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Ross, E. Clarke – Word from Washington Analysis, 1979
The paper examines the assumptions, historical developments of the federal service delivery system for developmentally disabled persons. Services for the disabled are seen to have evolved from criteria oriented programs to entitlements with accompanying guarantees of due process. Major federal programs are traced from the 1918 Vocational…
Descriptors: Costs, Delivery Systems, Developmental Disabilities, Educational Trends
Download full textLakin, K. Charlie; Anderson, Lynda; Prouty, Robert – Policy Research Brief, 1998
This policy research brief summarizes changes in out-of-home placements of children and youth with mental retardation since the implementation of the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) entitlements. Statistics are reported for 1977, 1987, and 1997 to show trends. Statistics were obtained from…
Descriptors: Children, Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection, Developmental Disabilities
