ERIC Number: ED393276
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1996
Pages: 53
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Promoting Access for Children with Exceptionalities: Dual Sensory Impairments Pilot Project. Final Report.
Kansas State Board of Education, Topeka.
This final report describes activities and accomplishments of a federally supported pilot project promoting access to inclusive education for Kansas children with dual sensory impairments. The project focused on developing a system of technical assistance and training to provide education for students with dual sensory impairments in general education settings. The project developed and provided a systematic method of training staff through comprehensive internship training and technical assistance. The project also identified effective practices related to the unique needs of students with deaf-blindness in inclusive school and community settings and developed a training curriculum incorporating these effective practices. The internship curriculum consists of components designed to provide individualized training based upon the needs of each intern or local team. Six model sites provided internships. Follow-up technical assistance assured that action plans developed during the internship program were implemented appropriately. A network of support systems was identified to continue the internship program after the project. The report describes the project's purpose, goals and objectives, conceptual framework, accomplishments, departures from original objectives and activities, findings, impact, products, dissemination, and implications. Appended are the Kansas Checklist for Identifying Characteristics of Effective Inclusive Programs; summaries of seven internship training modules on family involvement, instructional/student support teams, curriculum and instruction, administrative leadership, assessment and program planning, friendships, and transition; and program administration forms. (DB)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Tests/Questionnaires
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Language: English
Sponsor: Special Education Programs (ED/OSERS), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Kansas State Board of Education, Topeka.
Identifiers - Location: Kansas
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