NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 15 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Thompson, Marie D.; And Others – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1986
Designed for rural areas in Washington state, the Early Childhood Home Instruction Program for Young Hearing Impaired Children (ECHI) provides an opportunity for hearing-impaired children and their families to receive individual training, acquire information, address concerns, and promote child development within the familiar surroundings of their…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Early Experience, Family Involvement, Handicap Identification
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1986
Sums up the contributions of Handicapped Children's Early Education Program (HCEEP) and explains recent changes brought about by Public Law 98-199, which mandates state-level comprehensive service delivery systems and emphasizes interagency and interdisciplinary collaboration. Notes 102 demonstration projects, 28 outreach projects, and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Jelinek, Janis A.; And Others – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1986
Describes the Wyoming Infant Stimulation Program (WISP) and its numerous collaborative activities with federal, state, and local agencies including the Agricultural Extension Service and maternal and child health programs. Notes that successful collaboration was informal and involved cooperation on specific, discrete joint projects responding to…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Clark, Thomas C. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1986
The Sensory Impaired Home Intervention (SKI*HI) Model provides services for rural, hearing impaired children at an average annual cost of $1,400 per child. Weekly home visits are provided by nearby or local part time parent advisors, thus minimizing travel costs and eliminating employment problems associated with long travel hours. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Delivery Systems, Family Involvement, Hearing Impairments
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Lazzari, Andrea M. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1986
Describes Technical Assistance Centers established by the Virginia Department of Education to provide support services to preschool professionals throughout the state. Technical assistance--provided only at the request of the person who will receive it--includes needs assessments, information services, library services, on- and off-site…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Inservice Teacher Education, Linking Agents, Networks
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Lynch, Evelyn C.; DiCola, Joseph M. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1986
Children's developmental progress was studied to determine if location and types of services for handicapped preschoolers (classroom or home and classroom combined) were significantly related to child progress. Data indicated an overall trend for progress for all participating children, but neither service delivery model emerged as the superior…
Descriptors: Child Development, Comparative Analysis, Delivery Systems, Educational Assessment
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Gloeckler, Lawrence C. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 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
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Gautt, Sandra W. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1986
Project LINCS (Linking Infants in Need with Comprehensive Services) is based on a process orientation to the delivery of comprehensive services for rural handicapped infants and their families. Effective regional-community linkage is developed by community analysis, community entree, formal linkage development, formal structured interaction, and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Community Services, Cooperative Programs
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1986
Describes a report on New Mexico's public school services for three- and four-year-old handicapped children, focusing on features of special interest to rural educators. Topics are curriculum selection, program models, and program delivery system alternatives. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Curriculum, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1986
Describes a program that trains parents as support personnel in classrooms serving handicapped preschoolers, a program that combines computer technology and professional expertise to assist families without access to early intervention programs, and a program that uses parents to mediate an instructional program for handicapped children from birth…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum, Delivery Systems
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Anderson, Roy B. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1986
Compares survey responses of rural special education administrators and teachers in Alaska and compares results with previous national studies. Finds issues identified by administrators and teachers differ from those of national studies. Recommends that models designed for one rural environment not be generalized without considering uniqueness of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Delivery Systems, Differences
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Dublinske, Stan – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1986
Addresses the concerns of rural school administrators who have difficulty recruiting and retaining qualified (master's level) speech-language pathologists. Outlines speech-language pathology services and differences between master's and bachelor's degree training for speech-language pathologists. Suggests service delivery models that provide…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Delivery Systems, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Sarachan-Deily, Ann Beth – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1986
Describes a program designed to help rural school staff meet the educational needs of handicapped students and to give preservice teacher education students the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to work successfully with handicapped students in rural schools. Discusses the project's implications for the shortage of speech-language pathologists in…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Madison, Charles L.; And Others – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1986
Summarizes political, technical, attitudinal, and educational problems affecting delivery of special education services in the largely rural developing nation of Malaysia. Evaluates the possible use of a community-based model of rehabilitation that would rely heavily on parental involvement and volunteers and make the best use of the country's few…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Developing Nations, Educational Change
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Stewart, Jean L.; Martinez, Velma A. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1986
Summarizes factors which make delivery of human services extremely difficult in Micronesia, noting problems of geographic distance and isolation and cultural and linguistic diversity. Presents a plan for providing services to persons with communication disorders using a speech-language pathologist and an audiologist with doctorates to supervise…
Descriptors: Audiology, Communication Disorders, Cultural Context, Delivery Systems