This brief paper summarizes principles of the Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) as required under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Part C. It lists five ways in which the IFSP differs from the Individualized Education Plan including the centrality of the family. Steps that lead to effective IFSPs are identified. These include:…

This guide, intended to be used collaboratively, was designed for a broad-range of community groups. It is meant to encourage education leaders to use its material as a guide and as support throughout the continuous-improvement process for partnership planning, development, implementation, management, monitoring/evaluation, and long-term…

Articulation is possible but the vocational objective of the student must be paramount, the means of achieving articulation secondary. (Editor)

How vocational educators in one state contrived to win recognition for occupational programs in the master plan for higher education. (Editor)

A program is described in which home economics teacher educators at Texas Tech University developed a training program for Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) clients which utilized the resources of both vocational educators and CETA personnel. Discusses organization of personnel, program implementation, results, and implications. (CT)

Risks are taken in establishing alternative school programs but they can be minimized by giving the proper attention to several critical factors. (Author)

The potential of "integration" for improvement of teacher education programs appears to be widely acknowledged, as evidenced by the growth of new programs. Central to much of this program revision is the attempt to relate the educational practicum with other components of the teacher education process. (Author)

University-school system cooperation in the formation of teacher centers has benefits for both parties--the school system can use the university resources, educational materials, research facilities, and scholarly expertise, while providing to the university training sites and field-based research opportunities. (MB)

Success in a team teaching program depends upon the teachers' willingness to expend time and effort in preparing and implementing the team procedure. (MB)

Describes the involvement of 12 high schools in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in a collaborative marketing program designed to increase public awareness of Catholic high school education, enlarge the pool of potential students, and increase enrollments at each school. Reviews the research, planning, and implementation phases of the project. (DMM)

This article explores the current status in the United States of support to families who care for children with disabilities at home. It summarizes essential program features, program effects, and outstanding issues (such as, ensuring family involvement in policy formation, sufficient funding, and system collaboration). (DB)

A federally funded consortium project, the American Foundation for the Blind's Deaf-Blind Project, has produced "Hand in Hand" products for students who are deaf-blind. Reasons for using a consortium model, consortium structure, roles, distinguishing features, and advantages/disadvantages are discussed. (DB)

Describes a distance learning program, MedinaLink, at the University of Akron (Ohio) which involved linking the university to Medina county high schools. Emphasis is on the challenges of linking two environments that are dichotomous in structure and style. Management of enrollment, course selection, semester scheduling, daily scheduling, resource…

These materials present information on implementing a collaborative team model in the delivery of transition services to students with disabilities. The materials provide charts and forms outlining strategies to be used by a local interagency transition team to assess its existing level of collaboration, to conceptualize its jointly endorsed…

This document is designed to be a resource for individuals and agencies concerned with the topic of linkages between education and human services. It begins with an overview of the topic of school-linked services, including background information and project characteristics concerning the long and somewhat unconventional history of collaboration…