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Initiating Change At The Local Level: Delivery Of Educational Services To Students With Moderate To Severe Handicapping Conditions, Michael F. Giangreco, Paul Mckinney, Melinda O. Fitzpatrick, C. Albert Sabin
Initiating Change At The Local Level: Delivery Of Educational Services To Students With Moderate To Severe Handicapping Conditions, Michael F. Giangreco, Paul Mckinney, Melinda O. Fitzpatrick, C. Albert Sabin
College of Education and Social Services Faculty Publications
This article describes program initiat1ves undertaken by a rural educational cooperative In an effort to bridge the gap between "current best practices" and local educational program opportunities for school-aged students with moderate, severe, and profound handicapping conditions. It compares previous program characteristics with current practices in areas such educational placement, student groupings, curriculum, community-based Instruction, therapeutic services, end post-school preparation. Factors which influenced major program changes are discussed.
Prioritizing Instructional Needs Of Students With Severe Handicapping Conditions, Michael F. Giangreco
Prioritizing Instructional Needs Of Students With Severe Handicapping Conditions, Michael F. Giangreco
College of Education and Social Services Faculty Publications
Traditional instructional processes have focused on assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. While these basic steps remain contemporary, there are gaps in the sequence which may adversely affect educational outcomes. Lack of congruence between instructional process steps, selection of non-priority goals and objectives, unbalanced curricular content, lack of parent involvement in educational planning, and frequent absence of critical analysis methodology for the selection of Individual Education Plan goals and objectives represent central problem issues resulting from such instructional process gaps. This article focuses on a practical prioritization process as a method to bridge the gap between assessment and planning. This prioritization …