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Academically Handicapped; Administrative Policy; Administrator Responsibility; Administrator Role; Educational Policy; Exceptional Child Services; Handicapped Students; Mainstreaming; National Surveys; Policy Formation; Principals; Program Administration

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Officers of school administrative associations (who were themselves principals) wanted principals to have more responsibility for planning, coordinating, and evaluating special education programs. The study was based on responses to a matrix defining 27 operational and decision-making responsibilities in special education, as real or ideal. (GDC)

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Cerebral Palsy; Day Care; Developmental Disabilities; Exceptional Child Services; Infants; Motor Development; Parent Teacher Cooperation

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Discusses how supportive and accepting day care personnel can help parents of babies with handicapping conditions, such as cerebral palsy, to cope with their problems. (MP)

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Community Resources; Exceptional Child Services; Handicapped Children; Parents

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The article presents answers to questions asked by parents of handicapped children. Stress is placed on finding the right community or governmental agency to provide medical, educational, financial, legal, vocational, and long- term care needs. A form for recording the appropriate telephone numbers of various agencies is offered. (SBH)

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Academically Handicapped; Developmental Programs; Exceptional Child Services; Interprofessional Relationship; Learning Disabilities; Optometrists; Role Perception; School Psychologists; Special Education

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Discusses a cooperative effort between developmental optometrists and school psychologists in meeting the total needs of children with learning problems. (Author)

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Ancillary School Services; Delivery Systems; Elementary Secondary Education; Exceptional Child Services; Psychological Services; School Personnel; Social Services; Special Education; Systems Approach

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An organizational, domain-referenced approach to evaluation of public-school special-service delivery systems is offered. The framework focuses on the process of service delivery and is seen as useful to the improvement of service delivery within the context of Public Law 94-142. (Author)

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Ability Identification; Academically Gifted; Early Admission; Educational Counseling; Exceptional Child Services; Guidance; Guidance Objectives; Guidance Programs; High Achievement; Talent

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Two major aspects of counseling for gifted students through the junior and senior high school years and into college are (1) early identification of those students who require special educational opportunities and (2) careful matching of gifted students to alternative educational pathways. (LRA)

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Community Services; Exceptional Child Research; Exceptional Child Services; Group Homes; Mental Retardation; Needs Assessment; Normalization (Handicapped); Severe Mental Retardation; Student Characteristics

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Characteristics, services received, and movement of 477 mentally retarded residents of 47 group homes were examined. (Author/CL)

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Community Cooperation; Community Services; Exceptional Child Services; Financial Support; Foreign Countries; Handicapped Children; Health Services; Improvement; Parent Participation; Social Services

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Argues that, in spite of recent legislative developments for the families of handicapped children in many parts of the United Kingdom, there is still lack of cohesive and comprehensive support from service delivery agencies. (Author/MP)

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Conceptual Schemes; Delivery Systems; Exceptional Child Services; Interdisciplinary Approach; Models; Professional Services; Severe Disabilities

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A transdisciplinary model of service delivery--in which team members serve as consultants to one primary service implementor--is described and advocated as a solution to the problem of unequal distribution of professional responsibilities that plagues other service delivery models. (Author/DLS)

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Correctional Education; Correctional Institutions; Delinquency; Emotional Disturbances; Exceptional Child Services; Handicapped Children; Opinions; State of the Art Reviews

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The article discusses the need for providing specialized education services to handicapped students in correctional settings, along with the implications of developing such programs. (DLS)

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