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T P Gardner

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Interdisciplinary services used by public schools.

A questionnaire to survey interagency cooperation was developed and sent to public school educational agencies throughout the country. Respondents included: special education supervisors and principals, school psychologists, and administrators at the local, regional, and state level. It was found that children with specific learning disabilities were referred more frequently than children with mental retardation and identification and assessment were the interdisciplinary services most requested in terms of evaluation and inservice training for public school staffs.

Adolescent

Public school satisfaction with interdisciplinary services.

Representatives from local, regional, and state educational agencies throughout the country were surveyed to determine their satisfaction with services provided by University Affiliated Programs (UAPs). Sixty-eight respondents from 26 states and the District of Columbia returned questionnaires indicating their assessment of UAP services. Overall results showed highly positive ratings regarding access to UAP services, interdisciplinary evaluations, comprehensiveness, and relevancy of written reports and in-service training activities.

Consumer Behavior

Status of interagency cooperation between interdisciplinary clinics or hospitals and the public schools.

Since public schools are now mandated to provide a large and varied range of clinical services to handicapped school children, a survey was conducted of 26 interdisciplinary UAF clinics and hospitals in regard to the types of services which they offer to public school children and the extent in which coordination of such services has been developed. Results suggest that diagnosis of evaluation is the primary reason for referral but that a wide variety of community outreach services are both requested by the schools and offered by interdisciplinary hospital and clinic staff. These services are described and the implications for future interagency cooperation are discussed.

Child

Identifying children with school learning and behavior problems served by interdisciplinary clinics and hospitals.

Questionnaires were sent to interdisciplinary UAF programs across the country to assess the types of handicapped school children who were receiving services at their facilities. A return rate of 65 percent was obtained and the total sample of children was 2088. Results indicated that a wide variety of ages and handicapping conditions were reported. Referral sources and services rendered were analyzed, and implications for cooperation with public school personnel were discussed.

Adolescent