One of the major goals of the Jamaican Early Stimulation Project is to develop a low cost model for providing early identification of disability and intervention services. Journal availability: see EC 133 861. (Author)

A manual for training paraprofessionals to provide home intervention and instruction to mothers of handicapped infants and preschool children is presented. The following objectives of the Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, project are described: teaching mothers about child development; obtaining information about each child and the child's environment; and…

The San Francisco Infant Program provides classroom and home educational programs for handicapped (or at-risk) infants (0-18) months and toddlers (18-36 months), parent training, preservice and inservice training, and research opportunities. The transdisciplinary training focuses on the following skills: gross and fine motor, cognitive,…

The Phoenix Union High School District Homebound Program enrolls students who are unable to attend school for at least 3 months due to illness, disease, accident, pregnancy, or emotional or physical handicapping conditions. Homebound classes are carried out through special telephone consoles and home visits. This report describes the Homebound…

A collection of papers on the Australian experience with early intervention for children with disabilities gives regional overviews, describes specific intervention programs, and discusses a variety of issues. Overviews are given of early intervention in Australia in general, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western…