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Meeting the Challenge of Transition Service Planning through Improved Interagency Cooperation.
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Johnson, David R.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1987
The improvement of transition services for handicapped youth through effective management strategies in service planning and coordination is proposed. Current barriers include conflicting policy goals, eligibility criteria, and funding patterns. Needed are consistent policy development, formulation of effective management strategies, and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
The School and Community Partnership: Planning Transition for Students with Severe Handicaps.
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Peters, Joyce M.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1987
The Teaching Research Transition Planning Project (Oregon) is implementing and evaluating the development of school/community teams to facilitate transition of handicapped students into the community. Preliminary evaluation results support the value of an outside stimulus to encourage collaboration, locally generated plans, and policy decision…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Decision Making, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
The Prime Factor in Education.
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Greer, Jeptha V. – Exceptional Children, 1989
The article examines the current emphasis on collaboration among educational services and institutions and warns that collaboration should not be an end in itself but must serve the child. Special educators are encouraged to let structure follow function in collaborative efforts and to put the point of delivery as close to the child as possible.…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Disabilities, Educational Needs, Educational Philosophy
Special Education Administrators' Policies and Practices on Microcomputer Acquisition, Allocation, and Access for Mildly Handicapped Children: Interfaces with Regular Education.
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Goldman, Susan R.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1987
Special Education administrators (N=33) responded to a comprehensive survey on their use of microcomputers. Decision-making policies and practices indicated high levels of cooperation between special and regular education programs in acquiring hardware and software and in providing teacher training. Implications for subsequent directions for…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Administrative Policy, Computer Software, Cooperative Planning
Transition Services for Secondary Students with Mild Disabilities: A Statewide Perspective.
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Benz, Michael R.; Halpern, Andrew S. – Exceptional Children, 1987
The study of Oregon's secondary special education programs for the mildly disabled surveyed 143 administrators, 323 teachers, and 279 parents. Among results were that few districts used written interagency agreements to involve community agencies; that teachers wanted more and better parent involvement; and that follow-up of previous students was…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Agency Cooperation, Education Work Relationship, Followup Studies