To provide a missing piece to the legal foundation of professional development and practice for the individualized education program (IEP) process, the authors report the results of a comprehensive systematic analysis of court decisions specific to IEP-related procedural violations after the 2004 amendments of the Individuals With Disabilities…

In this article, we analyze the Supreme Court's decision in "Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District RE-1" (2017), interpreting the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and its provisions creating a right of every student with a disability to have an appropriate education. We compare the "Endrew" decision with…

The field of early childhood intervention for infants and young children with disabilities or delays has a rich history that spans many disciplines of practice. Both legislation and research has provided a foundation for how services are delivered to this population, and there are several recommended practices that govern service delivery to this…

Forty child study teams were observed and verbal behaviors of classroom teachers in those teams were analyzed. Teachers in an experimental program stressing role clarification spoke significantly more than any other participants. Parents were most frequently addressed by other team members. (CL)

The study involving 102 native Puerto Rican educational evaluators tested the hypothesis that professionals from Puerto Rico working in teams would generate less variability than would the same individuals acting alone in the program placement of exceptional children. (SW)

The article proposes a three-dimensional model for conceptualizing problems in the functioning of interdisciplinary team's for handicapped students: (1) as a developing and changing entity, (2) as a set of subsystems, and (3) as a function unit. Each dimension is described and examples of a team dysfunctions within each dimension are provided.…

Roles are delineated for vocational teachers, special education teachers, and bilingual teachers in an interdisciplinary approach to vocational education of limited or non-English-speaking secondary handicapped students. (CL)

A team approach for planning and evaluating personnel preparation programs within the context of PL 94-142, (Education for All Handicapped Children Act), proceeds through six steps--from needs assessment through plan revision. Formative evaluation data has shown success in three goal areas and in staff satisfaction. (CL)

A study involving 80 Ohio schools employing Intervention-Based Assessment (IBA) found that IBA was favored over Intervention Assistance Teams in the proportion of children on team caseloads who underwent multifactored evaluation and were found eligible for special education, but not for the proportion of children who received intervention in…

Five assumptions are inferred from the literature concerning the roles and responsibilities of elementary regular classroom teachers in educating low-performing children. These assumptions are used to define the target group of students most aptly served in regular classrooms. Models of partnership between regular education and specialized…

A study examined the practices of 121 school-based intervention teams from Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Findings revealed several positive practices by teams from all states; however, teams from Illinois displayed consistent superiority across several measures. Discussion focuses on implications for practice and educational and legal reform.…

Results suggested that although inservice training appears to enable special service teams to increase the number of complete individualized education programs, both inservice training and performance feedback may be necessary to maintain increased team productivity during the school year. (Author)

A study chronicled the use of a process of planning for paraeducator supports by teams in 46 schools in 13 states during the 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 school years. Findings indicated that the process assisted school teams in self-assessing their paraeducators practices, identifying priorities, and developing action plans and implementing them.…

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…

This commentary on an earlier paper (EC 230 267) notes that the debate on the regular education initiative (REI) should focus on the future, teachers should become personalizers of curriculum and instruction, classroom teachers are one member of an interdependent teaching team, and an adhocracy should be developed among educators of all…