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Hulme, Thomas S. – 1985
The paper describes the Iowa Plan, a network approach to providing home care services for children with handicaps and chronic diseases who require medical technology services. The Iowa Regional Child Health Center Network is reviewed. The centers are based on shared responsibility between major state agencies and the community and serve as focal…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Home Programs, Medical Services
Troolin, Barbara L.; House, James – 1988
This paper reviews problems and recommendations related to the transition of youth from school to work following special education programs in Minnesota. The results of several state-wide studies are reported. The studies include: (1) a review of the employment status of former special education students, (2) a survey of needs, (3) a study of the…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Employment Potential, Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys
Download full textEspinola, Diane Liebert – 1994
The use of a needs assessment instrument as part of the evaluation of a statewide systems change grant, "Increasing Transition Opportunities for Connecticut Youth with Disabilities," is described. A Connecticut Transition Needs Assessment instrument was revised to include seven school components and five community components identified…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Planning
Porterfield, Jan – 1989
The Alaska Consortium for Transition Services (ACTS) is a federally funded project to develop and implement secondary transition planning for rural Alaska students with severe disabilities. Secondary transition is the process of change occurring as students prepare to move from high school to adult life. As rural Alaska's severely disabled…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Alaska Natives, Community Programs, Exceptional Persons
Mills, Paulette E.; And Others – 1988
This paper highlights specific issues surrounding implementation of Titles I and II of Public Law 99-457, and illuminates how federal rules and regulations and the states' positions on the law should reflect the needs of rural and remote communities. The issues include: legislative planning and appropriations to meet the needs of rural handicapped…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Educational Planning
Freeman, John A.; Teddlie, Charles – 1995
Evaluation results for 1993-94 are presented for a Louisiana program to increase family participation in educational services for children with deaf-blindness and to coordinate services with federal initiatives. The program involves student identification, family training, infant and toddler direct services, technical assistance, transition…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Deaf Blind, Disability Identification, Early Intervention
