by requirements for the degree of (Education) - NCRTM

of 15 and 23. duri.ng the 1967-68 fiscal year CJuly I, 1967 to June 30,
1968); 4) all MR's between the .ages of 15 and 24 duri.ng the 1968-69 fiscal
year [July I, 1968 to June 30, 1969); S) all MR's between the .ages of IS
and 25 during the 1969-70 fiscal year [July i, 1969 to June 30, 1970).
qJle upper age limit was increased to include those older students who re-
mained active cases during the period studied or were referred at a later
date. Mental retardation was identified by the primary disability code
of 53-, 530, $32 or 534 [see page 68 for explanation). It was necessary
to obtain a printout of all MR's within the specified .age limits because
the computer stores information by client numbers assignedby DVR; there-
fore, the list of names acquired from DHC could not be used to retrieve
computer data on DVR clients.
This then led to the third step which was to compare the DHC list of
names with the DVR printout of all MR's within the specified .age limits
to determine which students were referred for VR services during the period
studied. Those people who appeared on both lists comprised the population
used for this study. The individual DVR client numbers were now known and
were subsequently used to retrieve pertinent computer data. Printouts from
the 1966-67, 1967-68, and 1968-69 computer tapes were obtained. The 1965-
66 computer tape could not be used; this was the year the system was imple-
mented and the information was fragmented and largely unintell.igible. The
1969-70 computer tape was in the process of being completed at the time of
this study and, therefore, was not available for use.
For each of the client numbers submitted, the following information
was requested:
i] District number
2] Referral source
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