The plan documents Minnesota's policies and procedures for implementing state and federal statutes concerning the education of handicapped students. The following topics are covered: right to education, full educational opportunities goal, policy on priorities, child identification, Individual Educational Programs, procedural safeguards, the least…

The report presents information on the costs and operations of Gallaudet College, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID). Among findings were that the four institutions serve students having a high degree of deafness. Compared with similar types of…

This is a compilation of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 and other selected Federal nutrition statutes, including those relating to the Act and major authorities for domestic commodity distribution. The section on the Act itself covers policy, definitions, establishment, eligibility, issuance and use of coupons, value of allotment, approval of food…

The report examines services for the gifted in West Virginia and offers recommendations for improving those services. In chapter 1, "Study of Best Practices in Educating Gifted Children," Patricia Bruce Mitchell outlines findings from a literature and interview analysis regarding best practices in gifted education, including exemplary…

The document reports on the sixth year activities of the Outreach: Macomb 0-3 Regional Project, a rural model for handicapped high risk infants, toddlers, and their families. Major project goals are to increase and improve specialized services for the population, refine the existing outreach model, and help develop evaluation and documentation…

This critique of a study of student retention under open admissions at CUNY argues that if Open Admissions students were given a reasonable opportunity for collegiate success, then retention rates would lose much of their significance in evaluating the program. (JM)

Based upon evaluations of 50 agencies as part of the Programmatic Research Project on the Rehabilitation of Homebound Persons, the booklet offers information for successfully administering homebound rehabilitation programs for handicapped individuals. Characteristics of New York's successful program are pointed out in the first chapter. Subsequent…

This publication is addressed to the thousands of alcoholism program directors in the country who head programs that vary widely in age, size, budget and philosophy, but which appear to have one thing in common: they do not utilize community volunteer services to the same degree that other such segments of the public health field do. The purpose…

Describes some commonly found management errors in the development of new programs, and suggests some alternative courses of action for use by the inexperienced project director. Problems concerning goals, staffing, and accountability are covered. Some ideas for ogranized termination of a project are outlined. (Author)

The article defines sandwich courses and discusses them in terms of values of the course, future development, training provisions, program administrations, and finance. (BP)

The handbook outlines procedures and background information for special education teachers in New York City. An introductory section sets for the mission and goals of the Department of Special Education in New York City. Administration topics covered include relationships to supervisors, public health and safety, discharges and suspensions, and…

Beginning with an overview of problems springing from lack of coordination of federal, state, and local educational programs, this paper examines the current and proposed coordination of such programs across the nation and in New York State and New York City. It defines and makes a case for comprehensive school planning as a planning process…

The manual considers practical issues involved in building and maintaining the effectiveness of school based support teams, interdisciplinary problem solving groups designed to respond to staff needs through crisis intervention, short or long term consultation, and continuous support. Separate sections address the following topics (sample…

Five Youth Employment and Demonstration Program Act (YEDPA) programs are compared with the Career Intern Program (CIP) (an alternative high school program aiming to prepare dropouts, and those likely to abandon school, for employment) in terms of emphasizing issues related to program implementation. The YEDPA programs selected for comparison upon…