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Preparation for Postsecondary Life for Students with Disabilities. inForum
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Sopko, Kimberly Moherek – Project Forum, 2010
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), most recently reauthorized in 2004, requires the inclusion of transition services in an individualized education program (IEP) for students with disabilities by the time they reach their 16th birthday, or earlier if determined appropriate by the IEP team. The IEP must include "(1)…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Individualized Transition Plans, Disabilities
State Performance Plan Process and Indicators
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Ahearn, Eileen – Project Forum, 2011
A policy forum held May 11-13, 2011 to provide input from stakeholders to the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) focused on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) accountability reporting system known as the State Performance Plan/Annual Performance Report (SPP/APR) process. Participants discussed their assessment of the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Stakeholders, Federal Legislation, Educational Indicators
Blindness and Visual Impairment: State Infrastructures and Programs. inForum
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Muller, Eve – Project Forum, 2006
In 2004, nearly 30,000 students were included in the blind or visually impaired (B/VI) category (approximately .04% of the total public school population). This figure, however, only includes children and youth for whom blindness or visual impairment is identified as a primary disability. States indicate that these numbers may actually double or…
Descriptors: Blindness, Disabilities, Special Education, Visual Impairments
Juvenile Justice and Students with Disabilities: Profiles of Several State Initiatives. inForum
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Muller, Eve – Project Forum, 2006
Youth with disabilities are significantly overrepresented in the juvenile justice system with recent estimates suggesting that at least 35% of youth in the juvenile justice system are eligible for special education services (Quinn, Rutherford, Leone, Osher & Poirer, 2005). Specific learning disability, emotional disturbance and mental…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Emotional Disturbances, Learning Disabilities, Juvenile Justice
Homeless and Special Education Administrative Collaboration: Recommendations. Policy Forum Proceedings
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Bowman, Diana; Burdette, Paula; Julianelle, Patricia – Project Forum, 2008
Project Forum at the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) and the National Center for Homeless Education (NCHE) worked together to collect information regarding the need for a policy forum on the topic of administrative collaboration between school personnel who support homeless education under the McKinney-Vento…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Homeless People, Transportation, Disadvantaged Youth
Highly Mobile Children and Youth with Disabilities: Policies and Practices in Five States. inForum
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Pierce, Luzanne; Ahearn, Eileen – Project Forum, 2007
This document's primary focus is on a subset of the population of mobile children--infants, preschoolers, children and youth with disabilities and their families who are highly mobile. First, a background section provides information about policies and practices developed for mobile children at the federal level under the McKinney-Vento Program.…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Student Mobility, Federal Legislation