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Alaska State Dept. of Education, Juneau. – 1994
This Alaskan state plan details services to be provided to preschool, elementary, and secondary students for Fiscal Years 1995, 1996, and 1997 under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The state plan discusses compliance and services under IDEA provisions that address: (1) the right to education; (2) full educational…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Confidentiality, Disabilities, Disability Identification
West, Lynda L.; And Others – 1992
The purpose of this guide is to assist those involved in the transition planning process to help students with disabilities achieve a smooth transition from school to adult life. The guide addresses topics that deal with the preparation of students with disabilities as they leave high school. The guide's eight chapters deal with: (1) defining…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Legislation
North Dakota State Board for Vocational Education, Bismarck. – 1985
This manual is intended to assist families, teachers, and other personnel in helping disabled students make the transition from school to work and adult life. The first section provides an overview of the transition process and outlines a four-step transition model that consists of input and foundation, the actual transition process (which calls…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Check Lists, Cooperative Planning, Day Programs
deFosset, Shelley, Ed. – 2001
This report describes services provided under the Preschool Grants Program for Children with Disabilities (Section 619 of Part B) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). It presents current and/or historical information for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, which are all eligible to receive Section 619…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Agency Cooperation, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
deFosset, Shelley, Ed. – 1999
This report, ninth in a series of annual reports, addresses selected aspects of the Preschool Grants Program for Children with Disabilities, Section 619 of Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The report profiles services provided under this program and highlights changes under the 1997 amendments. It presents current…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Agency Cooperation, Classification, Disabilities
Pickett, Anna Lou; Faison, Karen; Formanek, John – 1999
These instructional materials are designed to provide personnel developers and trainers with resources that can be used to improve the performance of paraeducators working in inclusive classrooms servicing school age students with disabilities. The competency-based program helps participants to learn skills they can apply immediately, to accept…
Descriptors: Child Development, Communication Skills, Competency Based Education, Disabilities
Wehman, Paul, Ed. – 1998
One of a series of guides that provides practical resources on topics critical to the process of preparing individuals with disabilities for adulthood, this volume is designed to help special education teachers, guidance and rehabilitation counselors, parents, advocates, and psychologists become familiar with how to develop individual transition…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination
Noonan, Mary Jo; McCormick, Linda – Brookes Publishing Company, 2006
With its comprehensive coverage of instruction and intervention practices in natural environments, this is the essential methods textbook for preservice educators and therapists preparing to work with young children who have disabilities. Focusing on children from birth to age 5, this text gives future professionals a wealth of specific, practical…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Group Instruction, Disabilities, Young Children
Peck, Charles A., Ed.; And Others – 1993
This text summarizes the state of knowledge in the field of early childhood integration of children with disabilities. The 14 chapters are grouped in sections which focus on relationships, curriculum planning, organizational supports, and values/attitudes, respectively. Chapters have the following titles and authors: "Ecological Perspectives on…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Consultation Programs, Cooperation, Delivery Systems
British Columbia Dept. of Education, Skills, and Training, Victoria. Special Education Branch. – 1995
This resource guide provides information and strategies for teaching students with mental retardation. The introduction discusses the nature of intellectual disabilities, preparing to teach students with intellectual disabilities, individual educational plans, and student transitions. The next section provides strategies for teachers on: (1)…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Behavior Modification, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques
Everson, Jane M. – 1996
The purpose of this manual is to guide Individualized Education Program (IEP)/transition planning teams in assessing the transition needs of individuals with dual sensory or multiple impairments, who are between the ages of 14 and the mid-20s. It presents a person- and family-centered approach that develops a personal profile of the individual in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Community Education, Deaf Blind
Knoblauch, Bernadette; McLane, Kathleen – 1999
This digest summarizes changes in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in the reauthorization and amendments of 1997, Public Law 105-17. These changes include: participation of students with disabilities in state and district-wide assessment programs, development and review of the individualized education program (IEP), enhanced…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Conflict Resolution, Disabilities, Discipline
Ysseldyke, Jim; Krentz, Jane; Elliott, Judy; Thurlow, Martha; Thompson, Sandra; Moore, Michael – 1998
The National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) has developed a framework for educational accountability that specifies outcomes and indicators for six developmental levels (ages three and six, grades four, eight, and twelve, and post-school). The framework is designed to be used for the development or revision of district and states assessment…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Alternative Assessment
Coyle-Williams, Maureen – TASPP Brief, 1989
This document identifies the costs of teen pregnancy in terms of high dropout rates, long-term educational decrements, the increased risks of the children of teen parents, loss of human capital, and increased welfare costs. Prevention and intervention and the features of operationally successful program models are included under the topic of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Ancillary School Services, Dropout Programs, Dropout Rate
Pierangelo, Roger – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2004
Written for educators who work with special children and teens, this second edition of a best-selling classic offers a practical guide to every facet of the special education teacher's job, from teaching in a self-contained classroom or resource room to serving on a multidisciplinary team. This easy-to-follow format, takes you step by step through…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Disabilities, Special Education Teachers, Self Contained Classrooms
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