Twenty-seven papers are presented from a conference on applications of computer technology for disabled persons. The following titles and authors are represented: "Computer Applications For Rehabilitation Organizations: Finding What You Need" (T. Backer); "Similarities In Cognitive Development Of Severely Physically Handicapped and Younger Regular…

Presented are the proceedings of a national workshop, titled "Media as an Instructional Aid with the Deaf-Blind", designed to introduce new ideas, techniques, and approaches to media production methods for the deaf-blind and to examine copyright laws as they pertain to reproduction of materials for educational use. Entries by media personnel…

Presented are proceedings of a conference involving authorities in testing and evaluating the blind, deaf, and deaf-blind. In a paper titled "Psychological Implications of Assessing the Deaf", C. Goetzinger discusses references used in audiology, anatomy and physiology of the ear, degrees of hearing impairment, and implications of the various…

Three issues of the journal for 1985 focus on issues related to special education in New York. The winter issue centers on educating low incidence handicapped children in New York City. Articles address such aspects as special education effectiveness, occupational training centers, centers for multiply handicapped students, hospital schools, early…

The report presents recommendations from a 1981 meeting sponsored by Unesco (United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization) on the topic of integration of severely/multiply handicapped persons into general and vocational education. A summary of discussion topics addresses terminology; the concept of integration--its advantages and…

Presented are proceedings from a conference aimed at clarifying issues regarding education for the severely multiply handicapped, outlining goals, and producing 1-year timelines for Idaho, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, and the nation-at-large. Reported are the goals and implementation strategies (such as designing and implementing statewide programs to…

Provided are four papers from a national conference, titled "The Deaf-Blind Child and the Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor", designed to identify and present possible solutions to some of the problems facing the deaf-blind child as he or she matures and moves from a basic educational setting into the realm of the vocational counselor. Entries…

The booklet presents excerpts from a December 1984 conference (Washington, D.C.) on disabled and at-risk infants, toddlers, and their families. Parents' perspectives are offered on care for medically vulnerable infants and children (by the mother of a ventilator-assisted child), services for children with mild developmental delays (by a mother of…

The document contains seven papers from the National Deaf-Blind Educational/Rehabilitation Exchange involving parents, teachers, and rehabilitators of deaf blind persons. In the keynote address "The Challenge of Creating Rainbows," R. Kinney comments on the declaration of rights of the deaf blind person adpoted by the Helen Keller World Conference…

Intended for parents and educators, the conference proceedings focus on the influence of the nutritionist, social worker, and public health nurse on the feeding of the deaf-blind child. Included are entries with the following titles: "Improving Nutrient Supply for Deaf-Blind Children" (J. Heffley), "Nutritional Care for the Handicapped" (M.…

Presented are the proceedings of a conference on Understanding the Needs of Deaf-Blind Children in Isolated Areas, sponsored by the Southwest Region Deaf-Blind Center, April 29-May 1, 1976 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Talks include "Psychological Assessment" (C. Groves), "Visual Assessment and Training of the Deaf-Blind Child" (R. Funderburg), "Auditory…

Presented are notes taken from a 6-week inservice training program for 30 teachers and 30 paraprofessionals who work with deaf-blind children. Entries are divided into two sections--lectures and minicourses--and include the following titles: "Piaget" (V. Robinson), "Dichotic Listening--Research and Applications" (B. Franklin), "Curriculum Ideas…

Materials from Agora 12 demonstrate that the disabled are merely another side of ourselves and training for them is a means of developing and acquiring independence and of becoming absorbed into society. A Foreword outlines the subjects of the three sessions: social solidarity and mental disability; training of the mentally psychologically…

This conference report focuses upon transition issues for those individuals with profound multiple-sensory impairments. It contains presentations, reactions, and syntheses of discussions by working groups. The keynote address, by H. D. Bud Fredericks, is titled "Those with Profound Handicaps: Who Are They? How Can They Be Served?."…

Provided is a collection of presentations from a conference for ophthalmologists, optometrists, and educators meeting to exchange their concerns and share knowledge on various types of sensory handicaps of deaf blind children. The conference is seen as an introduction to the needs of deaf blind children and to the importance of stating diagnostic…