The Legal Necessity for Residential Schools Serving Deaf, Blind, and Multi-Handicapped Sensory-Impaired Children.

Silverstein, Robert

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Publication Date: 1986

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The Legal Necessity for Residential Schools Serving Deaf, Blind, and Multi-Handicapped Sensory-Impaired Children.

Silverstein, Robert

American Annals of the Deaf, v131 n2 p78-84 Apr 1986

The article begins with a brief overview of P.L. 94-142, (The Education For All Handicapped Children Act), legal principles used by courts and hearing examinors in decisions about day versus residential placement, reviews the use of the factual record in determination of appropriate placements, and presents conclusions from case law. (CL)

Descriptors: Blindness, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Hearing Impairments, Legal Problems, Multiple Disabilities, Residential Schools, Student Placement, Visual Impairments

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Education for All Handicapped Children Act

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