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Striefel, Sebastian; And Others – 1987
The paper is a product of the 3-year project, "Functional Mainstreaming for Success," designed to develop a model for instructional mainstreaming of handicapped children (3-6 years old) in community settings. The paper reviews the literature defining "mainstreaming," notes that mainstreaming is not the wholesale return of exceptional students from…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Definitions, Disabilities, Mainstreaming
Peer reviewedVander Kolk, Charles J. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1979
The article describes and evaluates a model school/community project providing assessment and supportive services for mainstreamed visually handicapped children. (PHR)
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Community Organizations, Mainstreaming, Models
Friedman, Clare Taylor – Exceptional Parent, 1989
Integrating infants with visual impairments into playgroups for nonhandicapped infants and their parents has been successfully accomplished and offers benefits to both infants and parents. A model demonstration project, "Parents and Visually Impaired Infants Project," integrated infants into a community program involving play, music, and…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Community Programs, Demonstration Programs, Infants
Peer reviewedThompson, Scott A. – B.C. Journal of Special Education, 1992
A field study demonstrated a process for determining the appropriate level of community-based consultative support for families, professionals, and paraprofessionals working to integrate children with autism. The resultant differentiated service model calls for an interministerial service plan to facilitate various transitions. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Autism, Community Programs, Consultation Programs
Download full textFrankel, Elaine B.; McKay, Donald – 1990
The paper describes application of an interactive model to providing services for young children with special needs being mainstreamed in community day care programs. In this model, the resource consultant coordinates service delivery in interactions with: (1) the child and family; (2) early childhood educators; and (3) resource specialists. The…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Case Studies, Community Programs, Consultation Programs
Coker, Charles C.; Costello, James – 1989
This paper describes the Community Transition Center (CTC) model, being tested in six districts in rural Wisconsin. The model is a way of conceptualizing and organizing the employment-related needs of mainstreamed mildly handicapped youths who are exiting secondary schools. The model emphasizes the role of secondary school transition programming,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Education Work Relationship, Employment Potential, Inservice Teacher Education
Baine, David, Ed. – 1991
This collection of papers examines instructional environments for students with severe disabilities. It points out that two principles should guide the selection of all instructional environments for all types of learners at all stages of instruction: the environment should be the least restrictive environment possible and it should be the most…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Problems, Children, Community Based Instruction (Disabilities)
