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Direct linkLyons, Oliver; Timmons, Jaimie; Hall, Allison; Enein-Donovan, Lara; Kamau, Esther – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2022
Recent national and state-level policy changes have created an imperative for service providers to transform from sheltered work to competitive integrated employment. The current study sought to understand the impact of participation in a 1-year, comprehensive technical assistance pilot designed to support service providers to transform away from…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Technical Assistance, Employment Qualifications, Job Skills
Download full textDaley,Tamara C.; Fiore, Thomas A.; Bollmer, Julie; Nimkoff, Tamara; Lysy, Chris – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2013
Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), the Technical Assistance and Dissemination (TA&D) Program is the U.S. Department of Education's (ED) primary vehicle for providing technical assistance (TA) to individuals and organizations responsible for serving children with disabilities and their families. The evaluation is part…
Descriptors: National Programs, National Surveys, Technical Assistance, Program Implementation
Gallagher, James J.; Danaher, Joan C.; Clifford, Richard M. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2009
This review traces the evolution from 1971 to the present of a national technical assistance (TA) program to support the creation, expansion, and improvement of services for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers with special needs. From its beginning as a TA resource for demonstration projects, to linking outreach projects' expertise with state…
Descriptors: Program Improvement, Disabilities, Young Children, Program Effectiveness
Lucas, Anne; Hurth, Joicey; Kasprzak, Christina – National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2010
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC) was asked to identify essential elements for supporting high performance and provision of high quality early intervention Part C services as determined by the Annual Performance Review (APR) required under Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). To respond, NECTAC…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Disabilities, Technical Assistance, Early Childhood Education
Blase, Karen A. – Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children, 2009
Technical assistance (TA) has long been a standard, overarching strategy for assisting, states, agencies, family members, and practitioners with building capacity for service and system change initiatives. But, what is meant by the term "technical assistance"? What is known about the technical assistance strategies that are likely to…
Descriptors: Technical Assistance, Young Children, Social Development, Emotional Development
Chitiyo, Morgan; Wheeler, John J. – Preventing School Failure, 2009
The reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997 emphasized the use of positive behavioral interventions, supports, and services for students with disabilities who display challenging behaviors. Unfortunately, most teachers and schools still lack systems for identification, adoption, and sustained use of these…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Disabilities, Technical Assistance, Consultation Programs
Martinez, John; Fraker, Thomas; Manno, Michelle; Baird, Peter; Mamun, Arif; O'Day, Bonnie; Rangarajan, Anu; Wittenburg, David – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2010
This report focuses on the seven original Youth Transition Demonstration (YTD) projects selected for funding in 2003. Three of the original seven projects were selected for a national random assignment evaluation in 2005; however, this report only focuses on program operations prior to joining the random assignment evaluation for the three…
Descriptors: Welfare Recipients, Program Implementation, Federal Programs, Program Evaluation
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2009
This document is intended to assist State Education Agency (SEA) and Lead Agency (LA) staff and technical assistance providers in designing a meaningful evaluation for the State Performance Plan (SPP)/Annual Performance Report (APR) improvement activities. It provides: (1) information about the relevance of evaluation in the context of improvement…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Technical Assistance, Program Improvement, Guidelines
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2006
This directory contains 338 discretionary projects addressing the early childhood provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) that received funds in 2005. It was compiled from 4 volumes separately published by the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY). The Research to Practice Division of…
Descriptors: State Programs, Program Effectiveness, Program Improvement, Disabilities
Regional Resource Center Program, 2011
This brief is intended to provide State Education Agency (SEA) and Local Education Agency (LEA) educators with a brief overview of key components of GraduateFIRST, a Georgia program targeting issues impacting school completion for students with disabilities. Georgia's GraduateFIRST program has redefined the state's approach to raising graduation…
Descriptors: Disabilities, School Readiness, Technical Assistance, Individualized Education Programs
Project Forum, 2007
Policymakers and early childhood experts have long recognized the important role early childhood programs play in meeting the needs of young vulnerable children. Federal programs such as Head Start and Parts 619 & C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) are specifically designed to target young, vulnerable children and…
Descriptors: Expertise, Early Intervention, Federal Aid, Disabilities
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2005
This directory contains 355 discretionary projects addressing the early childhood provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) that received funds in 2004. It was compiled from 4 volumes separately published by the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY). The Research to Practice Division of…
Descriptors: State Programs, Program Effectiveness, Program Improvement, Disabilities
Behr, Shirley K.; And Others – 1981
The interim report presents an evaluation of TADS (Technical Assistance Development System) through case studies of TADS technical assistance to the staffs of two demonstration programs for preschool handicapped children and their families. Purposes of the study included obtaining indepth descriptions of the technical assistance process to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
Regional Resource Center Network, 2004
The Report is organized by Performance Measure, followed by a collection of lessons learned, not only from the findings but also from the process of obtaining them. Appendices offer the original protocols, and the full texts of the original Network Evaluation Framework and the Network Accountability Report Plan. An Executive Summary provides a…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Disabilities, Technical Assistance, Performance
US Department of Commerce, 2005
The Regional Resource Center (RRC) program mission is to strengthen the capacity of state systems of education and early intervention to improve results for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities and their families. It is one of the longest and most successful technical assistance projects of the Office of Special Education…
Descriptors: Regional Programs, State Programs, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
