First-Year Implementation of the Federal Program for Infants and Toddlers with Handicaps: A View from the States.

Walsh, Sharon; And Others

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Publication Date: 1988

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First-Year Implementation of the Federal Program for Infants and Toddlers with Handicaps: A View from the States.

Walsh, Sharon; And Others

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, v8 n3 p1-22 Fall 1988

Fifty states and five territories were surveyed to determine implementation of the federal Program for Infants and Toddlers with Handicaps, established through Public Law 99-457. Questions focused on the states' interagency coordinating councils, definitions of developmental delay, and activities related to the required minimal components of statewide early intervention systems. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Compliance (Legal), Coordination, Developmental Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Infants, Intervention, National Surveys, Preschool Education, Program Implementation, State Programs, Toddlers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments 1986

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