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ERIC Number: EJ477661
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0271-1214
Preschoolers with Complex Health-Care Needs: A Survey of Early Childhood Special Education Teachers in Virginia.
Lowman, Dianne Koontz
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, v13 n4 p445-60 Win 1993
Analysis of a survey of 234 early childhood special education (ECSE) teachers in Virginia found that ECSE staff conducted gastrostomy feedings and/or catheterizations, that nurses provided care for tracheostomies and mechanical ventilation, and that 38% of school systems (mostly urban and suburban) had written policies concerning preschoolers with complex health care needs. (DB)
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Health Services, Medical Services, Pupil Personnel Services, School Nurses, School Policy, Special Education Teachers, Special Health Problems, State Surveys, Teacher Role
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Virginia
Note: Theme Issue: Research and Practice in Early Intervention.