The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of the Eckerd Wilderness Camping Program with those of the Florida Training Schools (rehabilitation institutions) on delinquent youths. Effects of these different treatment modes were measured in terms of school adjustment and court contact of each group at 6, 12, and 18 months after release or…

Formatted in a question-and-answer style, this book is intended to provide a survey and overview of the federal law governing the placement of students with disabilities. It explores the procedural and substantive requirements of the placement process and addresses the most common concerns that arise in this area of special education law. The…

Chapter 2 of the Biennial Survey of Education in the United States reports on the most fundamental and the largest segment of the educational system in the United States--the public elementary and secondary schools. Data on the organization, staffing, enrollment, and financing of regular full-time public elementary and secondary day schools in the…

This document is a compilation of Colorado Special Education Administrative Decisions issued in 1993 and 1994, including Impartial Hearing Officer decisions and complaint findings. Topics covered in the compilation include decisions on procedural safeguards, due process hearings, the extended school year, discipline (suspension and expulsion),…

There are three types of schools for the deaf included in this bulletin: (1) Those controlled and supported by the State; (2) Those controlled and financed by private organizations; and (3) Those operated as a part of the city public-school systems. This bulletin provides information for the schools for the deaf from 1917 to 1918. Contents…