The Federal Commitment to Education for the Handicapped [electronic resource] / John R. Ottina.
Reviewed in the speech by John Ottina, the U.S. Commissioner of Education, are trends in the federal government's role in education for the handicapped and current federally funded projects serving the handicapped. Noted is program growth from subsidies for just two facilities 20 years ago to t...
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| Language: | English |
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1974.
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| Summary: | Reviewed in the speech by John Ottina, the U.S. Commissioner of Education, are trends in the federal government's role in education for the handicapped and current federally funded projects serving the handicapped. Noted is program growth from subsidies for just two facilities 20 years ago to the current annual budget of $300 million to support education of the estimated seven million handicapped children. It is explained that $190 million goes to the states and another $100 million is used for a model program development in areas such as early childhood education, media development, and teaching training. Described are new federally supported efforts in research such as developing four new curricula for the mentally retarded child, in media such as captioning the ABC evening news, in program development such as establishing 10 centers to serve deaf blind children and, in an emphasis on early childhood programs to identify and remediate disabilities at the preschool level. Future trends in government involvement are seen to include provision of resources to State and local education agencies as they expand services for the severely handicapped, increased support of model preschool projects, model projects specifically designed to serve the severely handicapped, increased emphasis on the gifted and talented, and collection of better data on incidence and educational costs of various handicapping conditions. (DB) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED093112. ERIC Note: Prepared for the Annual International Convention of the Council for Exceptional Children (52nd, Americana Hotel, New York, New York, April 17, 1974). |
| Physical Description: | 9 p. |