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EJ360825 EC200397
Title: Extended School Year Programs: In Support of the Concept.
Author(s): Sargent, Laurence R.; Fidler, Dagny A.
Source: Education and Training in Mental Retardation, v22 n1 p3-9 Mar 1987
Publication Date: 1987
Language: English
Document Type: Information Analysis (070); Journal articles (080); Opinion papers (120)
Journal Announcement: CIJFEB1988
Target Audience: Administrators; Policymakers; Practitioners
The paper elaborates on the position statement supporting Extended School Year
(ESY) programs of the Council for Exceptional Children's Mental Retardation Division.
Included are a review of ESY's background, a summary of litigation, and research
on the regression/recoupment syndrome. Expanding ESY to mentally retarded students
with critical needs is supported. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Court
Litigation; Elementary Secondary Education; *Eligibility; *Extended School Year;
*Mental Retardation; *Time Factors (Learning)
