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• A mentoring program for beginning and veteran teachers of students with severe disabilities.
  A graduate program component that assigned mentors to preservice special education teachers of students with severe disabilities is described. Characteristics of effective mentoring programs, the mentoring needs of preservice teachers of students with severe disabilities, and the mentorship program components are discussed.
• Christopher M. v. Corpus Christi Independent School District
  The school district proposed limiting the school day of a student with profound mental retardation and physical disabilities to four hours, presumably due to physical distress resulting from prolonged sensory stimulation. While access to special education is determined without analysis of the student's ability to benefit from special education the content of the student's IEP is not.
• Multicultural Aspects in the Education of Children and Youth with Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities: Introduction to the Special Issue
  This introductory article discusses cultural considerations in the design and delivery of services to families whose children have a moderate to severe disability. It calls attention to the lack of consideration of culturally and linguistically diverse families in the current research and summarizes the following articles.
• Multiculturalism and Severe Disabilities
  This article discusses the need for educators to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to help students with severe disabilities from mainstream groups to develop cross-cultural knowledge, values, and competencies. It outlines goals for multicultural understanding for educational researches, for teacher educators, and for school leaders and teachers.
• Poolaw v. Bishop
  In the first case, the Court rejected the parents' suggestions of inadequate supplementary aids and services for their child with a severe hearing impairment. As a result, the student could be placed in a school specializing in educating students with hearing impairments.
• TASH Newsletter, 1997. Corp Author(s): TASH, Baltimore, MD
  Ten issues of the 1997 newsletter of TASH comprise this document. An issue typically contains items, a column by the organization's executive director, reports from special interest groups, legislative testimony, conference information, and several major articles.
• Timothy W. v. Rochester N.H. School District
  Timothy W. is a child with complex developmental disabilities, spastic quadriplegia, cerebral palsy, weizure disorder, and cortical blindness.
• Timothy W. v. Rochester N.H. School District
  Timothy W. is a child with complex developmental disabilities, spastic quadriplegia, cerebral palsy, weizure disorder, and cortical blindness.