Hearing on the Reauthorization of the Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1984: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Select Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 3435 ... Hearing Held in Washington, D.C., July 14, 1983U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984 - 63 pages |
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Page 51 - special education" means specially designed instruction, at no cost to parents or guardians, to meet the unique needs of a handicapped child, including classroom instruction, instruction in physical education, home instruction, and instruction in hospitals and institutions. (17) The term "related services...
Page 9 - AND DEMONSTRATIONS SEC. 207. The Director is authorized to conduct, or to make grants to or enter into contracts with institutions of higher education or other appropriate public agencies or private organizations for the conduct of, research, training and demonstrations pertaining to the purposes of this part.
Page 60 - These disorders are intrinsic to the individual and presumed to be due to central nervous system dysfunction. Even though a learning disability may occur concomitantly with other handicapping conditions (eg, sensory impairment, mental retardation, social and emotional disturbance) or environmental influences (eg, cultural differences, insufficient/ inappropriate instruction, psychogenic factors), it is not the direct result of those conditions or influences.
Page 60 - Learning disabilities is a generic term that refers to a heterogeneous group of disorders manifested by significant difficulties in the acquisition and use of listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, or mathematical abilities, or of social skills.
Page 6 - Commissioner is authorized to make grants to or contracts with institutions of higher education, State educational agencies, or combinations of such agencies or institutions, which combinations may include one or more local educational agencies, within particular regions of the United States, to pay all or part of the cost of...
Page 10 - 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 7 - Commissioner shall consider the need for such a center in the region to be served by the applicant and the capability of the applicant to develop and apply, with the assistance of funds under this section, new methods, techniques, devices, or facilities relating to educational evaluation or education of handicapped children.
Page 4 - ... recommendations for the Improvement of this title and Its administration and operation. These recommendations shall take into consideration experience gained under this and other Federal educational programs for disadvantaged children and, to the extent appropriate, experience gained under other public and private educational programs for disadvantaged children.
Page 8 - Non-Federal contributions may be in cash or in kind, fairly evaluated, including but not limited to plant, equipment, and services...
Page 11 - ... for training personnel engaged or preparing to engage in employment as teachers of handicapped children or as supervisors of such teachers.