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Family-Focused Developmental Planning for Students with Multiple Disabilities Including Deafness and Hearing Impairment.
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Steer, Michael – CAEDHH Journal/La Revue ACESM, 1998
After an introduction to the problems experienced by Australian individuals with multiple disabilities and their families, this article outlines the use of the McGill Action Planning System, or MAPS, to improve or develop educational programs. The timing and relationship between MAPS and Individual Education Plans are also discussed. (Contains…
Descriptors: Deafness, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Needs
Deinstitutionalization of People with Developmental Disability.
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Molony, Helen; Taplin, John – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1988
Studies of deinstitutionalization for individuals with developmental disabilities show positive effects on skills, behavior, activity level, social interaction, and quality of life. Effects are clearest in adaptive behavior. Outcomes for individuals with severe or multiple disabilities are less positive. Implications for Australian policy are…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Behavior Change, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Developmental Disabilities