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Clifford RM, Kates DA, Black T, Eckland JD, Bernier K. 1991. Reconceptualization of financing under P.L. 99-457, Part H. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carolina Institute for Child and Family Policy, 12 pp.

Harbin, G. L., Eckland, J., Gallagher, J., Clifford, R., and Place, P. 1991. State policy development for P.L. 99-457, Part H: Initial findings from six case studies. Chapel Hill, NC: Carolina Institute for Child and Family Policy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 24 pp.

Annotation: This report presents findings from the first year of a three-year study of six states (described anonymously) to examine the factors that influence progress in the stages of policy implementation of the Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986, Part H (P.L. 99-457, Part H), the early intervention program for handicapped infants and toddlers. The case studies include site visits, extensive interviews with key actors in the state policy process, and analysis of documents such as statutes and interagency agreements.

Keywords: Child health, Children with special health care needs, Early intervention, Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986, Part H, Federal legislation, Policy development, State policy

Anderson, K., Place, P., Gallagher, J., and Eckland, J. 1991. Status of states' policies that affect families: Case management—P.L. 99-457, Part H, The Infants and Toddlers with Handicaps Program. Chapel Hill, NC: Carolina Institute for Child and Family Policy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 20 pp.

Annotation: This report, one of three relating to states' policies that affect families with children with special health needs, deals with the selection of case managers, qualifications and training of case managers, vehicles to monitor and supervise case managers, and financing the case management system. The policies considered will be affected by the implementation of Part H of the Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986.

Keywords: Case management, Child health, Children with special health care needs, Early intervention, Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986, Part H, Families, Federal legislation, State policy

Place PA, Anderson K, Gallagher JJ, Eckland JD. 1991. Status of states' policies that affect families: The early intervention system. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carolina Institute for Child and Family Policy, 24 pp.

Annotation: This report, one of three relating to states' policies that affect families, deals with the interagency coordinating council and the participation of family members, parental access to services, the identification of family strengths and needs, and family participation at the individual family service plan meeting.

Keywords: Child health, Children with special health care needs, Early intervention, Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986, Part H, Families, Federal legislation, State policy

Place P, Gallagher J, Eckland JD. 1991. Status of states' policies that affect families: Procedural safeguards. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carolina Institute for Child and Family Policy, 18 pp.

Clifford RM. 1991. State financing of services under P.L. 99-457, Part H. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carolina Institute for Child and Family Policy, 17 pp.

Annotation: This report is the initial report of the Carolina Policy Studies Program case study of six states' efforts to implement the financial provisions of the Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986, Part H (P.L. 99-457, Part H). It describes the sources and funding mechanisms used in the six states, and makes recommendations regarding state response to the requirements of part H.

Keywords: Child health, Children with special health care needs, Early intervention, Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986, Part H, Federal legislation, Financing, State policy

Van Dyck PC. 1991. Use of parental fees in P.L. 99-457, Part H. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carolina Institute for Child and Family Policy, 20 pp.

Annotation: This report, aimed at state level administrators, is one of a series of reports intended to present public policy perspectives on the complex task of financing services for infants and toddlers with handicaps and their families. It focuses primarily on use of parental fees as a source of funding for part H services of the Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986 (P.L. 99-457, Part H), and includes insights on the use of private insurance.

Keywords: Child health, Children with special health care needs, Early intervention, Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986, Part H, Federal legislation, Financing, State policy

Kastorf K. 1991. The Massachusetts experience with Medicaid support of early intervention services. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carolina Institute for Child and Family Policy, 20 pp.

Annotation: This report, aimed at state level administrators, is one of a series of reports intended to present public policy perspectives on the complex task of financing services for infants and toddlers with handicaps and their families. It presents an overview of how Massachusetts has successfully integrated the use of the federal Medicaid program into a plan for financing part H services of the Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986 (P.L. 99-457, Part H) on a statewide basis.

Keywords: Child health, Children with special health care needs, Early intervention, Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986, Part H, Federal legislation, Financing, Infant health, Medicaid, State policy

Ooms T. 1990. Implementation of P.L. 99-457: Parent/professional partnership in early intervention. Washington, DC: American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Research and Education Foundation, Family Impact Seminar, 40 pp. (Family impact seminars)

Annotation: This report is part of a series of monthly seminars, entitled Family-Centered Social Policy: The Emerging Agenda, conducted by the Family Impact Seminar. This report reviews the scope and service needs of infants and children with disabilities and their families, describes the newly emerging field of early childhood intervention, presents the key components of the Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986, Part H: Infants and Toddlers Program (P.L. 99-457, Part H) and discusses the main issues emerging from the first planning years involved in its implementation. Copies of the background briefing reports are included.

Keywords: Child health, Children with special health care needs, Early intervention, Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986, Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986, Part H, Federal legislation, Infant health, Infants, Toddlers

Harbin GL, Gallagher JJ, Lillie T, Eckland J. 1990. Status of states' progress in implementing Part H of P.L. 99-457: Report no. 2. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carolina Institute for Child and Family Policy, 28 pp.

Annotation: This report discusses the progress that the fifty states are making in the implementation of the Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986, Part H (P. L. 99-457, Part H). It is based on the completion by Part H coordinators in 1990 of the State Progress Scale, and updates the 1989 report. It also includes recommendations for additional assistance to the states.

Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Early intervention, Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986, Part H, Federal legislation

National Center for Networking Community Based Services. 1989. Establishing a medical home for children served by Part H of Public Law 99-457. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Child Development Center, 9 pp.

Annotation: This report was prepared as a result of the conference, The Practicing Pediatrician and Family-Centered, Community-Based Health Care for Children with Chronic Illnesses and Disabling Conditions Part II, held in Long Boat Key, Florida, in February 1989. The conference was sponsored by the U. S. Bureau of Maternal and Child Health and Resources Development and the American Academy of Pediatrics. The document discusses the medical home, where the child receives the same usual pediatric services as other children, and its relationship to specialty care and to the Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986, Part H (P.L. 99-457, Part H).

Contact: Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development, Box 571485, Washington, DC 20057-1485, Telephone: (202) 687-5503 Secondary Telephone: (202) 687-5000 Fax: (202) 687-8899 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://gucchd.georgetown.edu Price unknown.

Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986, Part H, Federal legislation

Dowds DV, Graham MA. 1989. Prevention of handicapping conditions in Florida's infants and toddlers: A proposed definition of at-risk. Tallahassee, FL: Florida Developmental Disabilities Planning Council, 79 pp.

Annotation: The report presents the findings of an expert panel convened in Florida to define at-risk children, ages birth to two, as beneficiaries of early intervention services to prevent/minimize developmental delays. The report examines current definitions and services for at-risk infants and toddlers and discusses the need for identifying a more targeted population to receive presently available intervention services. Recommendations from the panel's findings will be incorporated into Florida's administration of the Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986, Part H (P. L. 99-457, Part H).

Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Developmental disabilities, Early intervention, Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments of 1986, Part H, Federal legislation, High risk populations, High risk toddlers, Infants
   

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