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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 383 162 EC 303 996 AUTHOR Krajicek, Marilyn J., Ed.; Steinke, Geraldine D., Ed. TITLE The National Conference on Developing Policy and Practice To Implement I.D.E.A. Related to Invasive Procedures for Children with Specia' Health Care Needs (Denver, Colorado, August 6-7, 1994). Summary of Proceedings. INSTITUTION Colorado Univ. Health Sciences Center, Denver. School of Nur-;ng. SPONS AGENCY Offic f Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (ED), Washington, DC. Div. of Personnel Preparation. PUB DATE 95 CONTRACT H0129K30189 NOTE 185p. PUB TYPE Collected Works Conference Proceedings (021) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC08 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Ancillary School Services; Change Strategies; Child Advocacy; 'Compliance (Legal); Delivery Systems; Early Childhood Education; Educational Legislation; Elementary Secondary Education; Federal Lcgislation; Inclusive Schools; Legal Responsibility; *Medical Services; *Nursing; School Responsibility; *Special Health Problems IDENTIFIERS *Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ABSTRACT This document includes summaries of papers and discussions presented at the first of three federally supported, national conferences on the development of policy and practices to implement the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act related to invasive procedures for children with special health care needs. Emphasis is on the interdisciplinary discussion of issues by special educators, lawyers, physicians, nurses, ethicists, paraprofessionals, health finance professionals, and parent advocates. Individual sessions with multiple presenters addressed the following topics: medical and legal issues; quality of care (structures that allow for safe and legal delegation); issues in special education (inclusion); issues of ethics, advocacy, and funding; systems change (how to influence policy making); challenges for the future and funding; and the creation of action plans. Extensive appendices include a list of speakers, addresses of advisory group and board members, speaker handouts, an annotated bibliography, reprinted articles, and ordering information for the Model Nurse Practice Act. (DB) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ***********************************************************************

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  • DOCUMENT RESUME

    ED 383 162 EC 303 996

    AUTHOR Krajicek, Marilyn J., Ed.; Steinke, Geraldine D.,Ed.

    TITLE The National Conference on Developing Policy andPractice To Implement I.D.E.A. Related to InvasiveProcedures for Children with Specia' Health CareNeeds (Denver, Colorado, August 6-7, 1994). Summaryof Proceedings.

    INSTITUTION Colorado Univ. Health Sciences Center, Denver. Schoolof Nur-;ng.

    SPONS AGENCY Offic f Special Education and RehabilitativeServices (ED), Washington, DC. Div. of PersonnelPreparation.

    PUB DATE 95CONTRACT H0129K30189NOTE 185p.PUB TYPE Collected Works Conference Proceedings (021)

    EDRS PRICE MF01/PC08 Plus Postage.DESCRIPTORS *Ancillary School Services; Change Strategies; Child

    Advocacy; 'Compliance (Legal); Delivery Systems;Early Childhood Education; Educational Legislation;Elementary Secondary Education; Federal Lcgislation;Inclusive Schools; Legal Responsibility; *MedicalServices; *Nursing; School Responsibility; *SpecialHealth Problems

    IDENTIFIERS *Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

    ABSTRACTThis document includes summaries of papers and

    discussions presented at the first of three federally supported,national conferences on the development of policy and practices toimplement the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act related toinvasive procedures for children with special health care needs.Emphasis is on the interdisciplinary discussion of issues by specialeducators, lawyers, physicians, nurses, ethicists, paraprofessionals,health finance professionals, and parent advocates. Individualsessions with multiple presenters addressed the following topics:medical and legal issues; quality of care (structures that allow forsafe and legal delegation); issues in special education (inclusion);issues of ethics, advocacy, and funding; systems change (how toinfluence policy making); challenges for the future and funding; andthe creation of action plans. Extensive appendices include a list ofspeakers, addresses of advisory group and board members, speakerhandouts, an annotated bibliography, reprinted articles, and orderinginformation for the Model Nurse Practice Act. (DB)

    ***********************************************************************

    Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be madefrom the original document.

    ***********************************************************************

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    s fo

    r C

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    To

    this

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    Con

    fere

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    sess

    ions

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    ress

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    l iss

    ues;

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    kout

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    pers

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    rmat

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    pare

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    con

    fere

    nce

    staf

    f.

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    eren

    ces

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    rian

    , B. (

    1989

    ). P

    olic

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    5-99

    .

    Koh

    rman

    , A. F

    . (19

    92).

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    icat

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    vice

    prov

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    N. J

    . Hoc

    hsta

    dt &

    D. M

    . Yos

    t (E

    ds.)

    . The

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    (pp

    .

    3-13

    ). N

    ew Y

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    , 199

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    e m

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    atur

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    abili

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    peci

    fica

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    our

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    nent

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    ent a

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    m th

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    edic

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    bilit

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    icits

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    uld

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    uild

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    gths

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    litie

    s th

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    e ch

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    mily

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    his

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    grat

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    ices

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    tura

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    vidi

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    ate

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    catio

    n on

    ly"

    prog

    ram

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    ovem

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    fro

    m te

    ache

    r di

    rect

    ed in

    terv

    entio

    ns to

    chi

    ld in

    itiat

    ed a

    nd d

    irec

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    serv

    ices

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    ld b

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    evel

    opm

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    pria

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    e ap

    prop

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    re p

    reva

    lent

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    pica

    l ear

    ly c

    hild

    hood

    setti

    ngs,

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    nee

    d to

    be

    the

    norm

    for

    all

    child

    ren.

