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Grisham-Brown, Jennifer; Pretti-Frontczak, Kristie – Brookes Publishing Company, 2011
To ensure the best possible outcomes for young children with and without disabilities, early childhood educators must enter the classroom ready to conduct all types of early childhood assessment--including determining if children need additional services, planning and monitoring instruction, and determining program effectiveness. They'll get the…
Descriptors: Play, Textbooks, Program Evaluation, Early Childhood Education
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Innocenti, Mark S. – Exceptionality: A Research Journal, 1993
This essay on EC 606 264, which found that more intense early intervention programs for children with disabilities were not more effective, comments on the "political incorrectness" of the results, the possibility for misinterpretation of the results, and the need to reexamine beliefs about what contributes to effective intervention programs. (JDD)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Intervention, Politics of Education, Program Effectiveness
Hayward, Becky Jon – 1989
This report reports activities of the Regional Information Exchange (RIE) program under the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research's Knowledge Dissemination and Utilization Program. An overview compares the RIE program with a National Diffusion Network unit--the Joint Dissemination Review Panel, which also focuses on…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Information Dissemination, National Programs
Warger, Cynthia – 2001
This digest summarizes the research on effects of the full-service school model on students with disabilities. In the full-service model, schools house a variety of health care, mental health, and related services for children and their families. Examples are listed of preventive services, early intervention services, and intensive treatments for…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Services
Roessler, Richard T.; Hiett, Atherton – 1982
A study was conducted to understand better a common problem in job development efforts in rehabilitation--the poor returns of mailed-out surveys and, therefore, identification of few job leads for further cultivation. Two experimental job development investigations were used, one with large firms and one with small firms, to examine the effect of…
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Employer Attitudes, Job Development
Hamilton, James L.; Shanley, Judy; Dailey, Don; McInerney, Maurice – 2003
This final report describes activities and accomplishments of the Elementary and Middle Schools Technical Assistance Center, which developed and evaluated a technical assistance model using a linking agent approach in which a school district professional or team was trained and supported to implement a change process cycle to effect improved…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Disabilities, Elementary Education, Inclusive Schools
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Gettinger, Maribeth; Stoiber, Karen Callan; Lange, Jenny – Journal of Early Intervention, 1999
This article describes the rationale, development, and first-year implementation of Wisconsin's Preschool Action Research and Development Initiative, a school-university partnership that creates opportunities for researchers and teachers to work collaboratively while examining issues related to early childhood inclusion. Findings on the impact on…
Descriptors: Action Research, College School Cooperation, Disabilities, Educational Cooperation
Cheney-Stern, Marilyn R.; Phelps, L. Allen – 1980
As part of Project IMPACT's efforts to develop procedures for complying with the impact requirements of Public Law 94-482, a case study was made of the Illinois Network of Exemplary Occupational Education Programs for Handicapped and Disadvantaged Students. The purpose of the Network was to expand the quantity and quality of special needs…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Disadvantaged Youth
Franchak, Stephen J.; Spirer, Janet E. – 1979
This handbook for state and local education agencies is intended as a reference to assist in initiating and/or improving follow-up systems or studies of former vocational students classified as special populations. The handbook is a complement to Evaluation Handbook: Guidelines and Practices for Follow-Up Studies of Former Vocational Students,…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Dropout Research
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Shell, Duane F.; Horn, Christy A. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 1991
A University of Nebraska-Lincoln study evaluated use of a campus compensatory technology program, particularly compensatory communications systems, by students with disabilities. Results indicate a high level of student use, student perceptions that the compensatory systems were helpful, and improved student academic performance. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ancillary School Services, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), College Students
Vocational Training Council (Hong Kong). – 2000
This document contains 123 papers from an international conference on vocational education and training (VET) for lifelong learning in the information era. The papers focus on the following themes: (1) societal and ethical issues; (2) human resource development and personnel training; (3) international issues; (4) information technology in VET;…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Adult Learning, Alternative Assessment