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Writing an interagency transition agreement to bridge early intervention and early childhood special education services: Supports and barriers

Wischnowski, Michael William

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Title
Writing an interagency transition agreement to bridge early intervention and early childhood special education services: Supports and barriers
Author(s)
Wischnowski, Michael William
Issue Date
1996
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
McCollum, Jeanette A.
Department of Study
Education
Discipline
Education
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
  • Education, Administration
  • Education, Early Childhood
  • Education, Special
Language
eng
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine how interagency agreements focusing on the transition of children from early intervention programs to early childhood special education are developed. Particularly, the conditions that may facilitate or impede the writing of these agreements, and whether these conditions change over time, were studied, using elements of the conceptual models of collaboration proposed by Gray (1985) and Harbin and McNulty (1990). Participants from four interagency teams attempting to write an agreement were interviewed. The content of these interviews were analyzed and differences among teams and among participant roles on each team also were examined. Results suggested that writing an interagency transition agreement was a complex, multidimensional, and sequential process.
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text
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Copyright 1996 Wischnowski, Michael William

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