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Luecking, Debra Martin; Luecking, Richard G. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2015
Recently, consensus among researchers and professionals has emerged about factors that contribute to postschool success of youth with disabilities. Prominent among these factors are targeted academic preparation, family involvement, youth empowerment, and service collaboration and linkages. Work experience and paid employment have been identified…
Descriptors: Models, Disabilities, Special Needs Students, Transitional Programs
Marietta, Geoff; Brookover, Elisha – Foundation for Child Development, 2011
Despite skyrocketing growth in its English Language Learner (ELL) population, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) has been remarkably effective in improving outcomes for ELL students across the district. Achievement has increased, and gaps between ELL students and their native English-speaking peers have decreased. This success is intentional.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Public Schools, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Dunn, Alex; Morgan, Catherine E. – Audiovisual Instruction, 1974
Author describes a three-school model computer assisted instruction program underway in the Montgomery County, Maryland, public school system. (Author)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Science, Educational Technology, Individualized Instruction
Walker, Pam – 1991
Alternate Living, Incorporated (ALI) is a nonprofit agency supporting people with developmental disabilities in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, which includes Annapolis and some of the development south of Baltimore. In 1987, in partnership with the Human Services Institute (a private training and consulting organization in Maryland) and with a…
Descriptors: Adults, Agency Role, Attitudes, Change Strategies
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Office of Special Education. – 1978
The manual describes the Maryland State Department of Education's responsibility and legal authority for administering the nonpublic school tuition assistance program for handicapped students. Procedures are addressed for such general areas as nonpublic institutions and child placement approval authority, nonpublic placement eligibility criteria,…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Guides, Handicapped Children, Individualized Programs
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Office of Special Education. – 1978
Intended for parents of handicapped children, the handbook summarizes information regarding legal rights in the following areas: procedural safeguards (records, program planning, assessments), hearings, resource information, due process rights, local education agency resources, membership in the Maryland State Board of Education, state advisory…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Office of Special Education. – 1978
The document contains Maryland's 1979 program plan for the education of handicapped children as mandated by P.L. 94-142 (Education for All Handicapped Children Act). Seventeen chapters address the following: public notice and opportunity for comment; right to education policy statement; full educational goal and timelines; policy on priorities;…
Descriptors: Due Process, Educational Objectives, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Tolliver, James H. – 1976
The state of Maryland, and more specifically the Maryland State Department of Juvenile Services Administration, is confronted with the problem of finding homes for juveniles. The problem is basically centered around the issues of funding and geography in that the majority of citizens do not want institutions in their neighborhood. In an attempt to…
Descriptors: Child Neglect, Delinquency, Disadvantaged Youth, Family Environment