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Burdette, Paula; Etemad, Pontea – Project Forum, 2009
Response to intervention (RTI) arose, in part, from the limited success of the pre-referral process, an approach advocated in the 1980s and 1990s, and accurately measuring the discrepancy between aptitude and achievement in young children. Reflecting these concerns, when the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was reauthorized in…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, State Programs, Eligibility, Disabilities
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Public Schools. – 1984
The report presents recommendations made by a panel of experts in gifted education regarding education for gifted students in Florida. Among recommendations are those for increasing minority representation in gifted programs, modifying the state definition to complement general intellectual ability with specific academic aptitude, using a multiple…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Definitions, Eligibility, Gifted
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Bureau of Education for Exceptional Students. – 1973
Presented is Florida's state resource manual for gifted child education. Noted are the history and philosophy of the gifted child program, and offered is a profile of a typical gifted and talented youth. Identification of gifted and talented youth is discussed, and suggested is a process format using information gained from both cognitive and…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Community Resources, Evaluation, Exceptional Child Education
Taylor, Patricia Silke – 1976
Investigated were the perceptions of programs for children with specific learning disabilities (SLD) expressed by 127 directors of special education programs, supervisors of SLD programs, and principals having SLD classes located in large, medium sized, or small Florida school districts. The administrators were queried regarding the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Education
Carr, Andrea – 1978
The report examines the operation of Florida's child protective service system based on analysis of 2,889 representative cases of child abuse or neglect received by the State of Florida Child Abuse Registry from 1970 thru midsummer of 1977. Associations were investigated between antecedent variables (child's sex, race and age, and family structure…
Descriptors: Age, Case Records, Child Abuse, Child Neglect
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1973
This task force report delineates problems, objectives, and recommendations associated with a comprehensive plan to educate hearing imparied students in Florida. It notes appointment of task force members by the Commissioner of Education to comply with the legislative mandate requiring all handicapped children to be provided with special education…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Exceptional Child Education, Hearing Impairments, Identification
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Trent, Connie – 1995
This report describes activities and accomplishments of the Dual Sensory Impairments Program in Florida, a 3-year federally supported program, housed at Florida State University, to provide technical assistance and other services to students, ages 0 to 21, with deaf-blindness. A change in priorities concerning infants (ages 0 to 2) is noted as the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Consultation Programs, Deaf Blind, Disability Identification
Borreson, Jodi; And Others – 1976
Described in the document are the procedures of a 3-year project to develop and validate a service delivery system for the early identification of and intervention with exceptional students in two Florida counties. Sections cover the following topics: identification and intervention procedures, roles of personnel, summaries of eight teacher…
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Florida State Interagency Committee on Mental Retardation Planning, Tallahassee. – 1965
Information is provided on Florida's mental retardation facilities and programs, and specific recommendations and guidelines are given for the expansion and improvement of services. The following are specified: basic principles for the care of the mentally retarded; recommendations for legislative action, training centers, research, community…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Coordination, Exceptional Child Education