The guide, a support document to the Oklahoma State Plan for Special Education, presents a policies and procedures manual for special education in Oklahoma in accordance with the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142). The manual is intended to establish the minimum standards for special education program approval, to establish…

A six-stage model of Individualized Education Program (IEP) development for students with disabilities in Oklahoma high schools includes: (1) student assessment, (2) IEP planning, (3) admission to area vocational/technical schools, (4) development of tentative instructional plans, (5) IEP meeting, and (6) IEP implementation. (DB)

The booklet provides direction for driver education instructors, special education teachers, and school administrators in the planning and implementing of effective traffic safety education programs for handicapped youth. Section I focuses on understanding state and federal laws with subsections on P. L. 93-112 (the Rehabilitation Act of 1973), P.…

The guidelines are designed to help Oklahoma school administrators, counselors, teachers, and parents better understand learning disabilities. Following an excerpt from the Federal Register regarding evaluation of learning disabled (LD) students, the following three topics are addressed: (1) the referral process (pre-refereal and formal referral);…

Intended for Oklahoma school administrators, teachers, and parents, the guidelines examine factors in educating mildly and moderately mentally retarded students. General information is first presented on such topics as definitions, facilities, scheduling, mainstreaming, teacher role, teaching strategies, learning centers, discipline, grading and…