Degrees or Licenses Held by Local Disability Services Coordinators in 1998
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|
Number of Grantees and Delegate Agencies |
Early |
Special Education |
Speech Pathology |
Psychology |
Other |
None |
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Alabama |
32 |
6 (19%) |
3 (10%) |
2 (6%) |
2 (6%) |
18 (58%) |
5 (16%) |
|
Florida |
63 |
15 (24%) |
12 (19%) |
5 (8%) |
10 (16%) |
23 (37%) |
6 (10%) |
|
Georgia |
38 |
2 (5%) |
2 (5%) |
0 |
2 (5%) |
13 (34%) |
11 (29%) |
|
Kentucky |
46 |
5 (11%) |
10 (22%) |
3 (7%) |
3 (7%) |
17 (37%) |
6 (13%) |
|
Mississippi |
21 |
7 (33%) |
7 (33%) |
0 |
4 (19%) |
9 (43%) |
1 (5%) |
|
North Carolina |
49 |
11 (22%) |
8 (16%) |
0 |
4 (8%) |
28 (57%) |
9 (18%) |
|
South Carolina |
15 |
1 (7%) |
0 |
0 |
4 (27%) |
8 (73%) |
3 (20%) |
|
Tennessee |
26 |
4 (15%) |
4 (15%) |
2 (8%) |
0 |
13 (50%) |
6 (23%) |
|
Region IV |
289 |
51 (18%) |
46 (16%) |
12 (4%) |
29 (10%) |
129 (45%) |
47 (16%) |
%= of Grantees and Delegate Agencies Reporting for the State
| Fifty-two percent of the
Disability Services Coordinators in Region IV have degrees or licenses
in early childhood, special education, speech pathology or psychology.
Another forty percent hold degrees or licenses in "other
disciplines" that range from nursing to social work.
Florida and North Carolina report the largest number of Coordinators with degrees/licenses in early childhood. Mississippi, Kentucky and Florida, respectively have the largest percentage of coordinators with degrees/licenses in special education. A comparison of Program Information Report (PIR) data from 1996 and 1997, reveals the following:
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