The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that schools assist students with disabilities to develop independent living skills and abilities essential to succeed in most of their life's endeavors. According to the law, each student with a disability must have an individualized education program (IEP), and the IEP must address…

In 1971 the National Science Foundation contracted with the MITRE Corporation (MIT Research Corporation) for the production of an experimental system to test the computer-assisted delivery of information and instruction to homes: the TICCIT system--an acronym for "Time-shared, Interactive, Computer-Controlled Information/Instructional…

Educators are committed to understanding one another in their community as they explore their diversity. The home visit unit of study represents one of the earliest examples of "student research" done at the school where these authors teach, which serves children in pre-kindergarten classes through grade eight. A home visit is a field…

Students with disabilities are included in the nearly two million students who attend school online (Queen & Lewis, 2011). Like many families, parents of children with disabilities are increasingly considering online schools as an option for their child's education. Online schools may be more attractive to parents of students with disabilities…

A parent training program which is highly effective in the treatment of child noncompliance and other behavior problems of 3- to 8-year-old children is described and data on the program's effectiveness are presented. (PHR)

The study examined effects of a combined teacher-parent behavior management program focusing on inappropriate behaviors in the school and homes of five preschool children with developmental and/or language delays, behavior disorders, and/or multiple handicaps. A special education teacher/trainer collaborated with parents to select target behaviors…

This paper describes a pilot program conducted in Baltimore County, Maryland, which involves using an Apple IIc computer with homebound students. The computer is used to initiate a unit or topic, to provide drill and practice, to review or reinforce a concept, and to motivate students. A sample home teaching lesson plan on the topic of measurement…

Applications of the Portage Home Teaching Model to home and school programs in Great Britain are described. Portage teaching technology, stressing long and short term teaching objectives and the service model linking home and school, have been applied and expanded to such areas as noneducational problems and children with profound handicaps. (DB)

This case study describes an intervention program with a 20-month-old hearing child with deaf parents. The child was diagnosed as having a significant delay in both spoken and sign language. A home-based intervention program resulted in the child's increased use of sign and spoken vocabulary and the mother's improved interaction style. (Author/DB)

This bulletin deals with the teaching of cooking for home-making purposes in the day and evening classes of the vocational school. Throughout the bulletin "vocational school" will be used as a term which includes both industrial schools and household-arts schools. Vocational schools include all agricultural, industrial, commercial, and…

Home schooling, the educational alternative in which parents (or guardians) assume the primary responsibility for the education of their children, when responsibly done, is legally protected by the United States Constitution; however, home educators face a conglomeration of regulations, statutes, and laws. Home schools are regulated by individual…

Intended to suggest types of early childhood education programs which may be implemented in rural areas at reasonable cost and which capitalize upon the rural environment's unique characteristics, this booklet describes 12 programs (many of which use Elementary and Secondary Education Title I or III funds) currently operating in rural areas. The…

A communication training program for parents of new cochlear implant users includes an assessment of parents' communication behaviors using the Communication Index for Parents, a parent seminar, a home-training program, and a parent library. Speech and listening diaries, completed by parents at regular intervals, provide information to guide…

Title VII Project PIAGET (Promoting Intellectual Adaptation Given Experiential Transforming) is a bilingual early childhood and parent program serving young bilingual children, ages 2 to 8, and their parents. It is an Academic Excellence model and is targeted for adopting agencies in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and the New England States…

Information about developments in the field of education of visually handicapped children and about resources available to assist educators in their efforts to initiate, extend, and improve educational programs for these children appears in a wide variety of pamphlets and professional journals. An attempt is made in this bulletin to summarize…