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Download full textMassachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2014
This report has been provided to the Legislature on an annual basis since 2000 when the legislature amended the language of G.L. c. 71B to align Massachusetts special education terminology with the federal "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" ("IDEA"). The Department is required to submit an annual report on compliance…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Compliance (Legal), Academic Achievement
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2013
This report has been provided to the Legislature on an annual basis since 2000 when the legislature amended the language of G.L. c. 71B to align Massachusetts special education terminology with the federal "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" ("IDEA"). The Department is required to submit an annual report on compliance…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Compliance (Legal), Academic Achievement
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2012
This report has been provided to the Legislature on an annual basis since 2000 when the legislature amended the language of G.L. c. 71B to align Massachusetts special education terminology with the federal "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" ("IDEA"). The Department is required to submit an annual report on compliance…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Compliance (Legal), Academic Achievement
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 2011
This report has been provided to the Legislature on an annual basis since 2000 when the legislature amended the language of G.L. c.71B to align Massachusetts special education terminology with the federal "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" ("IDEA"). The Department is required to submit an annual report on compliance…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Compliance (Legal), Academic Achievement
Peer reviewedAger, Christina Le; Shapiro, Edward S. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1995
A template-matching strategy was successfully used to facilitate transition between preschool and kindergarten for preschoolers with disabilities. Differences between instructional environments in sending and receiving classes were identified, and an intervention was implemented in the preschool to more closely align preschool and kindergarten…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cooperative Programs, Disabilities, Environmental Influences
Ely-Pagan, Lucy; Haugh, Bob; Grover, John; Lauria, Nancy; McKenna, Kerry – 1997
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) mandates transition services to prepare students with disabilities to live and work in the community as adults; the School-to-Work (STW) Opportunities Act requires that all students, including those with disabilities, have access to all STW activities. This paper overviews collaborative…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Butler, Marsha L. – 1985
ASPIRE--"Assisting Special Populations in Readiness for Employment"--is a secondary special education transition program featuring coordinated services between the public and private sectors to integrate secondary level disabled students into subsidized private sector employment. ASPIRE was introduced into the Lake Tahoe Unified School…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Peer reviewedDeStefano, Lizanne; Hasazi, Susan; Trach, John – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1997
Describes an attempt to evaluate the Transition Systems Change Initiative despite geographically dispersed program sites and different program goals, activities, and impacts. The design focused on common impacts and unique accomplishments of the projects by making maximum use of existing data. Project directors were involved in planning,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Guillory, Joan; And Others – 1995
These materials present information on implementing a collaborative team model in the delivery of transition services to students with disabilities. The materials provide charts and forms outlining strategies to be used by a local interagency transition team to assess its existing level of collaboration, to conceptualize its jointly endorsed…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Peer reviewedHeal, Laird W.; And Others – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1990
A survey of 29 federally funded agencies engaged in transition education Inter-Agency Agreements (IAAs) found that planning activities are important in forging IAAs, implementation of IAAs depends upon local initiatives, and collection of information about service overlap and service gaps was considered to be an important activity. (JDD)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems
J.M. Foundation, New York, NY. – 1988
The monograph describes 11 exemplary programs selected in 1987 by the J. M. (Jeremiah Milbank) Foundation from 154 programs providing vocational services to persons with disabilities. Programs were selected in four categories: community-based work adjustment, consortium-based transition, supported work in small communities, and work services for…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs
Crane, Kelli; Skinner, Becky – 2003
This paper is a guide to mapping community resources as a way of identifying assets and resources that can be used to aid students with disabilities as they transition from school to adulthood. Discussion of the principles of community resource mapping (relationship-driven and across programmatic and geographic boundaries) is followed by a…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Resources, Cooperative Programs, Disabilities
Morris, Randy; And Others – 1991
This paper describes transitional programs developed by Black Hills Special Services Cooperative (BHSSC) to meet the needs of disabled students in rural areas. In cooperation with other public and private agencies, BHSSC provides comprehensive vocational rehabilitation services and community living programs to help individuals with severe…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Disabilities, Employment Services, Entrepreneurship
Ludlow, Barbara L. – 1987
The booklet provides an overview of the characteristics of young children with handicapping conditions and the components of effective preschool programs for this population. It then discusses the complex issues and implications of recent legislation (Public Law 99-457, Education of the Handicapped Amendments--1986) mandating preschool programs…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Eligibility
Nathanson, Jeanne H., Ed. – OSERS News in Print, 1993
This theme issue on transitions for individuals with disabilities contains nine papers discussing transition programs and issues. "Transition Issues for the 1990s," by Michael J. Ward and William D. Halloran, discusses self-determination, school responsibility for transition, continued educational engagement of at-risk students, and service…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
