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Pl 94-142 In Easy Steps For Parents, Madelyn E. Zimmerman Jan 1980

Pl 94-142 In Easy Steps For Parents, Madelyn E. Zimmerman

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State and federal education of the handicapped legislation provides numerous safeguards to ensure appropriate educational opportunity. Parents are expected to be active participants. Schools are obligated to inform parents of their responsibilities, rights and procedures to be followed. The disclosure is lengthy and complicated. To simplify this process five brochures were prepared each to deal with a discrete step or process. The brochures are to be distributed at appropriate times and in conjunction with the full disclosure required by law.


A Participation Approach To Be Used With Disabled Readers At The Secondary Level, Shirley Kinsel Jan 1980

A Participation Approach To Be Used With Disabled Readers At The Secondary Level, Shirley Kinsel

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The project resulted in the development of participation based reading selections and their accompanying teaching suggestions to be used with disabled secondary readers. The complete materials stressed hands-on applications and product-producing activities. The reading selections were written for several levels of reading difficulty. They incorporated the teaching of literary skills, study skills, and functional-living skills and provided practice in following directions. The approach produced materials meant to be a specific fit for disabled secondary readers who prefer to learn by doing.