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Peer reviewedAbelson, A. Geoffrey – Child Welfare, 1976
A study of 45 preschools in Washtenaw County, Michigan was undertaken to examine integration of handicapped children in their programs. (BRT)
Descriptors: Handicapped Children, Mainstreaming, Preschool Education, Preschool Teachers
Bricker, Diane; Sandall, Susan – Education Unlimited, 1979
The article discusses the rationale for mainstreaming handicapped children into preschool programs and describes some of the mainstreaming strategies used in the University of Oregon's Center on Human Development Preschool Program for mainstreaming handicapped children. (DLS)
Descriptors: Handicapped Children, Mainstreaming, Preschool Education, Program Descriptions
Download full textApplied Management Sciences, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. – 1978
The document presents the final report of a national study to evaluate the process by which handicapped children were mainstreamed in Head Start programs. Findings related to the following areas of investigation are presented: placement of handicapped children after leaving Head Start, Head Start's role in establishing the new placement, Head…
Descriptors: Handicapped Children, Mainstreaming, Parent Role, Preschool Education
Vogel, Ronald J.; And Others – 1978
The document, nearly half of which consists of appendixes, presents the final report on Phase II of a 2 year study to evaluate the process of mainstreaming handicapped preschool children into Project Head Start. During the second year (Phase II) of the study, baseline and posttest developmental assessments were conducted on approximately 400 Head…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Services, Handicapped Children, Mainstreaming, Measurement Techniques
Applied Management Sciences, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. – 1978
The booklet presents the reference tables for the Phase I Final Report on the Evaluation of the Process of Mainstreaming Handicapped Children Into Project Head Start. Data presented focuses on three areas: program-specific data on Head Start programs, child-specific data for sample handicapped children, and program-specific data on non-Head Start…
Descriptors: Demography, Enrollment, Handicapped Children, Mainstreaming
Reynolds, Grace D., Comp. – 1979
The proceedings of an institute on PAM--Project Aquatics Mainstreaming, designed to develop a continuum of services in aquatics for handicapped persons--is presented. Addresses touch on the following topics: the project's history, analysis of mainstreaming, mainstreaming issues (including legal and legislative ones); program and individual…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Conference Reports, Disabilities, Facility Guidelines
Peer reviewedMiddleton, Ernest J.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1979
A survey was made of a teacher education program's weaknesses vis a vis mainstreaming of handicapped students, as perceived by 98 of its recent graduates, all of whom were full-time teachers. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Graduate Surveys, Handicapped Children, Individual Differences, Mainstreaming
Peer reviewedJones, Reginald L.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1978
A variety of practical and theoretical issues pertinent to the evaluation of mainstreaming programs are presented. (Author)
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Guidelines
Peer reviewedHauser, Carl – Journal of Special Education, 1979
Drawing on H.R. Davis' A VICTORY model of factors associated with organizational change, the article argues that accepted models of educational evaluation will be most useful with programs for mainstreaming handicapped children when they are expanded to include critical factors associated with organizational acceptance and successful…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Conceptual Schemes, Evaluation Methods, Handicapped Children
Applied Management Sciences, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. – 1978
The document presents the interim report for Phase II of a study to determine how services provided by Project Head Start programs impact handicapped preschool children. The report summarizes the baseline data obtained and identifies the key methodological issues for consideration in the final data analysis effort. The instrumentation and…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Handicapped Children, Mainstreaming, Methods
Applied Management Sciences, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. – 1978
The report summarizes the findings and conclusions from the second and final year of an evaluation of Head Start's efforts to serve handicapped children. It is explained that baseline and posttest data were collected on 391 handicapped Head Start students, 321 handicapped children in non-Head Start preschool programs, and 121 unserved handicapped…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Exceptional Child Research, Handicapped Children, Intervention
Weiner, Lawrence R.; And Others – 1978
The final report discusses achievements of Project STRETCH (Strategies for Training Regular Educators to Teach Children with Handicaps), designed to develop 20 one-half hour videotape cassettes and manuals on the needs of mild to moderately handicapped students and methods of maintaining them in the regular classroom. Topics for the videotapes…
Descriptors: Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Handicapped Children, Mainstreaming, Material Development
Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1979
The sixth annual report to Congress on Head Start services to handicapped children details the number and type of children served for the 1977-78 year and the 1977 summer program. An introductory section provides background information, including an overview of Head Start policies regarding handicapped children. Chapter 2 presents findings on the…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Exceptional Child Services, Federal Programs, Handicapped Children
Gershman, Janis; Wright, E.N. – 1975
The 1975 school status of 696 students enrolled in Toronto special education (nonmedical related) programs in 1970 was examined to determine whether special education was effective in returning children to regular classes. Data indicated that of the 49 percent of the students remaining in the Toronto school system, 32 percent had returned to…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Followup Studies, Foreign Countries, Handicapped Children
Hogan, Michael F.; Bernstein, Jean C. – 1976
The two-part paper describes the PASS (Program Analysis of Service Service Systems) evaluation method and its use in assessing a local school district federally funded project for mainstreaming elementary-level handicapped children. It is explained that PASS is an approach based on normalization and accountability principles applicable to a…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children
