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Orton, Christine – 1986
The report presents major presentations given at a 1-day conference on integration of the handicapped in British schools attended by parents, teachers, social workers, psychologists, and education officers. In the first presentation, M. Vaughan presents philosophical and practical arguments which support eliminating the segregation of children…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textIrwin, Marilyn, Ed.; Wilcox, Barbara, Ed. – 1987
The document consists of proceedings from the 1987 Leadership Conference on the topic of least restrictive environment (LRE) for severely disabled students. Contents include the following presentations: "The OSEP (Office of Special Education Programs) Plan for LRE" (G. Thomas Bellamy); "Bringing about Integrated Community-Based…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Administrator Role, Community Programs, Cooperation
Mann, Philip H., Ed. – 1974
Provided are 19 presentations made to 200 participants in a conference on issues of mainstreaming, career education, and teacher education programs for urban handicapped children. Noted are four conference objectives such as improving communication within states between educational agencies and large city special education (SE) personnel.…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Education, Classification, Conference Reports
Shiman, David, Ed.; And Others – 1978
This document contains the proceedings from the University of Vermont's 1978 summer institute on special education and Public Law 94-142. In addition to containing the welcoming address, presentations concerning interpreting the mainstreaming law, on perspectives from the bureau for the handicapped, on the need for due process for handicapped…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Educational Needs, Equal Education, Exceptional Persons
Dwyer, Kathy, Ed.; And Others – 1992
This proceedings contains presentations grouped by five broad topics concerning disability services in rural areas. The keynote address, by Linda Tonsing-Gonzales, discusses the social services paradigm shift toward empowering the disabled and developing natural support systems. Broad topics and presentation topics are: (1) "negotiating access"…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Community Services, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
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This document contains abstracts of all papers presented at the conference. The papers demonstrate how the results of rehabilitation engineering activities have increased the independence of handicapped people and enabled them to more easily integrate their lives into the mainstream of society. The 136 abstracts are organized into the following…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Biofeedback, Biomechanics, Communication Aids (for Disabled)
Kok, Marilyn, Ed.; And Others – 1980
These proceedings from a three-day Texas conference focus on the needs of handicapped students in vocational education. In the keynote speech, Marc Gold asks two questions: How do you distinguish those people who have special needs from those who don't--if you can distinguish; and, Is it possible to think in terms of goals that need to be…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Education, Court Litigation
Kok, Marilyn, Ed.; And Others – 1979
These proceedings of a statewide Texas conference focus on the need for cooperation between the leadership in the fields of special and vocational education in order to meet the needs of handicapped students. Featured presentations (1) stress the necessity for this team approach at the top levels of the education-state agency bureaucracy as well…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Auto Mechanics, Behavior Problems
