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Profound Mental Handicap: The Ultimate Challenge. A Report on the Proceedings of an International Conference (Madrid, Spain, November 1984).
Miles, Mike – 1985
This report synthesizes the discussions which took place at an international conference on profound mental handicap held in Madrid, Spain (November, 1984). An overview of the issues involved in helping people with profound handicaps cites several positive trends, such as education for all, family support services, home visitations by direct care…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Coping, Family Involvement, Foreign Countries
Weapons of the Spirit, Transcript of the Feature Documentary. Bill Moyers Interviews Filmmaker Pierre Sauvage, Transcript of the P. B. S. Broadcast, and Additional Background Material.
Sauvage, Pierre – Friends of Le Chambon Foundation, 1989
This documentary tells the wartime story of Le Chambon, a tiny Protestant village in France that defied the Nazi occupation and provided a safe haven for thousands of Jews. Using interviews, old photographs and footage, and specially declassified documents, the film [and transcript] examine the difference between being a bystander and a…
Descriptors: Adults, Critical Viewing, Cultural Awareness, Elementary Secondary Education
A Launching Kit for Learning Activities Centered about the 1987 Summits in Canada = Trousse de Reference Concernant les Activites D'apprentissage Axees sur les Sommets de 1987 au Canada.
Reford-McCandless International Inst., Toronto (Ontario). – 1987
This kit, designed for use in elementary and secondary school classrooms and community groups, presents information and interdisciplinary learning activities that focus on two 1987 Canadian summit meetings. One summit, the Commonwealth of Nations meeting in Vancouver, involved countries with a legacy as British colonial nations; and the other, La…
Descriptors: Community Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Integrated Activities