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Download full textVergason, Glenn A., Ed.; Hutzler, Yeshayahu, Ed. – Issues in Special Education & Rehabilitation, 1993
This interdisciplinary scientific journal emphasizes the linkage between special education and rehabilitation services. Selected papers from the first two issues include: "The Impact of Current Issues in Teacher Education on the Preparation of Special Educators" (Patricia Edelen-Smith and others); "Training Teachers and Parents To Work…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Rogers, Joy – Phi Delta Kappa Research Bulletin, 1993
This research bulletin on inclusion of students with disabilities in general education settings first outlines distinctions among mainstreaming, inclusion, and full inclusion. It explores whether federal law requires inclusion, the "down side" of inclusion, the impact of inclusion on classmates, supplementary aids and services, the…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Check Lists, Disabilities, Educational Change
Larsen, Stephen, Ed. – Exceptional Education Quarterly, 1980
The issue of Exceptional Education Quarterly addresses several major issues affecting the measurement of exceptionality in the schools. (SB)
Descriptors: Administration, Competence, Culture Fair Tests, Disabilities
Babanoury, Betty – 1990
Noting that Lekotek means "play library" in Swedish, this brief report describes the Lekotek Center, a resource and support center for the parents of disabled children under the age of five, which is affiliated with the Galesburg (Illinois) Public Library. Background on the Lekotek organization, whose goal is to integrate children with…
Descriptors: Childrens Games, Childrens Libraries, Disabilities, Preschool Education
Peer reviewedSmith, Judy, Ed.; And Others – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1981
Eleven papers focus on the issue of dissemination in special education. (CL)
Descriptors: Diffusion, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Dissemination
Bourland, Eric, Ed. – NICHCY Transition Summary, 1996
This issue consists of a collection of articles that focus on the types of skills and programs that youth with disabilities need to travel independently. Articles include: (1) "An Introduction to Travel Training" (Margaret M. Groce) discusses the support for travel training provided by the Americans with Disabilities Act and the…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adult Basic Education, Child Rearing, Civil Rights Legislation
Crystal, Ralph M., Ed.; Lee, Chia Chih, Ed. – 1979
Developed to be a standard reference guide, this glossary contains terms generally associated with program evaluation and terms specifically employed in rehabilitation program evaluation. Target audiences include rehabilitation program evaluation personnel and the consumers of evaluation information such as program administrators, counselors, and…
Descriptors: Definitions, Disabilities, Evaluation, Glossaries
Miller, Juliet V.; Wargel, James F. – 1979
This planning guide is divided into two sections. Section I presents a rationale for and definition of outreach for the field of rehabilitation. Section II is a training guide which provides specific information and planning procedures necessary to design and evaluate outreach programs. This section leads the agency management staff through…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Guides, Management by Objectives, Needs Assessment
Butterworth, John; Fesko, Sheila Lynch – Research to Practice, 1999
This brief paper reports on an evaluation of 10 community rehabilitation providers, six that successfully closed a facility-based program between 1989 and 1994, and four who are currently involved in a change process. Data collection consisted of participant observation, in-depth interviews, and document analysis. Findings indicated: (1)…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Community Programs, Data Collection
Hoff, David – The Institute Brief, 1997
This report provides guidelines and a process for people with disabilities living in Massachusetts to follow to evaluate employment service options that will allow them to receive services best meeting their individual needs. Strategies for finding out information about the different programs and a checklist are given by which to evaluate…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Disabilities, Employment Programs
Lakin, Charlie, Ed.; And Others – IMPACT, 1993
This newsletter feature issue focuses on quality assurance and innovative efforts to enhance service quality for persons with developmental disabilities. Individual articles include: "Redesigning Quality Assurance" (Clarence J. Sundram); "Quality Assurance, Quality Enhancement" (Charlie Lakin et al.); "Challenging…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Community Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Evaluation Methods
Adrian, Judith, Ed. – NELD Update, 1993
These six issues of the National Extension Leadership Development (NELD) newsletter include feature articles, book reviews, profiles of regional and local NELD programs and activities, information on conferences and seminars, and names and addresses of various persons involved in the NELD project (including advisers, interns, and participants in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Conferences, Educational Philosophy, Extension Education
Peer reviewedStake, Robert E., Ed. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1990
Eight papers outline the nature of the present federally funded effort to improve the evaluation data gathered by programs for the transition of handicapped adolescents to higher education or work. Evaluation research, program evaluation flexibility, and professional standards are considered. Two other evaluation studies consider international…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Research
Coyle-Williams, Maureen; Maddy-Bernstein, Carolyn – TASPP Brief, 1991
This brief describes new requirements for vocational education program improvement and evaluation mandated by the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1990. Recommendations to enhance the impact of program improvement and evaluation activities are included. The first two sections discuss developing new state…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods
Thomas, Nancy G., Ed. – Social Policy Report, 1993
Each of the four issues of this newsletter published in 1993 consists of one article dealing with a particular policy debate. Number 1, "Canadian Special Education Policies: Children with Learning Disabilities in a Bilingual and Multicultural Society" (Linda S. Siegel and Judith Wiener), discusses social and cultural factors affecting…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Children, Court Litigation, Cultural Pluralism
