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Download full textMaine State Dept. of Educational and Cultural Services, Augusta. Div. of Special Education. – 1987
A system was developed to evaluate the impact and effectiveness of transition services for special education students in Maine. The project's three phases included preliminary activities relevant to the development of the evaluation system; activities in developing, field testing, and revising the evaluation strategy; and selecting and evaluating…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
PDF pending restorationMaine State Dept. of Educational and Cultural Services, Augusta. Div. of Special Education. – 1987
This volume contains tables of results to accompany an executive summary produced for a project which evaluated the impact and effectiveness of transition services for special education students in Maine. The tables contain data for each of the 21 participating school districts, covering the following program evaluation components: staff survey…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
Hofmeister, Alan M. – 1986
The purpose of this research project was the development and initial validation of Mandate Consultant, an expert system that provides a second opinion of the appropriateness of the decision-making process used in the development of Individualized Education Programs with handicapped children. (Expert systems are a development of artificial…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Decision Making
Minnesota State Planning Agency, St. Paul. – 1984
The paper describes the current use of technology by persons with disabilities, and examines ways to increase its use. Current use is analyzed for the following aspects: communication (including modified keyboards and adaptive switches), mobility and positioning (including orthotics), independent living (including telecommunications and robotic…
Descriptors: Communication Aids (for Disabled), Computer Assisted Instruction, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Peer reviewedStarfield, Barbara – Future of Children, 1992
Reviews evidence on the state of health of the nation's children and youth, identifying common health problems. Findings indicate the need for policies placing priority on the delivery of primary care services and status measures that reflect the interrelationships among health problems and the impairments associated with them. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Health, Children, Delivery Systems
Hofmeister, Alan M.; Ferrara, Joseph M. – 1986
The research project investigated whether expert system tools have become sophisticated enough to be applied efficiently to problems in special education. (Expert systems are a development of artificial intelligence that combines the computer's capacity for storing specialized knowledge with a general set of rules intended to replicate the…
Descriptors: Articulation Impairments, Artificial Intelligence, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Problems
