e- DOCUMENT RESUME ED 224 222i EC 150 605 AUTHOR Assael, Daniel, Ed.; And Others TITLE Emphasis. Volume 3, Number 3, Spring 1980through Volunie 5, Number 2, Winter 1982 (SevenIssues). INSTITUTION, North Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill.Technical Assistance Development System. SPONS AGENCY Special Education Programs(ED/OSERS), Washington, DC. Handicapped Children's EarlyEducation Program. \ PUB DATE 82 CONTRACT 300-77-0507; 300-80-0752 NOTE 98p. PUB TYPE Collected Works Serials (022) JOURNAL CIT Emphasis; v3 n3, v4 n1-3, v5n1-3,-1986-82 EDRS PRICE MF01/PC04 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Advisory Committees; *Demonstration Programs; *Disabilities;'*Federal Programs; Handicap Identification; Infants; Intervention; RuralAreas; *Special Education; TechnicalAssistance; Volunteers; Young Children IDENTIFIERS *Handicapped Childrens Early EducationProgram; *Technical Assistance DevelopmentSystem ABSTRACT Seven issues of thenewsletter/journal from the TechnicailAssistance Development System (TADS)address a vareity of topics related to specialeducation for young handicapped children. Among articles included are adescription cL, a rural workshop sponsored by an affiliate ofthe Handicappe&Children's Early Education Program (HCEEP), electronicsstimulation materials for severely handicapped students, atraining course to give physicians information on early identificationof young handicapped children, summaries of first year HCEEP programs,status of HCEEP funding, health care/education relationship, araOew of early intervention research for pediatricians, theroles Of advisory boards, the importance of management inproviding for successful volunteer programs, and continuationrate of HCEEP funding. 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Beam of the University INSIDE THIS ISSUE. of NorCarolina Printing pepartnient, the collageContains scenes representing The Rural Workshop 1 parent,inwilvement, assistance to serPice providers and delivery of services to young A Model for Interagency handicapped children and their families. In Coordiraitibn ire alRural each issue this fiscal year, successive panels State Maine from the collage are used for cover art. Sound, Light and Movement for Children wit,h Svere Handicaps 6 DEPARTME4NTS BEI! Perspectives. .. 8 Ethnic-CulturalPerspectjves PrOject News 9 TADS Newsline 10 Media & Materials 10 EC institute 11 Research Notes 12 Dates of Emphasis Inside Back Cover 0 1 1 It was a family affair. Nearly 100 educators from tile Handicapped Children's Early Education Program converged on the Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee, March 12 to 14 forethe Rural Workshop. They came from 32 states and terri- toriesrepresenting dernonstration, outreach and stateimplementationgrantprojectstoshare expertise and explore the unique concerns related Ao serving young handicapped children and their families from rural areas. , The problems faced by rural special educa- tors are those of rural educators in general, Key- The note Speaker *terry Fletcher told participants. "The problem with small schools and' the problem with isolated schools is that they're small and isolated." Rural he said.Lower salaries and professionalisolaz tion d&ouraie teachers and other professionals from coming to rural programs. Those who do come are plagued by lack of operating funds and Worksho coir mu n ity resources. Fletcher,a consultant and former senior policy analyst for the Office of EducatiOn, DHEW, recommended focusing attention on the need for early childhood special education in rural America By Michael Woodard and Ruth Meyer throughpoliticaladvocacy."Congressmenwill provide the things that voters want them to," he said. "If you have a strong constituency tliat can r!) 01- A rural North Carolina mountain community. Photo by Julie Knight deliver a lot of votes, congressmen will listen." have _to go to the school speech therapist. Thank He added. "You can really get a whole lot to God we 'were poor. Because in uNueen, Arkansas, happen five.years down the road if you start now." and my area of Sou-theast Oklahoma, we still don't U:S. Representative Wes WatkinS, D-Okla- have enough speech therapists within commuting homa, chairman of the Congressional Rural Cau- distance. cus,alsoencouragedadvocacyduringhisre- "And how many young people dO-We have iarks as closing speaker