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Peer reviewedYork, Jennifer; Vandercook, Terri – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1991
This article presents a four-step strategy for developing Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) for severely disabled learners based on principles of age-appropriate participation in regular classes and special education and related services provided in the regular school environment. Stressed are integration, individualization, teamwork,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Education Programs, Mainstreaming, Program Development
Peer reviewedEichinger, Joanne; Woltman, Sheila – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1993
This article reports the experiences of one school district as it moved from serving students with severe disabilities in segregated programs to a full inclusion model. Year one focused on getting started, planning, and beginning integration efforts and year two on implementation of a structured peer integration program. Applicability of the full…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Mainstreaming, Models, Multiple Disabilities
Peer reviewedSteere, Daniel E.; And Others – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1993
This article reviews five categories of critical characteristics of high-quality secondary-level vocational instruction programs that increase the likelihood that students with severe disabilities will obtain paid community employment upon graduation. Categories include location of instruction, curriculum, instructional strategies, transition…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Education Work Relationship, Educational Practices, Educational Quality
Peer reviewedRedmond, Nancy Barnhart; And Others – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1993
This case study demonstrates the effective use of functional assessment, with a 13-year-old student with autism functioning at a level of severe retardation. The process involved identifying and defining target behaviors (clothes touching and tearing), gathering information, forming and verifying the hypothesis, and implementing an intervention.…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Change, Case Studies, Change Strategies
Peer reviewedEverington, Carolina; Stevenson, Thea – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1994
Six high school students with multiple disabilities, including mental retardation, were taught community living skills through the establishment of a shopping service for people who were elderly or who had disabilities. Students increased their competence in community survival skills and also experienced a new role as helper. (JDD)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Community Services, Consumer Education
Peer reviewedMoon, M. Sherril; And Others – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1990
The article describes how a Virginia urban school system implemented an outcome-oriented work transition process with approximately 230 trainable or severely/profoundly handicapped students (ages 16-21). The article describes the system, students, and staff; developing a formal transition process; the individualized transition plan; and the job…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, High Schools, Individualized Programs, Job Placement
