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The Components of Early Intervention Services for Families Living in Poverty: A Review of the Literature
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Corr, Catherine; Santos, Rosa Milagros; Fowler, Susan A. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2016
The Individuals With Disabilities Education Act mandates that very young children with disabilities be served through Part C services. Families of young children with disabilities who are also living in poverty are often the primary recipients of these services. To better understand the experiences of families, particularly those living in…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Poverty, Literature Reviews, Young Children
Supports and Barriers To Writing an Interagency Agreement on the Preschool Transition.
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Wischnowski, Michael W.; Fowler, Susan A.; McCollum, Jeanette A. – Journal of Early Intervention, 2000
Participants from four teams attempting to write an interagency agreement on the transition of children with disabilities from early intervention programs to early childhood special education were interviewed at three points in time, spanning 5 months. Results indicate that writing an interagency agreement was a complex, multidimensional, and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Disabilities, Educational Cooperation
Transition Planning.
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Fowler, Susan A. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1988
Four exemplary programs that effectively plan and coordinate transitions between early intervention programs and preschool/elementary programs are described. They include Project BEST (Building Effective School Transitions), Projects STEPS (Sequenced Transition to Education in the Public School), Project TEEM (Transitioning into the Elementary…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Coordination, Demonstration Programs
Inclusion, One Step at a Time: A Case Study of Communication and Decision Making across Program Boundaries.
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Fink, Dale Borman; Fowler, Susan A. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1997
This case study investigated how planning, communication, and decision making across program boundaries took place when a public school district relocated one of its early childhood special education classrooms to a private childcare facility in order to enable social interaction with typically developing children. Logistical barriers impeded…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Decision Making
Evaluating Community Collaboration in Writing Interagency Agreements on the Age 3 Transition.
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Fowler, Susan A.; Donegan, Mary; Lueke, Brenda; Hadden, D. Sarah; Phillips, Barbara – Exceptional Children, 2000
Representatives from 34 local interagency coordinating councils were interviewed about interagency agreements for the legally required transition from the infant/toddler to preschool service delivery system at age 3. Results indicated that most communities included the majority of legal transition requirements in their agreements. Policy issues…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Compliance (Legal), Cooperative Planning