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Hammer, Patricia Cahape; Demmert, William G., Jr. – 2003
This digest reports on the very limited research that has focused specifically on early childhood issues in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) health, development, and education. Extant research focuses primarily on infant mortality, birth weight and growth, obesity, and hearing and speech. Beginning in 1985, a longitudinal study called the…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, American Indians, Child Development
Vacc, Nicholas A.; Ritter, Sandra H. – 1995
With the enactment of the "Education for All Handicapped Children Act" of 1975, all children are entitled to appropriate free education and related services regardless of disabilities. As a result, major strides have been made toward providing services for developmentally delayed children. To gain access to these services, children who…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Disabilities, Diagnostic Tests, Disability Identification
de La Paz, Susan; Graham, Steve – 1995
The "Education for All Handicapped Children Act" (1975) requires that all children with disabilities receive a free and appropriate public education. Determining who has a disability and who is eligible for special services, however, is not an exact science. While practices differ greatly both across and within states, screening is an…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Disabilities, Diagnostic Tests, Disability Identification