Exceptional Children articles from June 2004

Exceptional Children archives from June 2004

Student involvement in individualized education program meetings.
June 22, 2004... Self-determination is defined as "the ability to identify and achieve goals based on a foundation of knowing and valuing oneself" (Field & Hoffman, 1994, p. 164). Self-determination, and the related concept of self-advocacy, have long been...

Self-determination and student involvement in standards-based reform.
June 22, 2004... Promoting the self-determination of students with disabilities became a focus of interest in special education research and practice in the late 1980s. This initiative was stimulated with funding from the U.S. Department of Education's Office...

Promoting access to the general curriculum by teaching self-determination skills.
June 22, 2004... To "better align special education programs and policies with the larger national school improvement effort referred to as standards-based reform" (Nolet & McLaughlin, 2000, p. 2), the 1997 Amendments (Public Law 105-17) to the Individuals With...

Implementation of self-determination activities and student participation in IEPs.
June 22, 2004... The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Amendments of 1997 (Public Law 105-17) required that children and youth with disabilities ages 14 to 16 be invited to participate in meetings where their individualized education programs...

What we know about correlates of reading.
June 22, 2004... During the past 50 years, researchers have explored the relationship between reading and many different abilities. Generally, these investigators were studying theoretical questions about the nature of reading; they were trying to discover and...

A national look at children and families entering early intervention.
June 22, 2004... In 1986, Public Law 99-457, Part H (now Part C) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), was enacted, offering funding to states to plan and implement comprehensive, coordinated, multidisciplinary early intervention (EI)...

Education in a recovering nation: renewing special education in Kosovo.
June 22, 2004... In recent years, a number of nations have had their education services and schools disturbed by internal dissension and/or war. Therefore, there is increasing professional and public interest in the redevelopment of education in such nations...