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Direct linkStorey, Keith – Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd, 2018
This book is intended to give support providers the understanding, knowledge, and skills for providing transition and employment services in school, employment, community, and residential settings and thereby improve the quality of life for the individuals that they support. It not only shows how to support an individual with a disability but also…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Employment Services, Disabilities, Students with Disabilities
Koegel, Robert L., Ed.; Koegel, Lynn Kern, Ed. – Brookes Publishing Company, 2019
One of the most respected and widely used autism interventions, Pivotal Response Treatment uses natural learning opportunities to modify key behaviors in children--leading to widespread positive effects on communication, behavior, and social skills. Now the pioneering experts behind PRT have created a comprehensive modern guide to this…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Intervention, Communication Skills
Grey House Publishing, 2016
Published for over a decade, this directory continues to be a successful, sought-after resource, providing valuable information to professionals, families, and individuals in the learning disabilities community. Supported by the National Center for Learning Disabilities, this 2017 edition brings together the most up-to-date information on LD…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Organizations (Groups), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Summer Programs
Download full textRadtke, Jean, Ed. – 2000
This document is for administrators, rehabilitation counselors, and other professionals who support the employment of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients with disabilities. It contains strategies for vocational rehabilitation (VR) programs to improve an SSI or SSDI…
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Eligibility, Employment
Thompson, Sue – 1997
This manual discusses the characteristics of students with nonverbal learning disorders (NLD) and provides strategies to help students with NLD in the home and classroom environment. It begins by describing the symptoms of NLD, including lack of coordination, faulty spatial perceptions, lack of ability to comprehend nonverbal communication,…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Adults, Child Rearing, Clinical Diagnosis
Allen, William T. – 2000
This resource guide for individuals with developmental disabilities and their advocates looks at five ways to increase the freedom of choice for people with developmental disabilities, including assessing needs, planning for services, evaluating services, understanding the service system, and teaching self-advocacy. The first section includes a…
Descriptors: Adults, Advocacy, Check Lists, Decision Making Skills
Shapiro, Joan; Rich, Rebecca – 1999
This text provides information on learning disabilities in adults and offers practical ways to compensate. Chapters address: (1) definitions of learning disability; (2) etiology of learning disabilities; (3) our cognitive or thinking systems; (4) different assessment settings and some of the tests used to diagnose a learning disability; (5)…
Descriptors: Adults, Attention Deficit Disorders, Case Studies, Clinical Diagnosis
National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities, Baltimore, MD. – 1994
Position papers of the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities during 1981-1994 and information about this committee's history, mission, and operational procedures are presented. The position papers and statements are as follows: "Learning Disabilities: Issues on Definition" (1981); "In-service Programs in Learning…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adults, Agency Role, College Bound Students
Patton, James R., Ed.; Polloway, Edward A., Ed. – 1996
This collection of 13 essays focuses on the many challenges that adults with learning disabilities face in educational, work, and social settings. The essays are: (1) "Adults with Learning Disabilities: An Emerging Area of Professional Interest and Public Attention" (James R. Patton and Edward A. Polloway); (2) "Adult Development Theories: An…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Adult Development, Adults
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. – 1997
This report presents findings of a 3-year study (1994-1997) of post-compulsory educational opportunities for adolescents and adults with disabilities in 10 European countries (Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom), Australia, and the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Quebec. It…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Adults, Ancillary School Services
