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Download full textCrandell, Carl C., Ed.; Smaldino, Joseph J., Ed. – Volta Review, 2001
This booklet explores classroom acoustics and their importance on the learning potential of children with hearing loss and related disabilities. The booklet also reviews research on classroom acoustics and the need for the development of classroom acoustics standards. Chapters examine: 1) a speech-perception model demonstrating the linkage between…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Classroom Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Hearing Impairments
Lockwood, Anne Turnbaugh – New Leaders for Tomorrow's Schools, 1997
Learning democratic principles is an important component of education. Ways in which to equip students with the necessary complex knowledge and skills for full participation in a democracy are explored in this report. The text focuses on the distinction between education for democracy and education as democracy, and it explores ways that the…
Descriptors: Democracy, Democratic Values, Educational Environment, Educational Philosophy
Wolery, Mark – NCEDL Spotlight, 1998
This newsletter discusses transition and outcome issues for young children with disabilities. Topics discussed include issues related to transition program administration, staff, families, and services. (KB)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Kindergarten, Periodicals
Ferguson, E. Elaine, Ed. – Connections, 1998
This document comprises the five 1997-1988 issues of a newsletter published to disseminate information and resources to child care providers and administrators. The Fall 1997 issue discusses advocating on behalf of children. It lists five steps to take to speak out for children. The Winter 1997-1998 issue discusses mentoring. Mentoring programs…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrators, Behavior Disorders, Certification
Wermuth, Thomas R.; Coyle-Williams, Maureen – TASPP Brief, 1989
Professionals who work in the area of vocational education for students with special needs were surveyed to determine how they identify exemplary programs. Those students include those who are handicapped, disabled, dropouts, of limited English proficiency, immigrants, displaced homemakers, dislocated workers, disadvantaged, single or teen…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Objectives, Employment Potential, Outcomes of Education
Peer reviewedHorvath, Clara, Ed.; And Others – Career Planning and Adult Development Journal, 1995
This special issue includes reviews of 32 books on the following topics: management, human resources, and organizational development; career counseling, guidance, and assessment; job search; resumes; careers in specific fields; careers for special populations; career transitions; and finding balance. (SK)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Job Search Methods, Occupational Information
Peer reviewedFerguson, Dianne L., Ed. – International Journal of Educational Research, 1998
The seven chapters of this theme issue focus on efforts in four countries to understand and improve the experiences of students traditionally defined as having disabilities or special needs. The chapters include a discussion of the language of special education reform and accounts of inclusion-related issues in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and the…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Disabilities, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Faraday, Sally – FEDA Bulletin, 1996
Concerns that students who have learning difficulties and disabilities (LDDs) and who are enrolled in further education (FE) colleges were being excluded from the basic entitlement to accreditation prompted a review of the system of 16-19 qualifications in 1995. It was recommended that England's national qualifications framework be revised and…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Learning Disabilities
Irmsher, Karen – OSSC Bulletin, 1997
Oregon's annual dropout rate increased from 6 percent in the 1992-93 school year to 7.4 percent in the 1994-95 school year. Some schools, however, managed to reduce their dropout rate. This report explores the strategies that worked for 15 Oregon high schools that reduced their dropout rate. Interviews were conducted with representatives of Oregon…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropouts, High Risk Students
Hinkle, Paul D. – 1991
This compilation cites the legal provisions of Part 30 of the California Education Code relative to special education programs; Chapter 1 of Division 3 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations relative to special education for children with disabilities; and other parts of the Education Code, Health and Safety Code, Government Code, and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education, Legal Responsibility
Murphy, Linda; Della Corte, Suzanne – Special Parent/Special Child, 1990
This newsletter offers practical guidelines to parents of children with special needs of ways to get the school year off to a good start. Such children's school-related worries as fears of getting lost or of not making friends are noted. Specific suggestions are offered to help in the areas of school separation, making friends, and school…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent School Relationship
Coyle-Williams, Maureen – TASPP Brief, 1989
This publication contains annotations of two publications useful for planning and implementing vocational training programs for individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP) and five publications for teacher training and professional development in the LEP area. A five-item reference list is included as well as an invitation to submit…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Demonstration Programs, Limited English Speaking, Postsecondary Education
Palmer, Annie – AECA Research in Practice Series, 1998
This issue of the Australian Early Childhood Association Research in Practice Series focuses on young children with special or additional needs and provides information on care and education for these children in early childhood settings in Australia. The booklet discusses the use of the term "additional needs" and the value of…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Caregivers, Developmental Delays, Disabilities
Coyle-Williams, Maureen; Maddy-Bernstein, Carolyn – TASPP Brief, 1991
This brief describes new requirements for vocational education program improvement and evaluation mandated by the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1990. Recommendations to enhance the impact of program improvement and evaluation activities are included. The first two sections discuss developing new state…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods
Zito, Michael, Ed. – Bridges, 1999
This document is comprised of the two issues in volume 4 of "Bridges," a publication produced by the California Head Start-State Collaboration Office to detail the activities of the educational partnership and to provide relevant information to programs participating in the partnership. The spring 1999 issue focuses on the service system…
Descriptors: Child Health, Cooperation, Disabilities, Health Insurance
