Project Zero Reject Manual: Strategies in Child Find

The report describes Project Zero Reject, a cooperative effort between the Dallas (TX) Independent School District and the Dallas County Mental Health Mental Retardation Center to locate handicapped children not receiving educational services and to develop a computerized information system for plan...

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Main Author Gilliam, Deborah F. Carpenter
Format Report
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.05.1978
Subjects
Agency Cooperation
Child Find
Coordination
Disabilities
Early Childhood Education
Elementary Secondary Education
Handicap Identification
Management Information Systems
Project Zero Reject
Publicity
Texas (Dallas)
Texas (Dallas)
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Summary:The report describes Project Zero Reject, a cooperative effort between the Dallas (TX) Independent School District and the Dallas County Mental Health Mental Retardation Center to locate handicapped children not receiving educational services and to develop a computerized information system for planning regarding these children. Awareness efforts included a media campaign and stress on interagency contact. Guidelines were identified for surveying, referring, and processing intake information. A developmental screening form was formulated to assess physical condition, self help skills, mobility skills, maladaptive behavior, communication, and social independence. Among findings of the project were that almost all of the referrals received by the project were children with moderate to severe handicapping conditions; that the printed poster was cited most often as the source of awareness for the project, while radio, T.V., and newspapers accounted for only a small portion of the sources for awareness; and that the project represented significant progress in interagency cooperation. (CL)