The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that each state participating in the federal early intervention program establish a state interagency coordinating council (SICC) to assist and advise the state lead agencies in achieving a coordinated service delivery system. Some states have also established local interagency…

The intent of the second-year project was to (1) provide inservice training in competencies needed by vocational teachers to teach special needs students, (2) field test teachers' modules developed by the University of Pittsburgh, (3) establish the need and mode of delivery of vocational special needs inservice, and (4) develop a system of…

This paper describes one approach to providing communication aids, environmental controls, and computer access systems to handicapped children. The paper begins by defining "assistive device" and "rehabilitation technology." Service delivery issues include funding of high-cost device systems and provision of ongoing student…