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50 Years of ERIC
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Federal Mandates for the Handicapped: Vocational Education Opportunity and Employment.
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Razeghi, Jane Ann; Davis, Sharon – Exceptional Children, 1979
The article reviews federal legislation concerning the vocational education and employment of handicapped individuals. (PHR)
Descriptors: Definitions, Employment Opportunities, Federal Legislation, Handicapped Children
Special Education Professional Standards: Need, Value, and Use.
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Heller, Harold W. – Exceptional Children, 1983
The author explains the importance to the field and to exceptional children of the Code of Ethics, Standards for Professional Practice, and Standards for the preparation of Special Education Personnel, recently adopted by The Council for Exception Children. (MC)
Descriptors: Accountability, Codes of Ethics, Disabilities, Educational Cooperation
Code of Ethics and Standards for Professional Practice.
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Exceptional Children, 1983
Listed are the eight principles of the Code of Ethics and the 68 Standards for Professional Practice of the Council for Exceptional Children, whereby special education professionals charge themselves with obligations to exceptional students and their families, the employer, and the profession. (MC)
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Disabilities, Employment, Professional Associations
Standards for the Preparation of Special Education Personnel.
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Exceptional Children, 1983
The 64 standards, which are presented in their entirety, provide a structure for examining programs for preparation of special education personnel within a higher education institution or equivalent agency. The standards concern governance, curricula, faculty, students, resources and facilities, and evaluation/program review/planning for both…
Descriptors: Colleges, Disabilities, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Redesign of the National Accreditation System in Teacher Education.
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Lilly, M. Stephen – Exceptional Children, 1983
The author explains the formation and purposes of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher (NCATE) in 1954, recent involvement of The Council for Exceptional Children, redesign of NCATE during the past 10 years, and recent processes which should further the cause of quality education. (MC)
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Disabilities, Graduate Study
CEC Professional Standards: Retrospect and Prospect.
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Exceptional Children, 1983
The history of the Council for Exceptional Children's espousal of standards, dating from the founding of the professional association in 1923, is reviewed and detailed are steps undertaken to develop the current professional standards which were adopted in April 1983. (MC)
Descriptors: Development, Disabilities, Group Membership, Professional Associations
Usability and Hearing Impairment.
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Newby, Jim L. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1979
Ambiguities of Section 504 regulations (Rehabilitation Act of 1973) regarding accessibility and usability are cited, and implications are drawn for hearing impaired persons. It is explained that an educational or business facility may be accessible to the hearing impaired but still unusable. (CL)
Descriptors: Architectural Barriers, Civil Liberties, Employment Opportunities, Equal Education
The Regular Education Initiative without Waivers.
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Myles, Brenda Smith; Whelan, Richard J. – Focus on Exceptional Children, 1991
Analysis of Public Law 94-142 (as amended) and of its associated regulations indicates that waivers from the law's requirements are not necessary to initiate experimental programs related to the Regular Education Initiative. Requirements concerned with eligibility, special class placement, and change of placement can be met by innovative…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Educational Innovation, Educational Legislation