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Download full textAdvocates for Children of New Jersey, 2017
The topic of special education can be confusing and frightening for parents who suspect their child has a disability or has difficulty learning. Parents in this situation want to know how to get help for their child. This guide is intended as a reference for people who have questions about special education for a child. It summarizes the basic…
Descriptors: Special Education, Disabilities, Guides, Student Rights
Goldberg, Paula F.; And Others – 1981
The report describes evaluation activities of Minnesota's PACER (Parent Advocacy Coalition for Education Rights) Center's "Parents Helping Parents" Program and the "COUNT ME IN" Project. Section 1 focuses on "Parents Helping Parents," a program to make parents more effective advocates for their children and to…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Attitude Change, Child Advocacy, Disabilities
Briggs, Harold E.; Koroloff, Nancy M. – 1994
This report highlights the progress of the 15 statewide family advocacy projects funded by the Center for Mental Health Services of the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration during the 1993 fiscal year. Section 1 provides an historical background and a summary of the interim report. A qualitative description of the…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Child Advocacy, Delivery Systems, Emotional Disturbances
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. for Exceptional Children. – 1979
Designed for parents of handicapped children in Kentucky, the booklet contains suggestions for parent involvement and advocacy. Planning informal activities is the focus of the first section which covers informal get togethers, discussion groups, and film viewing sessions. Planning steps for more formal group activities such as workshops are…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Meetings
McCraven, Carol J. – 1976
Intended for parents, the manual presents information on existing legislation pertaining to handicapped children in California, and guidelines for effective child advocacy in order to identify and obtain adequate services. Chapters cover the following topics (sample subtopics in parentheses): diagnostic and evaluative procedures (including a…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Exceptional Child Services, Guidelines, Handicapped Children
Appleseed, 2008
Parent involvement in New Mexico, and around the nation, is an essential element in the success of students and their schools. This simple point anchors the federal law known as the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" ("NCLB"). NCLB establishes state, district and school requirements designed to promote more effective parent…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Federal Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Improvement
Caplan, Elizabeth, Ed.; Blankenship, Kelly, Ed.; McManus, Marilyn, Ed. – Focal Point, 1998
This bulletin focuses on family participation in mental health policymaking and highlights state efforts to increase family involvement. Articles include: (1) "Promoting Family Member Involvement in Children's Mental Health Policy Making Bodies," which describes how different states are promoting family member involvement in various statutory and…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Children, Emotional Disturbances, Family Involvement
Focal Point, 1992
This newsletter issue focuses on the theme of fostering collaboration between parents and professionals in meeting the mental health needs of children. Structured group interviews (focus groups) were held with both parents and professionals who have been members of decision making boards and committees. Interview excerpts illustrate findings that…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Child Advocacy, Cooperation, Decision Making
Noggle, Nelson L.; And Others – 1981
A 2-phase study provided summative information on the status of the statewide implementation of California's federally funded migrant program and also provided confidential formative information to program participants at district, regional, and state levels. Guided by an advisory panel, phase I was conducted in 1980-1981 and covered all grade…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advocacy, Basic Skills, Community Involvement
O'Dea, Colleen – 1987
This document reprints a series of articles appearing in the Parsippany, New Jersey, "Daily Record" on October 25-30, 1987 and November 9, 1987. The series stresses that the New Jersey special education system has vastly improved from what existed prior to the 1975 Education for All Handicapped Children Act, but that the system still…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Disabilities, Educational Improvement, Educational Practices
Freud, Elissa – 1989
This paper profiles nine model programs for supporting families who care for a child with a severe illness or one or more disabilities and discusses current trends as they emerged from interviews with key persons in the field. Core components examined include self-help, advocacy, parent education, respite care, family-centered case management, and…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Douglas, Dorothy, Ed. – Alaska's Children, 1996
These quarterly reports for 1996 of the Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs provides information on the activities of the Alaska Head Start State Collaboration Project and other Head Start activities, as well as legal and policy changes affecting the education of young children in Alaska. The spring 1996 issue includes articles on…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Child Advocacy, Childhood Needs, Community Services
