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Zirkel, Perry A.; Hetrick, Allyse – Exceptional Children, 2017
To provide a missing piece to the legal foundation of professional development and practice for the individualized education program (IEP) process, the authors report the results of a comprehensive systematic analysis of court decisions specific to IEP-related procedural violations after the 2004 amendments of the Individuals With Disabilities…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Court Litigation, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities
Fixsen, Dean; Blase, Karen; Metz, Allison; van Dyke, Melissa – Exceptional Children, 2013
Evidence-based programs will be useful to the extent they produce benefits to individuals on a socially significant scale. It appears the combination of effective programs and effective implementation methods is required to assure consistent uses of programs and reliable benefits to children and families. To date, focus has been placed primarily…
Descriptors: Evidence, State Programs, Program Implementation, Program Effectiveness
Odom, Samuel L.; Cox, Ann W.; Brock, Matthew E. – Exceptional Children, 2013
The increased prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has intensified the need for high-quality special education services designed for children and youth with ASD and their families. Implementation science provides guidance for moving innovation, such as utilizing evidence- based practices for students with ASD, into regular practice in…
Descriptors: Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Incidence, Special Education
Rosenberg, Michael S.; Boyer, K. Lynn; Sindelar, Paul T.; Misra, Sunil K. – Exceptional Children, 2007
This study describes special education alternative route (AR) teacher preparation programs. The authors developed a national database of programs and collected information on program sponsorship, length and intensity, features, and participant demographics. Most of the 235 programs in the database were in states that had significant shortages of…
Descriptors: Program Length, Program Development, Participant Characteristics, Databases

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

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

Rosenfield, Sylvia; Rubinson, Florence – Exceptional Children, 1985
The consultant interested in helping teachers adopt curriculum-based assessment techniques should consider the process of innovation along with aspects of school culture. The consultant should examine four stages in developing a model program: creating a need, supporting change, implementing a guided practice, sequence, and allowing for…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Consultants, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities

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

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

Browder, Diane – Exceptional Children, 1983
An effective inservice program in special education identifies objectives, selects qualified staff, uses effective content delivery, uses the appropriate level of intensity, and evaluates inservice effectiveness. An example of an intensive inservice program that documented student progress illustrates the benefits of implementing a well-planned…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Development

Stedman, Donald J. – Exceptional Children, 1976
Examined are the roles and progress over the past 3 years of state councils on developmental disabilities, as established by the Developmental Disabilities Act of 1970. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Accountability, Advisory Committees, Developmental Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education

Zemanek, Donald H.; Lehrer, Barry E. – Exceptional Children, 1977
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Handicapped Children, Mainstreaming, Program Development

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

Jenkins, Joseph R.; Mayhall, William F. – Exceptional Children, 1973
Resource teacher programs designed to keep handicapped learners in the educational mainstream can be seen to differ across certain dimensions, though they should share some common standard attributes. (DB)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children, Mainstreaming, Program Descriptions

Furney, Katharine S.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1997
A policy study (1992-94) investigated how three exemplary states have implemented transition services for youth with disabilities. Document evaluation and interviews (N=74) with key policymakers and implementors resulted in identifying seven themes that contributed to the successful initiation and continuation of transition policies, practices,…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship