This article describes the progress states and U.S. territories have made in implementing the Part H program for handicapped infants and toddlers and the Section 619 preschool grants program authorized by the 1986 Amendments to the Education of the Handicapped Act, PL 99-457. Some of the major challenges facing the states in this, the third year of the phase-in period, are noted.
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Bailey, D.B. (1989). Issues and directions in preparing professionals to work with young handicapped children and their families. In J. Gallagher, P.L. Trohanis, & R.M. Clifford (Eds.), Policy implementation and PL 99–457: Planning for young children with special needs (pp 99–132). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.
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Department of Education and Department of Health and Human Services. (1989). Meeting the needs of infants and toddlers with handicaps: Federal resources, services, and coordination efforts in the Departments of Education and Health and Human Services. A report to Congress. Washington, DC.
