title: Nurses and Public Law 102-119: a family-centered continuing education program.
abstract: The passage of Part H of the Education of the Handicapped Act, Public Law 99-457, and the reauthorization of the law in 1991, as Public Law 102-119, mandates a family-centered approach to the provision of services to infants and young children with handicaps. Nurses are named as providers in this federal legislation. The authors conducted a survey to assess the learning needs of nurses who may wish to serve as providers under the law. The survey results were used to develop a family-centered continuing education curriculum that pairs parents and nurse faculty as partners in delivering the curriculum.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Vermont, Burlington 05405, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Winstead-Fry
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Bishop
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D003479:Curriculum; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005192:Family Health; D006801:Humans; D008282:Mainstreaming, Education / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014707:Vermont