, the Los Angeles Unified School District admitted its system had serious problems in delivering special-education services to over 65,000 students and agreed to correct the problems in compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. This article explains how districts can incorporate…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Peer reviewedWestberg, Suzanne L. – NASSP Bulletin, 1996
Since the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act became law, advocacy groups, educators, and the courts have struggled to define "least restrictive environment." Viewpoints have ranged from stressing total inclusion to combining special/regular education resources to benefit all students and providing a full continuum of services in…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedSchriner, Kay Fletcher; And Others – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1995
Preliminary data comparing individualized education program (IEP) development in three demonstration and three nondemonstration sites show that demonstration sites had significantly more individuals attending IEP meetings, more service options on the IEP, and more best-practice elements included in the IEP. Suggests that the demonstration site…
Descriptors: Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
Peer reviewedBateman, Barbara – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1992
This current response to a reprinted 1968 article by Ray Barsch (EC 602 662) focuses on legal aspects of learning disabilities, especially problems in implementing IDEA (the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) and continuing controversies concerning definition, evaluation, instructional intervention, and placement or service delivery…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Definitions, Delivery Systems, Educational History
Hurth, Joicey; Goff, Paula – 2002
The procedural safeguards required by the Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities Program (Part C) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) are intended to protect the interests of families with infants and toddlers with special needs and of the early intervention system. Early intervention system personnel are legally obligated to…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Due Process
Gilbert, Michael A. – 1992
This report describes early intervention activities in Maryland funded by Consolidated Local Implementation Grants from July 1991 through June 1992. This program is the single grant mechanism through which local agencies in Maryland receive funding for early intervention services from Parts B and H of the federal Individuals with Disabilities…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Compliance (Legal), Data Collection
Richardson, Nancy; And Others – 1994
This study examined how Illinois and Massachusetts are attempting to establish a more inclusive educational system as required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The study looked at factors affecting inclusion in six categories: (1) funding, (2) education delivery systems, (3) political climate, (4) Federal and State regulations…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Disabilities
