Preschool and Early Education Programs for Handicapped Children, Hearings Before the Select Subcommittee on Education... 90-2, on H.R. 17829, July 16, 17, 1968

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Page 3 - State agency which is directly responsible for providing free public education for handicapped children (including mentally retarded, hard of hearing, deaf, speech impaired, visually handicapped, seriously emotionally disturbed, crippled, or other health impaired children who by reason thereof require special education...
Page 73 - ... representations. It is at this three- to four-year-old level that organized and systematic stimulation, through a structured and articulated learning program, might most successfully prepare the child for the more formal and demanding structure of the school. It is here, at this early age, that we can postulate that compensation for prior deprivation can most meaningfully be introduced. And, most important, there is considerably less that has to be compensated for at this age than exists when,...
Page 2 - ... such agencies and organizations of experimental preschool and early education programs for handicapped children which the Commissioner determines show promise of promoting a comprehensive and strengthened approach to the special problems of such children. Such programs shall be distributed to the greatest extent possible throughout the Nation, and shall be carried out both in urban and in rural areas. Such programs shall include activities and services designed to (1) facilitate the intellectual,...
Page 45 - The committee will stand adjourned until 3 o'clock this afternoon. [Whereupon, at 12 :30 pm the subcommittee recessed to reconvene at 3 pm the same day.] AFTER RECESS [The subcommittee reconvened at 3 pm Hon.
Page 2 - DROPOUT PREVENTION PROJECTS SEC. 807. (a) The Commissioner is authorized to arrange by contract, grant, or otherwise, with local educational agencies for the carrying out by such agencies in schools which (1) are located in urban or rural areas, (2) have a high percentage of children from families with an income not exceeding the low-income factor, as defined in section...
Page 3 - The Commissioner shall conduct, either directly or by contract with independent organizations, a thorough and continuing evaluation of the effectiveness of each program assisted under this part. (20 USC 1425) Enacted April 13, 1970, PL 91-230, Title VI, sec. 625, 8* Stat.
Page 2 - ... programs operated by other public agencies in such community. (3) As much as is feasible, programs assisted under paragraph ( 1 ) shall be geographically dispersed throughout the Nation in urban as well as rural areas. (4)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), no arrangement under paragraph (1) shall provide for the payment of more than 90 percent of the total annual costs of development, operation, and evaluation of any program. NonFederal contributions may be in cash or in kind, fairly...
Page 77 - ... year, and without the proper education that they need. Perhaps we could shoot a few less guns and educate a few more children and get a lot further than we are getting now. Senator PELL. Thank you very much. The next witness we have is Mr. Irvin Schloss, legislative analyst for the American Federation for the Blind. STATEMENT OF IRVIN P. SCHLOSS, LEGISLATIVE ANALYST, AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND Mr. SCHLOSS. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have submitted a written statement. Senator PELL. You...
Page 2 - ... for the development and carrying out by such agencies and organizations of experimental preschool and early education programs for handicapped children which the Commissioner determines show promise of promoting a comprehensive and strengthened approach to the special problems of such children. Such programs shall be distributed to the greatest extent possible throughout the Nation, and shall be carried out both in urban and in rural areas. Such programs shall include activities and services...
Page 73 - ... important additional dimension when we discuss influences on development and behavior. Apparently, it is not sufficient merely to provide particular stimulation for the growing individual; it must be supplied at a special time, or within particular time limits, if it is to have the most desired effect. Thus, a program intended to compensate for environmental deprivation would be most effective if supplied at a particular stage in the life of the child.

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