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Guscia, Roma; Harries, Julia; Kirby, Neil; Nettelbeck, Ted; Taplin, John – Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 2005
Measures for estimating costs associated with the provision of disability services in Australia have not previously been available. Because such instruments are scarce worldwide, decisions about funding services have relied more on historical precedent and less on individual need. Recognising the necessity for an objective measure, Gould (1998)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Individual Needs, Profiles, Costs
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Foreman, Phil; Bourke, Sid; Mishra, Gita; Frost, Rick – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2001
An instrument was developed to assess needs of students with disabilities in regular classes and was used as the basis for providing funding support for 12,375 students. The three domains of the instrument, physical needs, learning needs, and social needs, had good construct and face validities and high score reliabilities. (Contains 10…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers