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…

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.…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Presented are the findings of a study conducted to evaluate two community protective service systems in terms of the mechanisms for identifying and handling child abuse and neglect cases and the effectiveness of intervention. It is noted that data was collected in two sites: Site I (Nashville, Tennessee), which has an emergency reporting system…

The handbook contains forms, placement criteria, and procedural provisions for 17 program departments in the exceptional child program of the Hillsborough County public school system in Tampa, Florida. Included in the description of the Exceptional Child Education Department and the Exceptional Child Education Office are aspects of staffing and…

This teaching guide, to be used with the "Employability Plan Reference Manual," is for use in training the older worker specialist to write a sequential plan for using appropriate services to solve applicants' vocationally relevant problems. The following areas are covered: (1) summary of process for developing employability plans; (2) preparation…

Drug rehabilitation programs in New York City encompass every form of treatment modality to be found in the field. As of September 1972, approximately 50,000 addicts were being treated. Estimates of the total number of addicts in New York City range from 150,000 to 300,000. There is little coordination among the various governmental and private…

This report contains (1) a description of a referral and behavior rating form for trainable children; (2) a description of its development; (3) estimated age norms; and (4) data obtained from reliability, expectation, and mock referral studies. The form was developed as a means by which referral agencies can quickly and accurately obtain…