Children younger than three are overrepresented in substantiated cases of abuse and neglect. As with all maltreated children, infant and toddler victims of abuse and neglect are disproportionately affected by developmental delays. Over the past 20 years, child development research has demonstrated the importance of the first three years of life on…

This book suggests that a crucial part of becoming an effective instructional leader is the development of positive relationships with students, staff, and parents. The principal's mission, need for counseling skills, and roles as facilitator and manager are discussed. Life inside the school involves being able to quickly assess many types of…

PERT (Program Evaluation and Review Technique), an approach developed by the Navy to identify time and cost resources and organize steps to streamline management, can smooth the special education referral process. PERT is a sophisticated scheduling method which, when adapted to the district, can expose bottlenecks, accurately estimate timelines,…

Described is the Comprehensive Identification Process a method for locating, screening, and evaluating young (3-to 5-year-old) handicapped children which has been developed and evaluated on a population of over 700 children. (DB)

Section I of this 3-part reference circular provides information about national organizations that serve as information clearinghouses and referral agencies, or that act as advocacy organizations for learning-disabled youths and adults, their families, and professionals serving them. It consists of an alphabetical listing of 18 such organizations…

Described in this process evaluation are the first-year efforts to provide a specialized staff within the Bexar County District Attorney's Office, San Antonio, Texas, to perform advocacy functions for abused and neglected children involved in cases going through the criminal justice system. The report discusses how well the staff met the three…

A project was undertaken to develop a model for the referral, intervention, assessment, and appropriate placement of regular and special education students in one California school district. The district's existing system was rated according to effectiveness, supportiveness, efficiency, clarity, and flexibility. Results were used to develop the…

A prereferral intervention system was implemented in three schools (two elementary, one junior high) in which consultation, observation, and intervention occurred before a student entered the typical referral-for-assessment phase. A survey assessing teachers' beliefs about special services and teachers' expectations and preferences about the…

The National Network of Principals' Centers is an organization established to foster the exchange of ideas and facilitate professional communication among the many principals' centers and leadership academies in the United States and internationally. This 1988/89 edition offers listings of colleagues in this field from over 39 states and 4 foreign…

The paper describes PAC (Psychology--Audiology Collaboration), a program which provides services and family support to the hearing impaired in a community setting. The program features a prevention component, treatment, educational and social support components, cross-discipline referrals, and interdepartmental training opportunities for graduate…

The influence of descriptions of students' race and social behavior on teacher recommendations for referral to special education services was investigated. Two hundred and seventy-five Michigan secondary teachers responded to a survey in which they evaluated a fictitious student cumulative record folder for a 12-year-old seventh-grade male.…

These guidelines are intended to help New York State school districts: (1) develop procedures for identifying gifted students and (2) use the information obtained through identification procedures as a basis for deciding how educational programs and services can be modified to serve the students. Initial sections of the manual define giftedness…

Presented is the final report of the New York Regional Direction Service (NYRDS) which provides referral services to handicapped youth and their families. Individual sections address the five program components: development and maintenance of an agency and service information base (which includes activities directed toward compiling and…

Reported are issues considered at a professional symposium on child abuse case identification and reporting. The general information needs, considerations, and decision-making processes that seem to be held in common across professional disciplines are identified. The ways in which a particular professional's background, training, and work setting…