for the Workshop. "Out today who have a speech impedithent that could, of .17.000 school districts, 13.000 of them are in have been, corrected if someone had been there?" rural America," he said. "But the facts are, we ,get The Rural Workshop was conceived by the only 5 percent of the research funds, 11 percent of Rural Consortium, an affiliation of IICEEP pro- the libraryfunds.14 percent of the vocational jectsspearheadedby ChairmanHarrisGabel, education programs. and only 13 percent of the direetor of the FaMily, Infant ,and Toddler Pro- funds for dropOuts." ject in Nashville. The Bureau of Education for .the With that kind 'of service history. the con- Handicapped likedthe cOnsortium's idea of a gressman doubted-that rural-areas would be able tO natiOnal meeting to address the special needs of meet the requirements of P.L. 94-142, which man- rural projects, It fqnded the two IICEEP technical dates a free appropriate public education for handi- 'assistance agacies. TADS and WESTAR. to co- .capped children between the ages of, 3 and 21 by sponsor the workshop. September of this year. , - In her opening remarks and throughout the Watkins told his audiencehe has a personal interest in special education that is rooted in his ,childhood. was born with a speech impedi- ment he said.Butit was not discovered and treated until Watkins family, it poor one, left its ruralcomnumityandmadeitssecond ,tfip "throughthe Okie-Arkie movement" to Sacra- mento. California. looking for work. Workshop phoios "On the first day of school, the, teacher'sent courtesy of the me home and she told my mama on this note that FIT Proiect. she, couldn't understand me, and thatI would Nashville. U.S. Rep.' Wes Watkins was , closing speaker fbr the Workshop, KAM, IA 111% Tal Black of TADS (loWer right) enloys a lively presentation by HCaP Harris Gabel- Pmlect Director Donald Perras about managing stiess in service providers. Chairman of the Rural Consortium 2 workshop, Project Officer Sandy Hazen 'conveyed encing decis,ion makers and anticipating how the BEH's regard for and commitment to rural pro- religiousbeliefsof rural parents might affect jects and their clients. theirattitudes... towardhandicappedchildren. in order to make the workshop as useful as The worWiop also provideda valuable possiblefOr participants, HCEEP projects. were opportunity for participation in Rural Consortium surveyed to find out what kinds of presentations 'task forces. Chaired by Patti Hutinger fromMa- SA. ould ,be most beneficial in their workwith rural comb, Illinois. the State of the 'Art Task Force children andfamilies... From theresponses, an deVeloped a plan for gathering and sharing informa- - agenda wascreatedthat included sessions on tion on best practices in rural areas,. The Task recruiting staff, securing operating funds, manag- force for Support to Rural Programs, chaired by ing stress on. service providers, handling transpor- LouisePhillips of Magnolia, Arkansas, started tation problems,and a dozen other issues. planning for a manual on how, to inthience local and state decision makers. Most presenters were educators whose know- Continued on page 11. ledge had been acquired and skills had been.honed in HCEEP programs. However, 'aspecial effort was made to provide perspectives on rural service HCEEP RURAL WORKSHOP delivery from other fields, such ,as religion, busi- Sessions and Presenters ness, health, agriculture, 'and socialwork.. Guest speakers addressed such diverse topia as in flu- Securing .Punding fOr Rursl Plograms -' ArtMacau,' , Barbara Smith and Judi-Wallace Assessing Parent Nioda and PIannins Intervention Postman Vicki Dean end JOdY Adams' Influencing Decision Makers Louise Phillips, Floyd Dennis and Lillie Bogen Interagency Coordination: Best Practices - Harris Gabel, iim Fitch, Steve Outdo' and Bill Woodrich What Other Fklds Have Learned Jon Peters', JoyLoo Sampan, Riotard Conic, and Dorsey Walker Recruiting Staff for Rural Areas - Glendon Casio, Sandra Hazen, Taylor Cook and Dick Cleveland Cost, Effective Delivery Strategies - Tom Clark, Dale Judy Adams describes the use of a form during a session on Gentry and Neil Schortinghuis -assessim r parent needs and planning.intervention. Evaluation of Parent Training and Education Programs In Rural Areas Bill Malik and Joyce Jackson Aural Child Find: A Poster Pariy Judy Adams, Barbara Hanners, Corinne Garland,