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Download full textMinnesota Governor's Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities, St. Paul. – 1989
Twenty-nine recommendations were compiled from ideas generated by participants at the National Conference on Self- Determination, which was called by the United States Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, with over half the participants having disabilities of some kind. The participants came with different perspectives, but…
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Government Role, Interpersonal Relationship
Marx, Pat, Comp. – 1980
The document contains the proceedings of the third national conference on the handicapped student on college campuses. Forty-four papers are divided into seven categories--keynote address, student advocacy, support services, inservice training, long range planning, specialized services, and summary. Among the presentations are the following titles…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Advocacy, Ancillary School Services, College Students
Yoakum, Kathryn S., Ed.; Friesen, Barbara J., Ed. – 1991
This conference proceedings reports on a 1989 meeting addressing respite care for families of children with mental, emotional or behavioral disorders. The conference addressed: (1) respite care concepts, programs, and issues; and (2) planning for designing, financing, and implementing state and local respite programs. The report contains the…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Agency Cooperation, Behavior Disorders, Children
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1990
The purpose of the international meeting of experts described in this document was to discuss policies, strategies, and measures designed to encourage the development and extension of integrated services for early childhood care and education (ECCE). Participants first reviewed the successes, failures, and lessons learned in providing integrated…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Economic Factors
New Jersey Task Force on Employer Supported Child Care, Princeton. – 1989
On October 16, 1989, a statewide conference was held in New Jersey to assist in increasing the supply of employer supported, affordable, high quality child care in the state through a working partnership with the public, private, voluntary, and business sectors of the community. One of the conference objectives was to provide employers with…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Child Advocacy, Cost Effectiveness, Early Childhood Education
Connor, Frances P., Ed. – 1987
Proceedings of a 1986 symposium on the education of children with low incidence handicapping conditions focus on medically fragile children, advocacy, and technology. R. Dwain Blackston enumerates conditions affecting medically fragile children, family needs and stresses, and guidelines for effective family-staff relationships. Responses by…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Child Advocacy, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Practices
Indian Education Training, Inc., Albuquerque, NM. – 1980
Recognizing the need for a new approach to the problem of federal/state jurisdictional overlaps in delivery of services to Indians, the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped contracted with the National Association of State Boards of Education and Indian Education Training, Inc. to conduct a series of national and regional conferences which…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, American Indian Education, American Indians, Child Advocacy
Miller, Kathleen S., Ed.; And Others – 1981
Selected papers from the 1980 World Congress of Rehabilitation International Meeting on the participation of disabled people are presented. The papers address the rights of the disabled, the organization and functions of consumer groups, the impact of consumer involvement on rehabilitation and related services, social implications of the consumer…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accessibility (for Disabled), Activism, Advocacy
Thomas, Nancy E., Ed.; Friesen, Barbara J., Ed. – 1990
The Next Steps Conference was one of a series of meetings held for the purpose of increasing the capacity of family members, professionals, and other interested citizens to work together on behalf of children who have serious emotional disorders and to shape an agenda for improved services. The conference was organized around four major issues:…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Change Strategies, Child Advocacy, Child Custody
