Although University of Washington serves as vanguard for interprofessional collaboration, there are two features of professional practice not addressed in the program. Implementation may be problem, since teacher training is limited by state and occurs in contexts distant from urban areas needing interprofessional collaboration. Multicultural…

This commentary, by a journalist, addresses the conflict between those who believe there is an "epidemic" of child sexual abuse and those who see a flood of "false allegations." Child protective workers are urged to make their achievements and limitations more visible to journalists. They are urged to not misuse confidentiality laws to protect…

Presents a list, by state, of all institutions that offer baccalaureate programs accredited by the NRPA/AALR Council on Accreditation. The list includes school, accreditation, options, location, and contact person. A total of 37 states and the District of Columbia are listed. (SM)

Describes the development and components of a referral database management system developed by the Arkansas Transition Project. The system enables individualized-education-plan team members to refer students with disabilities directly to adult agencies and to receive a monitoring report describing the agency response to the referral. The system is…

The experiences of two students with deaf-blindness who were placed in a gifted and talented program at a public junior high school illustrate the importance of providing adequate transitional support for students with deaf-blindness. Their successful transition from a residential program to the gifted and talented program is described. (CR)

Increasing global demand for education has led to the creation of overseas programs by community colleges, with the resulting challenges of adapting systems of regional accreditation, evaluation, and regulation to the multinational arena. Asserts the need for community colleges and regional accreditors to work together to produce quality…

Explains the role and functions of England's Audit Commission, established in 1983 to promote proper stewardship of public finances and help public servants achieve economy, efficiency, and effectiveness. The commission's influence stems from its ability to link with other government initiatives, use of rigorous investigative methodology, and a…

Provides a case analysis of a child with a medically complex profile in which early-intervention staff and special-education staff worked to determine family priorities and utilized the local hospice agency to devise creative programming that meets the needs of the family and child. (Author/CR)

Introduces the first issue of this publication, explaining how the "Quarterly" reflects the goals of the Commission of the National Center for Education Statistics for the agency. Reviews goals of quality, predictability, usefulness, and timeliness. (SLD)

Describes changes that are occurring in Russia with regard to the treatment of students with disabilities, those at risk, or who are juvenile delinquents. The need for an interdisciplinary and interagency model of service delivery to meet the needs of persons with disabilities and to prevent increases in crime is proposed. (CR)

This case study examined the relationship between an educational agency and a human service agency in providing services to juvenile offenders in a county-operated correctional facility as they transition to the local public school system. It urges juvenile justice and public school systems to work together to effectively meet the needs of this…

Discusses the 1996 Electronic Freedom of Information Act and examines 17 federal agency Web sites to see how well they comply. Topics include electronic reading rooms to disseminate documents and records, reference guides, annual reports, a lack of consistency, and a high level of wasteful duplication. (LRW)

This study queried caseworkers for 77 New York children in out-of-home care still waiting for placement to determine obstacles to permanent adoption. Questionnaires sought demographics, placement efforts, and caseworker opinions. Findings indicated several obstacles, including the following: child's strong emotional ties to family (foster or…

Findings by C. Ripple and colleagues justify a continued role for the federal Head Start program, but only if Head Start invests seriously and consistently in high-quality programs and ends the present fragmentation of services. Calls for effective technical assistance to programs and active collaboration with other agencies. (SLD)

Discusses the question of separate incorporation versus Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) control of the Commission of Intensive English Program Accreditation. (Author/VWL)