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Haines, Shana J.; Giangreco, Michael F.; Shepherd, Katharine G.; Suter, Jesse C.; Moore, Mika – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2022
In this article, we describe the self-directed change made by a rural elementary school in response to a data-based examination of its service-delivery model that revealed its lowest performing students were spending most of their time with the school's least qualified staff. This mixed-method case study describes (a) why and how the school…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Elementary Schools, Special Education, Delivery Systems
Thousand, Jacqueline S.; And Others – 1986
The report describes the first 3 years of the Homecoming Project, which was designed to return disabled students in regional special education programs to regular classes in 26 local Vermont schools. Fifty-eight such students (of whom 45% were moderately or severely handicapped) were transitioned into regular classes and 19 other students at risk…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Vermont Univ., Burlington. Extension Service. – 1972
The purpose of this project was to design and test a model by which two agencies might work together as a means of each agency more effectively serving rural families in disadvantaged situations. This publication presents an evaluation not of client behavior in detail as such, but of the model as an educational process with particular attention to…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Counseling Services, Economically Disadvantaged
O'Brien, John – 1998
This paper reports on a focus group discussion held in June, 1998, in Killington, Vermont, about a 3-year project in Vermont to encourage the self-determination of people with developmental disabilities. The project has involved training of four project teams, each composed of a person with a developmental disability, a family member, and a person…
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Change Strategies, Children
Giangreco, Michael F.; And Others – 1996
This paper describes the Vermont Interdependent Services Team Approach (VISTA), a decision-making process for determining the educational support service needs of students with deaf-blindness or other multiple disabilities. The paper also analyzes perceptions of VISTA held by experts in a variety of fields. Specifically, VISTA provides a team…
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Decision Making, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education