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Xiaofang Xue; Xiaoli Zong; Gloria Valentine; Brenda Hussey-Gardner – Journal of Early Intervention, 2024
The Maryland's Premature Infant Developmental Enrichment (PRIDE) program is a unique collaborative endeavor between the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the Part C program for Baltimore City residents (Baltimore Infants and Toddlers Program; BITP). To evaluate the impact of PRIDE, the current study compared premature infants from…
Descriptors: Premature Infants, Early Intervention, School Community Programs, Low Income Groups
Raben, Kasandra; Brogan, Justin; Dunham, Mardis; Bloomdahl, Susana Contreras – Exceptionality Education International, 2019
Response to intervention (RTI) is used as a prerequisite to referring children for special education eligibility for learning disabilities (LD). RTI provides schools with a framework for helping students with learning challenges. In the United States, while the number of students receiving services through RTI has remained consistent, the overall…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Eligibility, Special Education, Referral
Winer, Abby; Hebbeler, Kathy; Nelson, Robin; Gundler, Darla; Cate, Debbie; Hudson, Laura; Taylor, Cornelia; Peters, Mary Louise – Center for IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems (DaSy), 2015
What is a high-quality statewide data system? One characteristic is that it provides the information needed to address important questions about early intervention and early childhood special education. But what are those questions? What questions should data users, such as program directors, advocates, and policymakers, be asking? The Center for…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Early Childhood Education, Special Education, Accountability
Hu, Xiaoyi; Yang, Xijie – Infants and Young Children, 2013
Early intervention services to young children with developmental delays in China have experienced significant growth since 1978, the beginning of the period of Reform and Opening. This article described the present situation of early intervention practices in mainland China, framed around the key components and guiding principles of Guralnick's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Intervention, Developmental Delays, Educational Methods
Halbert, Julie Wright; Gamm, Sue – Council of the Great City Schools, 2017
The Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD), asked the Council of the Great City Schools to review the district's services for students with disabilities and provide recommendations to improve performance and narrow the achievement gap between these students and their nondisabled peers. This report was designed to help SCUSD achieve its…
Descriptors: School Districts, Disabilities, Student Needs, Special Education
Burdette, Paula; Etemad, Pontea – Project Forum, 2009
Response to intervention (RTI) arose, in part, from the limited success of the pre-referral process, an approach advocated in the 1980s and 1990s, and accurately measuring the discrepancy between aptitude and achievement in young children. Reflecting these concerns, when the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was reauthorized in…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, State Programs, Eligibility, Disabilities
Leone, Peter E. – 1991
This digest, based on a longer document titled "Alcohol and Other Drugs: Use, Abuse, and Disabilities" by Peter E. Leone, addresses the following questions: (1) "Are students with disabling conditions more likely to use or abuse alcohol or other drugs than their peers?" (usually a "no" response); (2) "Are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Disabilities, Drug Abuse
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1981
The report examines the impact of P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, and other federal laws on the numbers and types of handicapped children who receive special education services. It is explained that the study resulted from analysis of 15 evaluation studies and two databases on the impact of the legislation. Research…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility

Woods, Sadie Bryant; Achey, Virginia H. – Roeper Review, 1990
The Academically Gifted Project in Greensboro, North Carolina, sought to increase racial/ethnic group representation in an elementary school's Academically Gifted Program by enhancing referral and evaluation procedures rather than lowering or changing requirements for identification. This paper describes the project's development, procedures used,…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Elementary Education, Eligibility
Syropoulos, Michael – 1980
This report presents 1979-80 evaluation findings of the Non-Public Schools Learning Resource Center, in Detroit, Michigan. The center, funded by Title I, provided diagnostic/prescriptive-learning techniques to 1,400 students (in 27 non-public schools) who had learning difficulties in mathematics and reading. The first section of the report…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility

Marston, Doug; Muyskens, Paul; Lau, Matthew; Canter, Andrea – Learning Disabilities: Research & Practice, 2003
This article describes the problem-solving model (PSM) used in the Minneapolis Public Schools to guide decisions regarding intervention in general education, special education referral, and evaluation for special education eligibility for high-incidence disabilities. Program evaluation indicates students received special education services earlier…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Classification, Definitions, Disability Identification
Spratt, James J. – 1994
This practicum was designed to increase the number of elementary school students eligible for placement in a gifted program by improving the prescreening process. Major goals were to: (1) improve teachers' ability to identify giftedness in children; (2) improve the referral rate for gifted screening; and (3) increase the identification and…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academically Gifted, Check Lists, Elementary Education