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Download full textShapland, Ceci – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2006
Adolescence is a time for dreaming for youth to imagine and set a course for the future. High school students naturally spend time imagining the future if and where to continue their education, to find a job or pursue a career, to move away from home, or to start a family. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) includes a process…
Descriptors: Adolescents, High School Students, Transitional Programs, Disabilities
National Information Center for Handicapped Children and Youth, Washington, DC. – 1988
The monograph interprets individualized education program (IEP) requirements of Part B of Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. After introductory information outlining the purpose of the IEP and basic IEP requirements, a question and answer format of 60 questions provides specific details. Nine inserts highlight major…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compliance (Legal), Decision Making, Disabilities
Ysseldyke, James E.; And Others – 1986
Findings related to instructional intervention and decision making from four in-depth ecological case studies were integrated and analyzed. The case studies focused on four early childhood special education (ECSE) programs that were characterized by a variety of approaches to ECSE decision making and by urban, suburban, and rural locations. The…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Disabilities
Stephens, Charlotte – 1990
The Vocational Resource Educator (VRE) coordinates the activities of all handicapped students of DeSoto County School District in Mississippi and provides vocational assessment to all handicapped students who enroll in a vocational program. Vocational support personnel assess students' interests, abilities, and special needs so they can…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Career Development, County School Districts, Disabilities
Griffith, Linda – 1985
Intended for parents of exceptional children in Alaska, this booklet briefly defines the handicapping conditions that make a child exceptional and then describes programs in Alaska available to parents and their exceptional children. The Child Find program, which identifies exceptional children and ensures that they receive appropriate educational…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicap Identification
Bennett, Tess; Algozzine, Bob – 1983
Twenty-one families participated as members of experimental or control groups in a study which investigated the effects of family-oriented intervention on the stress level of families with young handicapped children (average age 2 years) whose impairments were primarily developmental delay or cerebral palsy. Parents completed the Parenting Stress…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Child Rearing, Coping, Crisis Intervention
Dwiggins, Donna; And Others – 1986
This module, which is one in a series of training packages intended to train educators working with handicapped adolescents and young adults in correctional settings, deals with the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (PL 94-142) and individualized education programs (IEPs). Addressed in the individual sections of the module are the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Correctional Education
Weiner, Roberta; Hume, Maggie – 1987
The book examines the history and speculates on the future of special education, particularly with reference to P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act and the Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments, P.L. 99-457. Part 1 focuses on the history of legislation (including Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, amendments to…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Costs, Court Litigation, Disabilities
Hargrove, Erwin C.; And Others – 1981
The study examines the implementation of P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, in one metropolitan school system. The first section details the judicial and legislative background, enactment, and politics of implementation of the law. Chapter 2 reviews theories and research about the conditions for educational change, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Board of Education Policy, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities
Twitchell, Wirt B. – 1981
Evaluation of the 5-week Chinle Agency (Bureau of Indian Affairs) Summer Special Education Program for participating elementary teachers reflected the strengths and weaknesses of the program, which served 43 eligible Navajo students and classroom teachers and teacher aides for some length of time, and presented 20 recommendations. Evaluation…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Disabilities, Educational Objectives
Chase, Elizabeth C. R., Ed.; McLain, Thomas W., Ed. – 1980
Designed as a resource manual for use in conjunction with state and/or local level career education staff development training sessions, this handbook also provides local practitioners with information to develop new or improved career education programs. Chapter 1 overviews the concept, rationale, goals, and objectives of career education in…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Resources, Disabilities, Educational Planning
Stearns, Marian S.; And Others – 1980
The document reports findings from the first year of a longitudinal study of the implementation of P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. Based primarily on interviews with a wide variety of respondents (e.g., administrators, teachers, and parents) from 22 local education agencies (LEAs) in nine states, the report describes…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Decision Making, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Dequin, Henry C., Ed. – 1979
This collection of ten papers presented at an institute designed to extend the participants' professional competence in providing media services and materials to handicapped children and adolescents is introduced by a brief description of the institute program. The presentations are entitled: (1) Introduction to and Interpretation of PL 94-142;…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Audiovisual Aids, Children, Disabilities
National School Boards Association, Washington, DC. – 1980
The framework for dealing with the educational rights of handicapped students has been established in the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, generally known as Public Law 94-142, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, generally referred to as Section 504. The ramifications for implementing these laws are complex and generally result in…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Disabilities, Discipline
Smith, Barbara J.; Hockenberry, Cathe M. – 1980
In addition to analyzing the basic policy issues inherent in the provision of special education and related services to handicapped and adjudicated youth, the paper is written to assist corrections personnel in understanding and implementing selected provisions of P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act), to develop policy…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Compliance (Legal), Correctional Education
