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Chopra, Ritu; Banerjee, Rashida; DiPalma, Geraldine; Merrill, Laura; Ferguson, Ardith – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2013
Under the supervision of a licensed early intervention provider, paraprofessionals play an indispensable role in implementation of home and community-based services to infants and toddlers with developmental delays or disabilities and their families in Colorado. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 requires that…
Descriptors: Paraprofessional School Personnel, Models, Training Methods, Early Intervention
Schilder, D. – Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes, 2013
In this "FastFacts," a state asks the Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes (CEELO) to recommend experts in the field of assessing young children who are English Language Learners (ELL) to train administrators and psychologists working in district preschool programs for young children with special needs? This is particularly…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Identification, English Language Learners, Bilingualism
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Kahn, Lynne; Hurth, Joicey; Kasprzak, Christina M.; Diefendorf, Martha J.; Goode, Susan E.; Ringwalt, Sharon S. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2009
The National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center was charged by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs from October 2001 through September 2006 to develop, implement, and evaluate an approach to technical assistance (TA) that would result in sustainable systems change in state early intervention and…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Disabilities, Young Children, Staff Development
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Williams, Jane M.; Martin, Suzanne M.; Hess, Robert K. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2010
Preparation of high quality personnel to provide educational services to students with disabilities living in rural areas is, at best, challenging. Findings from a comprehensive study concerning the status of the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in rural settings and the issues such implementation presents…
Descriptors: Staff Development, Disabilities, Rural Areas, Students
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education, 2009
The purpose of this report is to provide an annual overview of activities funded under the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" ("IDEA"), Part D (National Activities to Improve Education of Children with Disabilities), subparts 2 and 3 (P.L. 108-446). "IDEA", Part D, includes programs that support…
Descriptors: Awards, Disabilities, Staff Development, Technical Assistance
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education, 2008
The purpose of this report is to provide an annual overview of activities funded under the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" ("IDEA"), Part D (National Activities to Improve Education of Children with Disabilities), subparts 2 and 3 (P.L. 108-446). "IDEA", Part D, includes programs that support personnel…
Descriptors: Awards, Disabilities, Staff Development, Technical Assistance
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Bessette, Kimberly K.; Wills, Howard P. – Behavioral Disorders, 2007
The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act mandates the performance of functional assessment for students with severe behavior problems. A functional analysis can be one part of this process but its use has been minimal. This study evaluates whether a paraprofessional could (a) be trained to correctly perform 3 conditions of a functional…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Intervention, Disabilities, Functional Behavioral Assessment
Montana Office of Public Instruction, 2009
Public schools must make available special education and related services to all IDEA-eligible (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) students with disabilities beginning at age three and through age 18. Services to students, ages 19, 20, and 21, are permissive. That means the decision to serve 19, 20 and 21-year-old students is determined…
Descriptors: Accountability, Staff Development, Special Education, Public Education
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Freund, Maxine; Ohlson, Cheryl; Browne, Barbara; Kavulic, Christy – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2006
Within recent years, federal legislation has required schools to develop and implement standards-based accountability systems for the purposes of evaluating their performance. Although the implementation of accountability systems for K-12 programs is well underway, the design and implementation of such systems for Part C and Section 619 programs…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Colleges, Disabilities
Pankowski, Joe; Rice, B. Douglas – 1988
This report provides guidelines for Client Assistance Programs (CAPs), established to assist applicants and clients of programs and facilities funded under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. This report developed out of a study to provide information to increase cooperative approaches of benefit to both programs and clients and to create training…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Agency Cooperation, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Seidman, Anna; Tremper, Charles – 1995
This booklet presents risk management strategies for organizations employing people with disabilities. First, the booklet contrasts common beliefs (such as that disabilities are obvious) with actual facts and their implications for risk management. It then discusses several risk management related exceptions in the Americans with Disabilities Act…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Adults, Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal)
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and the Workforce. – 2002
This document presents the transcript of a hearing before the House Subcommittee on Education Reform concerning reforming the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Highlights of the testimony include: (1) adding accountability measures to IDEA; (2) providing procedural relief without reducing protections for students with…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Educational Legislation
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, US Department of Education, 2007
The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of national activities to improve the education of children with disabilities funded in fiscal year (FY) 2005 under the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" ("IDEA"), Part D, Subparts 2 and 3 (P.L. 108-446). "IDEA", Part D (National Activities) includes…
Descriptors: Awards, Disabilities, Staff Development, Technical Assistance
Bruyere, Susanne M. – 1994
This brief paper uses a question-and-answer format to summarize requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 related to personnel training. Topics address the purpose of the ADA; personnel within an organization who should receive training on the ADA; information on the ADA that these personnel should have; starting a training…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities
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Anderson, Glenn B.; Boone, Steven E.; Watson, Douglas – American Annals of the Deaf, 2003
The authors report on a national survey of administrators and program specialists at 43 state vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies concerning the impact of federal employment legislation and rehabilitation policies on the provision of services to consumers who are deaf or hard of hearing. The article focuses on 5 initiatives enacted to enhance…
Descriptors: Employment, Federal Legislation, Partial Hearing, Deafness
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