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. ***********************************************************************