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Administrative structures support people working in government agencies to help them implement "best practices" as they serve children or adults and their families.
Such structures include resources, leadership abilities, and the organizational climate of a program serving people with disabilities and their family whether it be a school, social service agency or early intervention program.
Three primary structures for school administration are: (a) resources, (b) the organizational climate, and (c) the instructional/student-orientation of the administrator.
Participants in this study rated their agency's resources as the least adequate, and their consumer orientation the strongest.
There were strong relationships between administrators' instructional leadership and teachers' ability to engage in recommended teacher practices in early childhood classrooms.
Three primary structures for social service agencies are: (a) resources, (b) the organizational climate, and (c) the consumer-orientation of the services. Participants in this study rated their agency's resources as the least adequate, and their consumer orientation the strongest. There were strong relationships between all three of these structures and the staff's reported ability to engage in best practices as they deliver services to people with disabilities and their families.