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A Statewide Examination of Secondary Special Education for Students with Mild Disabilities: Implications for the High School Curriculum.
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Halpern, Andrew S.; Benz, Michael R. – Exceptional Children, 1987
The statewide (Oregon) survey of special education administrators, high school special education teachers, and parents of mildly disabled high school students investigated four areas of special education services: focus/content, discrepancies between availability and utilization, barriers to mainstreaming, and conditions required for improvement.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems, High Schools, Mainstreaming
Consultation-Based Programming: Instituting the Collaborative Ethic in Schools.
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Phillips, Vicki; McCullough, Laura – Exceptional Children, 1990
The article discusses conceptual principles which underpin development of consultation-based programing for students with mild disabilities, proposes informal standards for ecological evaluation of specific formats, and identifies factors (such as administrative support and participatory planning and decision making) that maximize the potential…
Descriptors: Administration, Consultation Programs, Delivery Systems, Educational Methods
Special Education Administrators' Policies and Practices on Microcomputer Acquisition, Allocation, and Access for Mildly Handicapped Children: Interfaces with Regular Education.
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Goldman, Susan R.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1987
Special Education administrators (N=33) responded to a comprehensive survey on their use of microcomputers. Decision-making policies and practices indicated high levels of cooperation between special and regular education programs in acquiring hardware and software and in providing teacher training. Implications for subsequent directions for…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Administrative Policy, Computer Software, Cooperative Planning
Transition Services for Secondary Students with Mild Disabilities: A Statewide Perspective.
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Benz, Michael R.; Halpern, Andrew S. – Exceptional Children, 1987
The study of Oregon's secondary special education programs for the mildly disabled surveyed 143 administrators, 323 teachers, and 279 parents. Among results were that few districts used written interagency agreements to involve community agencies; that teachers wanted more and better parent involvement; and that follow-up of previous students was…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Agency Cooperation, Education Work Relationship, Followup Studies
Impediments to Implementing National Policy Change for Mildly Handicapped Students.
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Hagerty, George J.; Abramson, Marty – Exceptional Children, 1987
The article describes the current public policy environment and its impact on efforts to refine the system for identifying and serving mildly handicapped students. Areas requiring attention are cited for discussion, including revisions in the service delivery system, personnel preparation, administration of programs and funding structures, and…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Delivery Systems, Disability Identification, Educational Change