The rights of hospital/homebound children under P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) are considered, and a model in which service is delivered through a full-time instructor whose sole job responsibility is teaching students in homes and hospitals during school hours is seen to be most favorable. Other delivery alternatives…

The manual provides information on resources for the education of hospitalized/homebound children in Georgia. Sections touch on the following topics (sample subtopics in parentheses): definitions; eligibility criteria; due process (referral, exit criteria); program organization (delivery model, considerations for instructional settings,…

This report presents information concerning Arizona policies and programs for chronically ill or disabled children who need educational services in the home. It contains a report of a school district survey, summaries of applicable laws related to handicapped students receiving homebound services, recommendations for policy development, a model…

A survey of the itinerant teachers of 172 homebound students in Taiwan addressed major needs of the students, whose major health problems included absence of speech, motor handicaps, lack of body balance, and lack of bladder control. Teachers reported that cognitive ability and self-help skills were the two weakest areas for these students.…