Preschool Programs for the Education of Handicapped Children in the USA.
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Published: 1988
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis paper looks at preschool special education as it has developed over the last decade and why present changes are being initiated. Rights for all handicapped children to receive an education were guaranteed under Public Law 94-142 only when a child reached school age. In order to assure access to special education services for children aged 3 through 5, Public Law 94-142 has now been amended ( Public Law 99-457). All rights and protections of the Education for the Handicapped Act are to be extended to handicapped children aged 3 through 5 years by school year 1990 - 1991. Because most states do not provide public education for nonhandicapped preschool children mainstreaming options are limited. School districts are looking more and more for creative strategies to provide mainstream opportunities to handicapped preschoolers. A new state grant program for infants and toddlers aged birth through 2 years who are developmentally delayed or with conditions that typically result in delay has also been established. Each state is to designate a lead agency for overall administration of the program and has to establish an Interagency Co - ordinating Council composed of relevant agencies, consumers and providers.
