Exceptional Children articles from October 1991

Exceptional Children archives from October 1991

Federal early childhood special education policy: a model for the improvement of services for children with disabilities. (the evolution of federal law regarding the education of children with disabilities)(Special Issue: Trends and Issues in Early Intervention)
October 1, 1991... Indicators of the accomplishments of early childhood special education abound: * At the end of 1990, more than 600,000 children with special needs, birth through 5 years of age, were receiving intervention services (U.S. Department of...

Family-oriented early intervention policies and practices: family-centered or not? (analysis of laws, legislation, state-policies and services affecting families)(Special Issue: Trends and Issues in Early Intervention)
October 1, 1991... The term family centered has been increasingly used to describe diverse types of social interventions both in early intervention (e.g., Able-Boone, Sandall, Loughry, & Frederick, 1990; Hanft, 1989) and nonearly intervention fields (National...

Instruction in early childhood special education: "Seeing through a glass darkly ... knowing in part." (Special Issue: Trends and Issues in Early Intervention)
October 1, 1991... Most early intervention professionals will agree with several statements about services to preschoolers who are at risk for or who have developmental delays and disabilities. For example, intervention services (a) must be individualized for...

Perspectives on the transition from preschool to kindergarten for children with disabilities and their families. (notes helping handicapped children make the transition from preschool to kindegarten)(Special Issue: Trends and Issues in Early Intervention)
October 1, 1991... Transitions are a part of life: some represent milestones in our development; others pass nearly unnoticed. Transitions in the lives of young children may be defined by most families simply as the celebrated passage of a birthday or the...

Mainstreaming during the early childhood years. (analysis of issues about helping exceptional children fit into the mainstream)(Special Issue: Trends and Issues in Early Intervention)
October 1, 1991... When asked by a visitor what it was like having a child with disabilities in her kindergarten class, young Andrea looked puzzled. The visitor rephrased the question by asking whether the child with disabilities belonged in Andrea's class....

Professional skills, concerns, and perceived importance of work with families in early intervention. (results of a survey among early intervention professionals)
October 1, 1991... The effectiveness of early intervention for children with disabilities and their families is likely to be influenced by the extent to which early intervention professionals are adequately trained. Factors such as age of children served, diverse...

Trends in the assessment of infants and toddlers with disabilities. (analysis in the tests used to assess handicapped children)(Special Issue: Trends and Issues in Early Intervention)
October 1, 1991... The Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986 (Public Law 99-457) added a formula grant program to assist states in establishing comprehensive community services to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families (Federal...

The next decade of research on the effectiveness of early intervention. (directions for future research on early intervention)(Special Issue: Trends and Issues in Early Intervention)
October 1, 1991... The decade of the 1990s marks the beginning of a cautiously optimistic yet critical period for the field of early intervention. Building on 20 years of research, demonstration programs, and the efforts of advocates, we enter this decade with an...

Parents for Children, Children for Parents: The Adoption Alternative.
October 1, 1991... L. M. Glidden. Washington, DC: American Association on Mental Retardation, 1989. 224 pp. $21. This book represents a pioneering effort to examine the issue of adoption for children with mental retardation. Glidden reports a study of 42...

The Syracuse Community-Referenced Curriculum Guide for Students with Moderate and Severe Disabilities.
October 1, 1991... A. Ford, R. Schnorr, L. Meyer, L. Davern, J. Black, & P. Dempsey. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes, 1989. 404 pp.

The Syracuse Curriculum Revision Manual.
October 1, 1991... R. Schnorr, A. Ford, L. Davern, S. Park-Lee, & L. Meyer. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes, 1989. 132 pp. A significant evolution occurred in services for people with severe disabilities when the concept of a "functional" life skills...