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Direct linkBai, Haiyan; Martin, Suzanne M. – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2015
This study assessed the needs of urban school leaders for special education preparation in a large public school district in the USA in order to assist the school administrators with improving their knowledge and skills for providing appropriate services to students with disabilities and their families to support inclusive education. The needs…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Training Objectives, Inclusion, Public Schools
Washington Univ., Seattle. Western States Technical Assistance Resource. – 1979
The booklet describes an approach to individualizing parent involvement in special education programs. A family needs checklist addresses parents' knowledge (of community resources, educational programing, support services, and general information about normal developmental levels and tests and measurement); support; skills in working with…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Individualized Instruction, Knowledge Level, Needs Assessment
Yanito, Trenly; And Others – 1987
The paper is a product of the 3-year project, "Functional Mainstreaming for Success," designed to develop a model for instructional mainstreaming of handicapped children (3-6 years old) in community settings. The literature review on teacher attitudes toward mainstreaming stresses implication of these attitudes for successful mainstreaming, and…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Level
Peer reviewedOrelove, Fred P.; Hollahan, Dorothy J.; Myles, Kelly T. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2000
A study involving 101 parents of children with disabilities, 199 educators, and 125 investigators found respondents had a cursory awareness of how to respond to the maltreatment of children with disabilities and were receptive to becoming more effective partners by attending training to bridge the knowledge gaps they possess. (Contains…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Children, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textQuintero, Maria; And Others – 1987
The paper is a product of the 3-year project, "Functional Mainstreaming for Success," designed to develop a model for instructional mainstreaming of handicapped children (3-6 years old) in community settings. The paper provides a seven point definition of successful mainstreaming and reviews the literature on the role of special…
Descriptors: Consultants, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Level
Rau, Dorothea N.; And Others – 1985
An assessment of the career education needs of exceptional and special needs students was completed by 57 directors of special education and 1,826 teachers in North Carolina, representing 57 of the 140 local education agencies in the state. The survey measured actual and needed career education emphasis within social adjustment training (SAT) and…
Descriptors: Career Education, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Level
Rose, Ernest – 1990
A survey was conducted of 50 school districts in the seven state region (Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin) to determine the types of support available to parents of children with disabilities and their satisfaction with these supports. Responses of 3,558 parents and guardians (11.9% of total sample) in 41 school…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedThorburn, M. J. – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1992
A survey of parent views of the community-based rehabilitation program in two Jamaican communities is reported. Analysis of the 539 questionnaire responses indicated appreciation of home visits, increased knowledge, and improved attitudes and child-rearing practices. Unmet needs in child and parent education were also identified. (DB)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Child Rearing, Community Programs, Developing Nations
Thompson, Anne R.; Bethea, Leslie L. – 1998
This final report discusses the activities of Project PAACS (Postsecondary Accommodations for Academic and Career Success), a project located on the campus of Mississippi State University and designed to work with the T. K. Martin Center for Technology and Disability to research the assistive technology needs of students with disabilities.…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Case Studies, College Students
Peer reviewedJohnson, Lawrence J.; And Others – Journal of Early Intervention, 1992
This survey of 442 service providers and 422 supervisors of early intervention programs revealed few differences between the 2 groups regarding their perceptions of necessary supervisor competencies. Survey items ranked as the most important had three themes: knowledge of rules and regulations, competence in interpersonal skills, and awareness of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Connecticut Univ. Health Center, Farmington. – 1997
A survey of 813 pediatricians in Connecticut assessed the knowledge and involvement of pediatricians with both the early intervention and special education systems. The 311 responses were analyzed in terms of background demographics, characteristics of respondents, description of medical practice, training about children with disabilities,…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Early Intervention, Educational Needs
Peer reviewedMcGregor, Gail; Pachuski, Pete – Journal of Special Education Technology, 1996
Analysis of 366 surveys completed by Pennsylvania teachers with educational responsibility for students using assistive technology found teachers were informed and experienced in the use of computers and assistive technology, issues of equipment complexity were seen as barriers to assistive technology utilization, and training and maintenance were…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Computer Uses in Education, Disabilities, Educational Technology
Christmas, Oren L. – 1992
This paper describes a study by Project ACCESS (Addressing Computer Concerns of Educators of Special Students) in Michigan to ascertain the existing level of knowledge and use of technology in special education. Analysis of questionnaires returned by 346 directors or supervisors of special education indicated the following findings: the majority…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education
