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Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. Div. of Special Services. – 1980
Written as a guide as administrators in Washington state considering a home based preschool for handicapped children, the manual provides information on program planning and development. An initial section reviews the prototype model that served handicapped children 3 to 8 years old in a rural area. Also addressed in separate chapters are the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Home Programs, Models, Preschool Education

Cohen, Milton; Rusalem, Herbert – Journal of Rehabilitation, 1975
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Home Instruction, Home Programs
Zeger, Jordana D., Ed. – 1984
The handbook describes the Home Start Training Center's approach to serving Head Start families. Much of the program is focused on the Portage Project and on early intervention efforts for preschoolers. The first of the major parts of the handbook presents an overview of the approach, reviewing the philosophy of parent-focused home-based…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Home Programs, Home Visits, Parent Education
Turner, Ruth; Rogers, Alberta M. – Journal of the Division for Early Childhood, 1981
The Dallas Independent School District (DISD) provides for the delivery of services to handicapped students from birth to six years of age through the Project KIDS (Kindling Individual Development Systems) program. Journal availability: see EC 133 846. (Author)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Home Programs, Infants, Preschool Education

McDonald, Linda; And Others – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1989
Parents of 25 infants/toddlers with handicaps were surveyed to gain perspectives on easing the transition from home-based infant programs to preschool programs. Analysis of the results led to 4 major recommendations and a series of steps that infant program staff can follow to facilitate transition to preschool program options. (JDD)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Planning, Home Programs, Infants

Paget, Kathleen D. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1991
This article examines issues related to treatment acceptability in early intervention programs, by applying concepts pertaining to collaboration, cultural difference, compliance and freedom of choice, family life cycles, and systems theory. A paradigm for designing home-based intervention plans with families of preschoolers with behavior disorders…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Cultural Differences, Disabilities, Early Intervention

Perry, Mary; Garber, Malcolm – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1993
The Parent Outreach Program in Toronto, Ontario, was developed to assist parents in home teaching of children with developmental delays. The program uses computers in direct service delivery, for assessment of adaptive behavior and goal attainment, development of teaching activities, and telecommunications. (JDD)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Foreign Countries
McWilliam, R. A.; Strain, Phillip S. – 1993
This paper lists practices recommended by the Council for Exceptional Children's Division for Early Childhood concerning service delivery models in early intervention and early childhood special education (EI/ECSE) programs for infants and young children with special needs and their families. An introductory section discusses five principles that…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention