Overview of PL 94-142 and IEPs. Teacher Training Module #4. Correctional/Special Education Training Project.

This module, which is one in a series of training packages intended to train educators working with handicapped adolescents and young adults in correctional settings, deals with the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (PL 94-142) and individualized education programs (IEPs). Addressed in the individual sections of the module are the following topics: the major policy considerations in the drafting of PL 94-142 and its provisions, ways of identifying students for special education, the major components and procedures for development of an IEP for students with different types and degrees of disabilities, mainstreaming and least restrictive environments, major considerations in placement decisions, current legal issues in special/correctional education and implementation of PL 94-142 in the correctional setting. The module includes instructional design specifications (module title, competency statement, rationale statement, prerequisites); module objectives; evaluation procedures and criteria, learning activities and alternatives; a content outline; references; handouts; overhead transparency masters; and a training evaluation form. (MN)