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LaCour, John A. – Exceptional Children, 1982
To be effective, interagency agreements must overcome a variety of obstacles, including lack of coordination between state and local agencies. A process for overcoming those barriers includes identifying resources to be exchanged and teaching special education or mental health concepts to the other agency(ies). Useful agreements are written…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Disabilities, Program Development
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Garvin, Jean – Exceptional Children, 1976
Reviewed are the basic functions of the National Advisory Committee on the Handicapped, designed to insure that federal government administrators of programs for handicapped indiviudals continue to receive direction from professionals and consumers regarding the operation and coordination of their programs. (SBH)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Disabilities, Exceptional Child Services, Federal Government
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Agosta, John; Melda, Kerri – Exceptional Children, 1996
This article explores the current status in the United States of support to families who care for children with disabilities at home. It summarizes essential program features, program effects, and outstanding issues (such as, ensuring family involvement in policy formation, sufficient funding, and system collaboration). (DB)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Rearing, Cooperative Programs, Disabilities
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Hardman, Michael; McDonnell, John – Exceptional Children, 1987
The article describes the Utah Community-Based Transition Project, a federally funded project on transition planning for severely disabled youth. The planning process is aimed at facilitating coordination and expansion of community services for each graduate. Barriers facing states as they attempt to implement effective transition planning models…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Services, Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship
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Peters, Joyce M.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1987
The Teaching Research Transition Planning Project (Oregon) is implementing and evaluating the development of school/community teams to facilitate transition of handicapped students into the community. Preliminary evaluation results support the value of an outside stimulus to encourage collaboration, locally generated plans, and policy decision…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Decision Making, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
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McDaniels, Garry – Exceptional Children, 1976
Described are the activities of the Division of Innovation and Development, a branch of the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped in three areas--research and development of evaluation instruments and learning and diagnostic aids, administration of programs, and evaluation activities. (SBH)
Descriptors: Agency Role, Early Childhood Education, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
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Reynolds, Maynard C.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1987
Special education categories for mildly handicapped students are not reliable nor valid as indicators of particular forms of education. Their use is expensive and inefficient, causing disjointedness in school programs. A program of pilot projects is recommended in conjunction with regular educators to redesign categorical programs and policies.…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Educational Cooperation, Educational Policy
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Repetto, Jeanne B.; Correa, Vivian I. – Exceptional Children, 1996
This position paper proposes an expanded definition of transition, based on common components of early childhood and secondary perspectives. It advocates for a seamless model of transition service delivery for students with disabilities, including program planning, from birth through age 21. The model addresses curriculum, location of services,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Curriculum, Definitions, Delivery Systems