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Taylor, Steven J.; Lakin, K. Charlie – 1988
The paper advocates the extension of the basic protections of "permanency planning" to all children and youth, including those with severe handicaps. It discusses the concept and process of permanency planning and notes its promise in improving the opportunities of all children and youth to grow up in a stable family environment. It…
Descriptors: Children, Family Environment, Individualized Programs, Long Range Planning
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Neel, Richard S.; And Others – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 1997
Reviews examples of interventions and programs that address the first strategic target of the National Agenda for Achieving Better Results for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance. Outlines a framework for improving the effectiveness of these programs and discusses implications for teacher educators, practitioners, researchers,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Educational Change, Educational Objectives
Joyner, Isaac; And Others – 1992
This monograph presents long-range plans of South Carolina's "Continuum of Care for Emotionally Disturbed Children" program, which provides community based services to children and adolescents with severe disturbances, through coordination and utilization of public, private, and individual services. An executive summary notes that 323…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Children, Community Services
Williams, Sarah – 1988
This report highlights the major issues discussed during a 2-day workshop on Medicaid funding for community-based mental health services for children and youth with severe emotional disturbances. The report opens with a brief description of the service needs of children and youth with severe emotional disturbances and the system of care that can…
Descriptors: Children, Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Emotional Disturbances
Bochner, Sandra; And Others – 1988
Guidelines for assessing the current language skills of a language-delayed child and increasing the child's level of communicative competence are provided, based on experience at the Environmental Language Intervention Project at Macquarie University's Special Education Centre in Australia. The program is organized around five sequentially ordered…
Descriptors: Children, Class Activities, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Stroul, Beth A.; Friedman, Robert M. – 1986
This monograph explores the development of comprehensive systems of care for severely emotionally disturbed children and adolescents. It is intended as a technical assistance tool for states and communities interested in improving services and as a review of the state of the art for developing systems of care. A generic model of a system of care…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Delivery Systems, Educational Practices