Direction Services Link Parents with Local Resources for Children with Handicapping Conditions.

Gloeckler, Lawrence C.

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Publication Date: 1986

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Direction Services Link Parents with Local Resources for Children with Handicapping Conditions.

Gloeckler, Lawrence C.

Rural Special Education Quarterly, v7 n1 p16 1986

During 1984-85 New York's 14 Early Childhood Direction Centers responded to 10,609 service requests and assisted 5,283 parents, 376 professionals, and 666 agencies in obtaining services for 5,510 handicapped children aged birth to 5. The network operated at a cost of only $218 per child matched to services. (JHZ)

Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Linking Agents, Outreach Programs, Preschool Education, Program Costs, Program Descriptions, Program Effectiveness, Referral, Rural Areas, Rural Education, Rural Urban Differences, Special Education, State Programs, Young Children

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