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Download full textAmado, Angela Novak; And Others – 1990
This manual describes the "Friends" project, a year-long effort in Minnesota to develop methods for the staff of residential service agencies to support people with developmental disabilities in establishing friendships with nondisabled people in their communities. Six agencies around the state selected a total of 23 individuals (ages 11…
Descriptors: Adults, Agencies, Developmental Disabilities, Friendship
Van Pelt, Jeff – 1981
The manual describes development of a personal growth and peer support group for parents of developmentally delayed or disabled children which was designed to help parents adjust expectations about their infant or young child and to accommodate the handicap. Initial decisions regarding leader and participant characteristics and frequency and…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities, Discipline, Emotional Adjustment
Mount, Beth; Zwernik, Kay – 1989
Personal futures planning is a tool for fostering new ways of thinking about people with developmental disabilities. Futures planning helps groups of people focus on opportunities for people with disabilities to develop personal relationships, have positive roles in community life, increase their control of their own lives, and develop the skills…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Developmental Disabilities, Goal Orientation, Individual Development
Bambara, Linda M.; Koger, Freya – 1996
This guide presents strategies for increasing choice opportunities for people with moderate to severe developmental disabilities. Because choice opportunities are easily overlooked, these strategies are intended to provide a systematic way to ensure that simple, but important, daily choices are made available. The guide describes basic principles…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Decision Making, Developmental Disabilities, Educational Strategies
Nissman, Blossom S. – 1980
This booklet defines mainstreaming procedures through brief responses to questions on: students that should be mainstreamed; the most effective time for mainstreaming a student; why mainstreaming is effective for children with special needs; and how the move from special education to regular class placement can be facilitated. Profiles are…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Developmental Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Congdon, David M.; And Others – 1981
This program manual was developed by the Grant-Blackford Development Center in order to help other professionals and organizations working with developmentally disabled persons to improve their recreation and leisure programs. The manual's philosophy is to structure recreation programs for fun, not just for skill teaching: stressing abilities, not…
Descriptors: Adults, Annotated Bibliographies, Developmental Disabilities, Evaluation Methods
