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Download full textKarger, Joanne – National Center on Accessible Educational Materials, 2021
The purpose of this brief is to help families and educators understand the right of students with disabilities who need accessible educational materials to receive these materials in a timely manner. This right is based on provisions in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), as well as in the disability civil rights statutes…
Descriptors: Student Rights, Students with Disabilities, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Instructional Materials
Direct linkMarks, Beth; Sisirak, Jasmina; Heller, Tamar – Brookes Publishing Company, 2010
Adults with developmental disabilities are at significant risk for health problems. Effective health promotion can improve outcomes--and that's why adult day and residential agencies, schools, and other organizations need this invaluable program development guide. An urgent call to action and a start-to-finish framework for health promotion, this…
Descriptors: Health Education, Health Promotion, Physical Disabilities, Quality of Life
Shoob, Deanna – 1976
The handbook provides an overview of developing and operating a respite care program for mentally and/or physically handicapped persons. The following procedures are addressed: staffing, setting fees, funding, recruiting service providers, training service providers, informing families, and referring requests for respite care. Sample forms,…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Physical Disabilities, Program Administration, Program Development
PDF pending restorationNorth Carolina State Dept. of Human Resources, Raleigh. Div. of Mental Health Services. – 1977
Presented is a program manual for the Adult Developmental Activity Program (ADAP), a structured work oriented service for substantially retarded and/or severely physically handicapped adults. Program information is organized into four sections: ADAP minimum standards, initial program planning and development factors, information on the ADAP…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Development, Mental Retardation, Moderate Mental Retardation
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Div. for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. – 1977
Provided are guidelines for regional librarians in assessing their programs in relation to the expectations of the Library of Congress, Division for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. The general philosophy of Division services, history and evaluation of the program, and objectives of the guidelines are included in the introduction. Guidelines…
Descriptors: Blindness, Federal Government, Government Publications, Guidelines
Sauer, Ruth Barngrove – 1975
This handbook offers guidance to parents and staff in developing day care programs which include handicapped children. In Section 1 of the handbook, terms commonly used to describe disabilities are defined. Section 2 presents a picture of the current situation in New York City regarding attitudes toward handicapped children and options for their…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Community Resources, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Schwartz, Stuart E. – 1977
One of five booklets designed to help vocational education teachers and administrators relate more effectively to handicapped students in their classrooms, this booklet discusses the labeling dilemma to stress that the information presented is very general; general traits are outlined to characterize a group. In addition, the distinction between a…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Development, Educational Strategies, Groups
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. National Air And Space Museum. – 1977
Presented are guidelines drawn from surveys of programs and services provided for handicapped persons in U.S. museums. An initial section which reviews literature on museum programs for handicapped visitors focuses on problems and misconceptions regarding blind, deaf, physically handicapped, learning disabled and emotionally disturbed, and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Facilities, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Research
Marx, Pat, Ed.; Hall, Perry, Ed. – 1978
The document consists of proceedings from a national conference focusing on problems of the physically disabled student at the postsecondary level. Following a keynote address are papers and discussion summaries covering principles of program operation; accessibility; planning; services; attitudes; research, evaluation, and finance; and law. Among…
Descriptors: Architectural Barriers, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Conference Reports, Educational Research
Rose, Pearl H. – 1976
Information concerning job characteristics and employment skills for the physically handicapped were provided for 227 occupations contained within the Washington Occupational Information Service (WOIS) career information system. For each occupation, an adjunct description was written, including alternative or feasible occupations in each…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, Community Colleges, Computer Oriented Programs
Office of Personnel Management, Washington, DC. – 1979
This handbook for the selective placement of persons with physical and mental handicaps in federal civil service employment consists of eleven sections. Topics covered in section 1 include affirmative action, nondiscrimination, reasonable accomodation, definition of the term handicapped, acceptable terminology, and program implementation. Section…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adults, Affirmative Action, Agency Cooperation
Smith, Ronald E., Ed. – 1977
The operational guidelines in this manual were compiled to assist college/district personnel in complying with government regulations, to provide California community college administrations with a uniform approach to programs and services, to aid local administrators and special resource personnel in developing or improving service and program…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Budgeting, College Administration, Community Colleges
Weisgerber, Robert – 1977
One of a series of seven modules developed to improve the knowledge and skills of vocational educators who are or who will be serving the handicapped in regular vocational education settings, this module, concerned with the orthopedically handicapped student and with the health impaired student, is designed to (1) explain what orthopedically…
Descriptors: Agencies, Educational Resources, Federal Government, Guides
