Homebound services involve the delivery of special education in settings other than school sites. Such settings typically include students' homes or hospitals. Most often associated with early childhood special education and with students who are medically or physically fragile, homebound services can also be for those in need of interim…

Home-based learning involves juggling many realities to bring out the abilities of medically fragile students. Many homebound learners use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) for self-expression. This article provides a glimpse of what this means.

Homebound instruction involves the delivery of educational services within a student's home. Examples include academic instruction, speech and language therapy, and physical therapy. Initially seen as a service option for very young or frail children with disabilities, homebound instruction is currently being accessed by a variety of student…

Presented is the text of House of Representatives Bill 1986, a bill to amend the Education of the Handicapped Act to provide tutorial and related instructional services for homebound children through the employment of college students, particularly veterans and other students who themselves are handicapped. Described are requirements of local and…

Special program and other school administrators regularly confront the issue of whether students under their charge are entitled to receive homebound instruction and if so, what procedures and criteria they should apply in coming to a proper decision. Where a student is entitled to such services the administrator must decide what subjects must be…

This paper describes a pilot program conducted in Baltimore County, Maryland, which involves using an Apple IIc computer with homebound students. The computer is used to initiate a unit or topic, to provide drill and practice, to review or reinforce a concept, and to motivate students. A sample home teaching lesson plan on the topic of measurement…

Outlines the procedures and results of a study conducted at Queensborough Community College (New York) to evaluate business education programs for homebound handicapped students. Analyzes the responses of and extent of agreement among the handicapped students, the faculty, and in-class student peers. Makes four recommendations for program…

This report presents information concerning Arizona policies and programs for chronically ill or disabled children who need educational services in the home. It contains a report of a school district survey, summaries of applicable laws related to handicapped students receiving homebound services, recommendations for policy development, a model…

A survey of the itinerant teachers of 172 homebound students in Taiwan addressed major needs of the students, whose major health problems included absence of speech, motor handicaps, lack of body balance, and lack of bladder control. Teachers reported that cognitive ability and self-help skills were the two weakest areas for these students.…