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Battle (Mark) Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1977
Under Title 3 of the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, state and area agencies on aging are required to provide for the establishment or maintenance of information and referral services in sufficient numbers to assure that all older persons in the state or within a planning and service area will have reasonably convenient access to such…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Gerontology, Information Needs, Information Services
West Virginia Univ., Morgantown. Regional Rehabilitation Research and Training Center. – 1975
This training guide was developed by the West Virginia Research and Training Center staff in response to the mandate of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 which emphasized that vocational rehabilitation caseloads must contain a large proportion of severely handicapped clients. It is designed to assist the rehabilitation staff in organizing and…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Counselor Role, Counselor Training, Counselors
Brown, Duane; Hathaway, Sylvia – Elem Sch Guidance Counseling, 1969
Descriptors: Counselor Client Ratio, Counselor Role, Elementary Education, Elementary Schools
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1981
The report examines the impact of P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, and other federal laws on the numbers and types of handicapped children who receive special education services. It is explained that the study resulted from analysis of 15 evaluation studies and two databases on the impact of the legislation. Research…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility
Mick, Colin K.; And Others – 1981
This evaluation of a program started in 1979 to provide information and referral services (I&R) through public libraries to minority groups offers recommendations to improve these services to underserved segments of the California population. Introductory materials provide a summary analysis and a history of the Minority Information Services…
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Disabilities, Information Networks, Information Services
Cain, Robert G.; And Others – 1980
The authors report on findings from a questionnaire on the education of gifted students in Florida completed by 226 superintendents, administrators, and teachers (elementary and secondary). Among findings are that counselors, psychologists, and classroom teachers were the staff principally involved in screening of referral; school psychologists…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
Idol-Maestas, Lorna; And Others – 1981
The first section of the paper describes how the role of the special education resource teacher can be expanded to include a consultative component. This redefined role include direct, data based instructional services by the special educator as a resource teacher and indirect regular class assistance by the resource teacher as a consultant.…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Consultation Programs, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (DHEW/OHD), Washington, DC. – 1977
The self instructional text for Head Start personnel is designed to further refine and enhance the skills of staff members in learning to deal effectively with abuse and neglect problems. Following directions for using the text are units on the following areas: policy, background information, definitions, abusive and neglectful patterns,…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Definitions
Turnbough, Theodore A. – 1979
The report, over one third of which consists of various letters and forms, describes a project which developed and implemented a criterion referenced referral and placement system for handicapped children in 15 rural Georgia school districts. An administrator's guide describing the procedures for referral and placement of handicapped children as…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Competency Based Education, Doctoral Dissertations, Due Process
Hansen, Cheryl L., Ed.; Haring, Norris G., Ed. – 1980
The document contains seven papers from the Child Assessment Topical Workshop designed to raise participant awareness of basic assessment issues involved in screening, placement, and measurement of daily performance; to provide specific information about the assessment process, including collecting, organizing, analyzing, and using data; and to…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Decision Making, Diagnostic Tests, Disabilities
Kotin, Lawrence; Eager, Nancy B. – 1977
Presented are charts detailing due process provisions in special education (effective April 1976) for the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Data is explained to be culled from administrative provisions of state plans, rules and regulations, guidelines, and due process handbooks. Information is provided for the following aspects: referral…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicapped Children
Beyer, Margaret; Puritz, Patricia – 1978
Aftercare is the service provided for a youth and his family following a crisis. To be responsive to youth needs, aftercare programs must provide continuity of care and be flexible. They must also address themselves to the well-being of the entire family and develop community networks of youth services. Planning is essential to the development of…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Agency Cooperation, Counseling Services, Crisis Intervention
McKee, Nancy; And Others – 1978
Five papers cover various aspects of the Macomb (Illinois) 0-3 Regional Project, a home based program for rural handicapped and high risk infants and toddlers. The first examines ways to develop public awareness of the importance of early intervention through media and contact with medical, school, and community professionals. The second paper…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Handicapped Children, Home Programs, Infants
Rieth, Herbert J., Jr.; And Others – 1976
A model for the delivery of services to learning disabled children which provides procedures for services in the least restrictive environment through professional and parental participation is described. It is explained that the components of the model are the referral system, the case conference (where the decision is made regarding the…
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Conferences, Delivery Systems, Educational Diagnosis
Mazzullo, Mariann C. – 1976
Presented is an outline of procedures to use in child find activities for locating handicapped children. Basic suggestions are given for five types of activities such as announcement in local newspapers and letters to teachers. Listed are numerous social service agencies, medical community agencies, therapeutic nurseries, day care centers, play…
Descriptors: Agencies, Community Programs, Exceptional Child Education, Guidelines
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