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Download full textMacy, Daniel J. – 1976
Described is a model for the evaluation of the Texas Comprehensive Special Education Program (Plan A) based on providing each child with an individualized educational plan and the least restrictive educational placement alternative. The plan is reported to have been implemented on a pilot basis over a 3-year period in the Dallas school district.…
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Education
Spadafore, Gerald J. – 1976
To reduce professional discord among admission and discharge committee members charged with placement and treatment decisions involving exceptional children, a Cognitive Dissonance Paradigm is proposed. The paradigm is noted to allow each team member to present assumptions and their interpretations of causes of the problem without critical review…
Descriptors: Committees, Decision Making, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
Ellis, Elmo – Journal of College Placement, 1975
Placement professionals should begin to realize their responsibility in helping students to establish high, but attainable, goals as well as to come to terms with their own values. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, College Students, Counseling, Higher Education
Christenson, Adolph; Barney, LeRoy – Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Informal Reading Inventories, Oral Reading, Predictive Measurement
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Office of Instructional Services. – 1980
The manual provides information and resources on teaching speech and language impaired students in Georgia. Topics addressed cover seven major areas (sample subtopics in parentheses): definitions; eligibility criteria (entrance criteria, waiting lists); due process (screening, referral); program organization (philosophy, delivery models,…
Descriptors: Definitions, Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility
Kenney, Donald S., Ed. – 1981
Guidelines address California's procedures for the operation of programs for handicapped infants and preschool children. Legal requirements of P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, and the California State Plan are reviewed. Program guidelines focus on eligibility, child assessment, placement in the least restrictive…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Diagnosis, Eligibility, Guidelines
Kuo, Wei-fan – 1979
The paper reviews the recent development of legislation on the education of handicapped children in the Republic of China, with particular emphasis on the nine-year Basic Education Act of 1968 and The Regulation concerning the Expansion and Improvement of Special Education. Considered is the impact of legislation on the categories of beneficiaries…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational Legislation, Educational Trends
Bernal, Ernest M.; Tucker, James A. – 1981
The steps in the manual are designed to ensure that developmentally normal limited English proficiency (LEP) students are properly placed and to increase the validity of the special education referral-assessment-placement system. The construct of LEP is explained, and procedures for selecting two language proficiency tests are outlined. Criteria…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Handicap Identification
Brown, Tom – 1978
The handbook provides policy and procedure information regarding special education in Alaska. Seven topic areas are addressed (sample subtopics in parentheses): authority and responsibility for special education in Alaska; procedures for the establishment and operation of special education programs (initial identification, provision of services);…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Definitions, Delivery Systems, Due Process
Kowal, Sharon A., Comp. – 1978
The document identifies the legal issues arising from the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and indicates how the courts are handling these issues. Annotations on court cases are arranged in major categories: free appropriate public education, placement in the least…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Court Litigation, Discipline, Due Process
Ford, Karen; Stjernberg, Lloyd – 1979
The document provides a guide to implementing a 2 day workshop designed to enhance administrators' and classroom teachers' awareness and understanding of P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) and the least restrictive environment (LRE) concept and to improve attitudes regarding the education of handicapped students in…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Change, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
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
Boerner, Francesca M. – 1980
The first portion of this paper discusses the procedure for placing freshmen in a remedial composition course at a small liberal arts college. The design of the basic skills test used for placement is criticized on the basis of the inappropriateness of both content and format (multiple choice) in determining which students required remedial…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Developmental Programs, English Instruction, Grammar
CASSIDY, VIOLA M.; STANTON, JEANETTE E. – 1959
SIGNIFICANT FACTORS INVOLVED IN LEARNING AND ADJUSTMENT OF RETARDED CHILDREN IN SPECIAL CLASSES AS COMPARED WITH THOSE REMAINING IN REGULAR CLASSROOMS WERE ASSESSED. EACH GROUP WAS EVALUATED WITH INSTRUMENTS TESTING INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY, SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENTS, SOCIAL ACCEPTABILITY, AND ADJUSTMENT TO THEIR TEACHERS AND PEER GROUPS. IT WAS FOUND THAT…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Elementary Schools, Handicapped Children, Mental Retardation
Brannon, R. Marshall, Ed. – 1979
This guide, an update of two previous versions, is designed to provide information about what is currently taking place at the college level in relation to foreign language entrance requirements, degree requirements, and other trends. The introductory material provides information on: (1) statistics on foreign language entrance and degree…
Descriptors: College Second Language Programs, Counseling, Graduation Requirements, Language Enrollment
