The Role of Council of Administrators of Special Education

1979 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-48
Author(s):  
Jack Lamb ◽  
Leonard C. Burrello
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Least Restrictive Environment ◽  
Special Education Administrators ◽  
Handicapped Children ◽  
Administrative Position ◽  
Delivery Of Services ◽  
Restrictive Environment ◽  
Education Administrators

This article describes the role of the Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE) in their support of special education administrators in the context of the aftermath of P. L. 94-142. The forces and factors that are affecting the role incumbent in the special education administrative position are presented in ways in which CASE is attempting to serve its membership in a period of disequilibrium and change. The article is based upon both solicited and unsolicited comments from administrators from around the country. It highlights past and future activities that CASE is seeking to develop and implement in support of leadership persons in delivery of services of all handicapped children in the least restrictive environment.

PL 94-142 and the Least Restrictive Alternative: An Interim Progress Report for Educators

1979 ◽  
Vol 161 (3) ◽  
pp. 60-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ted L. Miller ◽  
Harvey N. Switzky
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Least Restrictive Environment ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Progress Report ◽  
Handicapped Children ◽  
Education Practice ◽  
Social Ecological ◽  
The Social ◽  
Restrictive Environment ◽  
Least Restrictive Alternative

The concept of the least restrictive environment (or alternative) was reviewed as it evolved in law and in special education practice. A distinction was drawn between the concepts of mainstreaming and the least restrictive environment. Mainstreaming refers to placing handicapped youngsters as much as possible in educational situations with nonhandicapped youngsters. The least restrictive environment is a legal abstraction which refers to placing handicapped children in an educational environment that is most suitable for their programmatic needs. Concern was voiced about the multiple bases for implementation of the least restrictive environment notion. These bases necessarily include simultaneous references to the philosophy of normalization, to PL 94-142, and to modes of instruction that optimize learning in all the social-ecological environments that handicapped children inhabit.

Assessment in Special Education: Administrators’ Perspectives

Diagnostique ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 10 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 161-175
Author(s):  
Virginia L. Dixon ◽  
David E. Greenburg
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Special Education Administrators ◽  
Education Administrators

Locally directed program evaluation in rural areas: Technical assistance in North Dakota

1987 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 16-21
Author(s):  
Margaret M. Scheffelin ◽  
Roxanne Moger ◽  
Jose Martinez ◽  
David Ragsdale
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Program Evaluation ◽  
North Dakota ◽  
Local Control ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Least Restrictive Environment ◽  
Evaluation Study ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Restrictive Environment

This article describes the principles of program evaluation and the technical assistance provided in 1986-87 to North Dakota local educational agencies (LEAs) for evaluating their special education programs. An example of planning for a local evaluation study on least restrictive environment (LRE) is included. Implications and recommendations are offered for program evaluation and for technical assistance in program evaluation, Local control of the evaluation activities is emphasized.

A Statewide Survey of Special Education Administrators Regarding Mandated Prereferral Interventions

1992 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 34-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Ron Nelson ◽  
Deborah J. Smith ◽  
Lonnie Taylor ◽  
John M. Dodd ◽  
Ken Reavis
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Special Education Administrators ◽  
Prereferral Interventions ◽  
Education Administrators
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