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Hebbeler, Kathleen – 1993
This study compiled descriptive information about what states are doing or planning to do with early intervention data systems, a component of early intervention systems as specified in Part H of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The study examined the uses of data systems in eight states: Colorado, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Data Collection, Databases, Disabilities
Rosenkoetter, Sharon; And Others – 1994
A profile is provided of the 40 Local Interagency Coordinating Councils (LICCs) in Kansas, which work to develop and coordinate services to infants and toddlers with special needs and their families, as established by Part H of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The profile is intended to describe the status of Kansas LICCs, to…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
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Lowenthal, Barbara – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 1996
This article on the use of community resources by families of young children with special needs discusses the rationale for the use of community resources in federal legislation, strategies for building resources, barriers to the use of community resources, and recommendations for increasing the use of community resources. (CR)
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Community Programs, Community Resources, Community Role
Fullagar, Patricia; And Others – 1993
This study examines the health care community's perspective on the delivery of services to young children with special needs and to their families. Focus group discussions were held with 87 health care practitioners in 5 states to identify extant trends and patterns of current practices, problems, and concerns. In the discussions, health care…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Child Health, Community Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1992
This report reviews approaches that federal, state, and local governments have used to integrate the delivery of health and other educational and social services to at-risk families, and examines barriers to designing and implementing integrated service delivery systems. The report contrasts "system-oriented" integration efforts, which…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Change, Change Strategies, Child Welfare
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Langa, Michelle A.; Feinberg, Sandra – Infants and Young Children, 1996
This article describes development of a collaboration between early intervention service providers and children's librarians to address parental needs for information, referral, and support; provision of inclusion and socialization opportunities for infants and toddlers in local community libraries; and strategies for delivering early intervention…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Childrens Libraries, Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Community Programs