Kansas Early Childhood Research Institute on Transitions. Final Report.

This final report describes research projects and other activities of the Kansas Early Childhood Research Institute (KECRI), a multi-investigator, cross-disciplinary Institute focusing on successful transitions for young (birth to age 8) children with disabilities or developmental delays. Interventions were developed, evaluated, and disseminated which focused on helping professionals from a variety of disciplines, family members, and children. Eleven individual research projects focused on issues concerning transition in infancy (hospital to home and infant services), the preschool years (home to preschool and specialized to integrated services and classrooms), and the primary grades (entry to public schools). An overarching longitudinal study is continuing. Dissemination of KECRI work has been by more than 200 published articles and almost 300 conference presentations. In this report, preliminary sections present an introduction and describe the Institute's mission, objectives, activities and administrative organization. Research project reports of five major projects are then presented and comprise the bulk of the report. Sections following the project reports include a product list and information on dissemination, training, personnel, and the Institute's impact. Individual project reports contain references. (DB)