This booklet provides extension personnel with basic information on how to help handicapped individuals through referral to the appropriate service provider. A series of steps is suggested for locating help for a client when no appropriate service provider can be readily located. Lists are then presented of possible sources of help in these areas:…

Individual child data from the Preschool Screening Programs of 402 Minnesota school districts were analyzed for problem identification and referral rates, areas of problem identification and referral, sex differences in rates, and other factors. The results from over 45,000 children revealed large variability in rates among school districts, as…

The paper provides guidelines for the classroom teacher in making effective referrals for special education services. The three phases of the referral process are delineated: (1) identification of the problem, (2) documentation/intervention, and (3) the activation of screening and staffing teams. Detailed suggestions for conducting the activities…

The current view of the multidimensional nature of learning difficulties includes visual difficulties as one contributing factor. Although many researchers decry the use of the Snellen Test as the sole screening device, this test is still the most commonl y used vision screening instrument in our nation's schools. Findings of numerous studies…

This brief study utilizes the source of referral as a means of assessing agency effectiveness. (Author)

The articles outlines the teacher's responsibilities regarding the identification and treatment of the abused or neglected child in her classroom. (SBH)

An evaluation of the reference referral program at the University of California Library at Santa Barbara was conducted by a committee of the Librarians Association of the University (LAVC). This committee designed a referral form, a plan for its use, and a methodology for evaluating the program. Conclusions are complex and raise more questions…

An ongoing peer counseling program was studied. Results suggested two distinct service delivery systems. An informal system served large numbers of self-referred students and dealt primarily with personal-social problems. A formal system reached fewer students, relied upon staff referral, and addressed academic difficulties. (Author)

The impact of four early childhood education screening programs intended to identify handicapped children was evaluated using ecological case study methods. Results suggested that few screening and referral practices influenced screening outcomes in a consistent manner. (Author/DB)

Analysis of the numbers of referred students who were evaluated and the number of evaluated students who received special education from 1977-80 in 94 districts revealed that, overall, the probabilities associated with the evaluation of referred students and delivery of special education sevices to evaluated students were high. (CL)

Studied Parents Anonymous (PA), organization created to provide support group services for families and to develop community awareness of child abuse and neglect, in order to describe function of PA to school counselors for their use as referral source and to determine program's impact on parents' self-concept, understanding of children, and…

Discusses the five principal factors to consider when planning career development programs, including the four key roles of the manager in career development; the rationale for each role and why it is important that managers demonstrate competencies in each of the four; why managers resist these roles; and recommendations for methods to help…

Results of surveying of 41 teachers who had experience with learning disability preassessment teams (intended to focus on regular classroom intervention prior to comprehensive evaluation) suggested that teachers were pleased with preassessment team members but did not agree that the teams' intervention recommendations were successful in correcting…

"Handicapping the Handicapped" is a book about the special education referral process, and promotes the concept that the designation "handicap" exists only as a result of institutional practices and cultural systems. Two reviews are presented here: one by an anthropologist and one by a special educator. (LHW)