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    ovem

    ent a

    way

    fro

    m d

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    plin

    e sp

    ecif

    ic in

    terv

    entio

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    tidis

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    terv

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    dent

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    n w

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    -in

    mor

    e na

    tura

    l set

    tings

    .

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    ovem

    ent a

    way

    fro

    m a

    foc

    us o

    n th

    e ch

    ild to

    a f

    ocus

    on

    the

    fam

    ily.

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    ilies

    are

    ecol

    ogic

    al s

    yste

    ms.

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    e in

    terv

    ene

    in a

    ny p

    art,

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    affe

    ct th

    e en

    tire

    syst

    em. W

    e m

    ust

    incr

    ease

    our

    aw

    aren

    ess

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    rsta

    ndin

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    how

    to s

    uppo

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    amili

    es in

    way

    s th

    at th

    eyse

    e as

    hel

    pful

    .

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    olor

    ado

    we

    have

    trie

    d to

    add

    ress

    thes

    e is

    sues

    thro

    ugh

    a "v

    alue

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    ed"

    deci

    sion

    mak

    ing

    mod

    el. T

    he s

    tate

    inte

    rage

    ncy

    coun

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    evel

    oped

    a s

    et o

    f va

    lues

    or

    guid

    ing

    prin

    cipa

    ls to

    ass

    ure

    that

    we

    supp

    orte

    d on

    ly in

    itiat

    ives

    that

    mov

    ed u

    s to

    war

    ds o

    ur v

    isio

    n. T

    hese

    val

    ues

    incl

    uded

    :

    Chi

    ldre

    n an

    d fa

    mili

    es a

    re v

    alue

    d fo

    r th

    eir

    uniq

    ue c

    apac

    ities

    ,ex

    peri

    ence

    s, a

    nd

    pote

    ntia

    l.

    Fam

    ilies

    hav

    e th

    e ri

    ght a

    nd r

    espo

    nsib

    ility

    to m

    ake

    deci

    sion

    s on

    beh

    alf

    of th

    eir

    child

    ren

    and

    them

    selv

    es.

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    mun

    ities

    are

    enh

    ance

    d by

    rec

    ogni

    zing

    and

    hon

    orin

    g th

    e di

    vers

    ity a

    mon

    gal

    l

    peop

    le.

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    ilies

    mak

    e th

    e be

    st c

    hoic

    es w

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    they

    hav

    e co

    mpr

    ehen

    sive

    info

    rmat

    ion

    abou

    tth

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    full

    rang

    e of

    for

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    and

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    ural

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    ourc

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    uniti

    es.

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    lexi

    ble

    and

    colla

    bora

    tive

    appr

    oach

    es to

    ser

    vice

    s al

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    for

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    al c

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    fam

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    unity

    dif

    fere

    nces

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    r pr

    ovid

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    ices

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    port

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    prov

    ide

    optio

    ns f

    or f

    amili

    es in

    term

    s of

    the

    type

    s of

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    vice

    s an

    d su

    ppor

    ts to

    be

    rend

    ered

    ;

    deve

    lop

    with

    fam

    ilies

    Ind

    ivid

    ualiz

    ed F

    amily

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    vice

    s Pl

    ans

    (IFS

    P) th

    at r

    efle

    ct m

    ore

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    the

    serv

    ices

    and

    sup

    port

    s av

    aila

    ble

    thro

    ugh

    the

    prov

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    g ag

    ency

    ;

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    vice

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    rdin

    atio

    n w

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    ccur

    acr

    oss

    agen

    cy li

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    inno

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    to u

    se c

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    nt la

    ndin

    g to

    acc

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    gene

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    serv

    ices

    ; and

    dem

    onst

    rate

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    ages

    with

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    rmal

    sup

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    earc

    h fi

    ndin

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    elat

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    wer

    e pr

    esen

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    AK

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    nive

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    on

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    ldre

    n w

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    The

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    ldre

    n?

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    hea

    lth c

    are

    need

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    n ha

    ve c

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    chno

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    l hea

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    need

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    who

    req

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    ski

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    th c

    are

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    ent

    on a

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    bas

    is. T

    hese

    you

    ng c

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    ren

    typi

    cally

    req

    uire

    ear

    ly in

    terv

    entio

    n an

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    ucat

    iona

    lpr

    ogra

    ms,

    spe

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    ther

    apie

    s, tr

    ansp

    orta

    tion,

    and

    rur

    sing

    ser

    vice

    s.

    Def

    initi

    ons

    and

    estim

    ates

    of

    child

    hood

    chr

    onic

    con

    ditio

    ns v

    ary.

    Jes

    sop

    and

    Stei

    n (1

    988)

    defi

    ne c

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    chr

    onic

    con

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    ns a

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    stin

    g th

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    mon

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    ne y

    ear,

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    gat

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    t one

    mon

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    lizat

    ion.

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    ent e

    stim

    ates

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    he F

    utur

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    ldre

    n, 1

    992;

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    ache

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    lor,

    199

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    n ch

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    lnes

    s pr

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