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Download full textFitzgerald, Maureen, Ed.; Armstrong, Jocelyn, Ed. – IEEIR Interchange, 1993
This newsletter issue is devoted to summaries of 12 papers on culture and disability issues in the Pacific. The summaries presented span Oceania and are based on papers representing Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia. Papers have the following titles and authors: "Nstasinge: The Sickness of a Small Boy from the Finisterre Range in Papua New…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences
Informer, 1980
Keynoted by Dr. Margaret J. Giannini, Director of the National Institute of Handicapped Research (NIHR), these conference proceedings focus on present concerns and future issues facing the NIHR and researchers and trainers in the field of rehabilitation of the handicapped. In her address, Dr. Giannini outlines priorities for the NIHR for the next…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities, Diseases, Federal Programs
Reynolds, Maynard C., Ed.; And Others – Public Studies Review, 1983
The volume presents proceedings from a 1981 conference on public policy issues in the education of handicapped children. Four major presentations are followed by reactions. Presenters were asked to address issues involving the nature and effectiveness of the current system for serving handicapped students, contributions of public policy to…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Ziegler, Martha – Early Childhood Bulletin, 1996
This issue of the "Early Childhood Bulletin" is a summary of information that was presented at a 1996 conference on autism sponsored by the National Early Childhood Technical Assistance System (NECTAS). Participants included Part H and Part B, Section 619 Program coordinators, individual program providers, and Interagency Coordinating…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Autism, Coordination, Disabilities
Disabled Persons Bulletin, 1997
This newsletter theme issue focuses on the Global Workshop on Children with Disabilities, which was designed to promote a multisectoral dialogue to secure and expand opportunities for children with disabilities and their families to be included on equal terms in global economic and social development. The opening statements of Stephen F. Mosle…
Descriptors: Children, Childrens Rights, Disabilities, Family Needs
Pediatrics, 1993
This special supplement presents two background papers, three working papers, and key recommendations from a conference on culture and chronic illness in childhood. The meeting had as its goal the identification of the state of knowledge on the interface among culture, chronic illness, child development, and family functioning, for the purpose of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Chronic Illness, Cultural Differences
Policy Studies Review, 1983
This volume contains papers presented at a symposium on public policy and educating handicapped persons. Included are: (1) "Public Policy and the Special Education Task for the 1980s: Report of the Wingspread Conference" (M. C. Reynolds et al.); (2) "The Emerging System for Educating Handicapped Children" (L. E. Lynn, Jr.); (3) "Effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational Cooperation
Peer reviewedO'Hear, Michael F., Ed.; Knowles, Ramona, Ed. – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 1985
Drawn from the proceedings of the 1985 Western College Reading and Learning Association, as well as articles submitted for juried selection, the papers in this journal issue focus on reading, learning assistance, developmental education, and tutorial services at the college level. Titles and authors of the papers include (1) "Reaching New Heights:…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Criterion Referenced Tests, Critical Thinking, Developmental Studies Programs
