Educating the Special Child in the Caribbean and Central America [microform]
- Bib ID:
- 5577166
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Harris-Stowe State Coll., St. Louis, MO. Teacher Education Dept
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED377596
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1994
- 37 p.
- Summary:
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This paper represents the perspectives of 25 special education teacher scholarship students from 13 Caribbean and Central American countries (Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nevis, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Dominica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Jamaica, Grenada, and Antigua) on the status of special education in their countries in the areas of funding, legislation, identification, and programming. Specific sections of the report address the following aspects of special education in this geographical area: disability prevalence, legislation, funding, identification and placement, programs, teacher training, services, other factors affecting special education in the Caribbean and Central America, public awareness, attitudes, government barriers, poverty, and new directions for the 21st century. Appendices include a listing of general areas of concern about special education in the Caribbean and Central America, and specific information about St. Christopher and Nevis, Barbados, Belize, and Jamaica. (DB)
- Notes:
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Missouri Federation of the Council for Exceptional Children Annual Conference (St. Louis, MO, March 10-12, 1994). Paper was prepared by 25 students from 13 Caribbean and Central American countries sponsored by the Cooporative Association of States for Scholarships and the Academy for Education Development studying at Harris-Stowe State College for a two-year period. Map contains small and broken print.
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- Subject:
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- Comparative Education
- Delivery Systems
- Developing Nations
- Disabilities
- Disability Identification
- Educational Legislation
- Educational Practices
- Elementary Secondary Education
- Financial Support
- Foreign Countries
- Higher Education
- Incidence
- Latin Americans
- Special Education
- Teacher Education
- Caribbean Central America
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- Other authors/contributors:
- Harris-Stowe State Coll., St. Louis, MO. Teacher Education Dept
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- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Until 2064 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1994
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