This county-wide study was conducted to determine the number of preschool children with handicaps who would need special education facilities in public school within the next few years. The method included collecting data from agencies and professionals and making direct appeals to parents. The results suggest that this method of data collection must be part of a larger program to represent the total population effectively.
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