State departments of education were surveyed to determine the definitions of severely handicapped currently in use and also to determine whether the provision of education services to this population was mandatory or permissive. It was found that while the majority of states required that education services be provided to all children, fewer than half had a definition of the severely handicapped. Of the states surveyed which had definitions, the majority referred to either the mentally retarded or the multiply handicapped.
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References
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American Association for the Education of the Severely/Profoundly Handicapped.Second annual conference. Kansas City, Mo., November 12–14, 1975.
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National Association of Retarded Citizens.Proceedings: National training meeting on the education of the severely and profoundly mentally retarded. New Orleans, La., April 1975.
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State of Rhode Island, State Board of Regents.General regulations of the state board of regents governing the special education of handicapped children. Providence, R.I., 1975.
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State of New York, State Education Department.Commissioner's regulations. Albany, N.Y., 1974.
