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Download full textPhelps, L. Allen, Ed. – 1980
This product of the Leadership Training Institute/Vocational and Special Education contains a series of policy papers focusing on the impact of the Individualized Education Program (IEP) provision upon vocational education programming for handicapped youth. Nine papers are included: (1) Legislative Issues and Perspectives: IEPs for Handicapped…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Disabilities, Educational Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1988
Based on findings of the most current and highly regarded evaluations and research reviews available, this committee print provides an update of a prior committee report (August, 1985) on eight cost-effective federal programs for children. Described in terms of program participation, characteristics, benefits for children, cost effectiveness, and…
Descriptors: Children, Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities
Peer reviewedBlacher, Jan – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1985
Programs to educate severely handicapped children have usually been evaluated with respect to student achievement. Although this approach is reasonable, a multivariate approach that examines the impact on the child's family may be more relevant. Programs to teach the parents and to reduce institutionalization should also be studied. (GDC)
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Needs
Enell, Nancy C. – 1979
Over 4700 students classified as communicatively, physically, academically, or severely handicapped were served in San Juan, under California's Master Plan for Special Education. The majority were referred for poor achievement in reading, mathematics, spelling, or oral language. The major features of this federally mandated special education…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student, Handicap Identification
PDF pending restorationHelge, Doris; And Others – 1980
Despite problems, extraordinary progress has been made to provide a free and appropriate public education for handicapped students in rural America. A study of 75 school districts and cooperatives in 17 states revealed significant improvements in programs and services offered and types and ages of exceptional students served. Achievements included…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems, Due Process
Albright, Leonard – 1979
Intended as a primer for administrative action, this booklet gives the vocational adminstrator some basic guidelines and strategies for managing vocational programs and services for handicapped students and clarifies key concepts. The five sections each address one of the major concerns of an administrator: identifying students with handicaps, the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrator Responsibility, Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education
PDF pending restorationHelge, Doris – 1980
Major findings are presented of a national comparative study with two primary objectives: first, to identify performance of rural special education service delivery systems prior to the 1975 enactment of Public Law (PL) 94-142 and again during the 1979-1980 school year in providing a free, appropriate education for all handicapped children, with…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems
