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Exceptional Parent, 1992
This annual directory lists approximately 70 national organizations offering information and advocacy to professionals and parents of children with disabilities, national organizations for 85 specific disabilities and conditions, 35 federal agencies, organizations serving 17 professions, and parent training and information centers for each state.…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Information Centers, Information Sources, National Organizations
Download full textA Parent's Guide, 1990
Intended for use by parents of children and youth with handicaps, the guide offers basic information on accessing the ERIC bibliographic database and publications. Answers are provided to the following questions: what is ERIC?; where are the resources?; why use the ERIC system?; what's in the ERIC system?; and how do you get started using ERIC…
Descriptors: Databases, Disabilities, Information Centers, Information Retrieval
Kupper, Lisa, Ed. – 1996
This guide describes ERIC as an information system sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education that gathers, selects, abstracts, and indexes documents and articles on a wide range of education topics. The guide provides information on the following: (1) how to get started using ERIC; (2) how to use a computer to access the ERIC database; (3) how…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Databases, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Howley, Craig B.; And Others – 1989
This guide explains what the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database is and how it can be used by parents to learn more about schooling and parenting. The guide also presents descriptions of 55 articles and documents that can be obtained through ERIC. The cited resources are particularly relevant to parents' concerns about meeting…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Centers, Information Retrieval, Information Sources
Kupper, Lisa, Ed. – 1995
This guide describes ERIC (the Educational Resources Information Center) as a system of 16 clearinghouses and 5 support units providing many types of information services related to education, and also describes ERIC as a bibliographic database where descriptions of education-related documents and articles are maintained. It explains how to get…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Databases, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Howley, Craig B.; And Others – 1992
This guide explains what the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database is and how it can be used by parents to learn more about schooling and parenting. The guide also presents sample records of 55 documents in the ERIC database. The cited resources are particularly relevant to parents' concerns about meeting children's basic needs,…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Centers
Early Childhood Bulletin, 1997
Reauthorization of P.L. 99-457, which became the Individuals with Disabilities Act Amendments of 1991, mandated the establishment of the Federal Interagency Coordinating Council (FICC) in order to help mobilize all available resources to assure appropriate services for the nation's infants and young children with disabilities and their families.…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Coordination, Disabilities
