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Supporting Strong Transitions Remotely: Considerations and Complexities for Rural Communities during COVID-19
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Rowe, Dawn A.; Carter, Erik; Gajjar, Shimul; Maves, Erin A.; Wall, Jennifer C. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2020
Transition education is a distinctive aspect of special education that extends well beyond the boundaries of the school building, engages partners from all corners of the local community, and addresses so many different life domains. In the midst of a pandemic, creative strategies are needed to equip students with the skills, knowledge,…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Special Education, Rural Schools
Handicapped Children's Early Education Program: Current Projects and Future Directions.
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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
Multilevel Collaboration for Improved Infant Services in Rural America.
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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
Community Linkage Development: Expanding Services to Developmentally Delayed Infants in Rural Areas.
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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
Seeing through the Fence Rows: Early Intervention, Children and Families in Rural Places.
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Butera, Gretchen; Maughan, George – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2001
Child development happens within the social, cultural, political, environmental, and economic contexts of a particular place, but researchers and policy makers describe best practice in the field as if one size fits all. An early interventionist's experience illustrates how ruralness and community characteristics impact practice. Collaboration…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Caregivers, Community Characteristics, Context Effect
Rural Students with Low Incidence Disabilities: Recommended Practices for the Future.
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Sebastian, Joan; McDonnell, John – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1995
Strategies for educating students with low-incidence disabilities in rural schools include inclusion, peer- and community-referenced curriculum, student-centered educational planning, instruction in actual performance settings, positive behavioral support, and transdisciplinary teams. In Utah, the state office of education, universities, and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Delivery Systems, Educational Cooperation, Educational Needs