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PACER Center, 2017
This toolkit was created to make transition planning easier and offers easy-to-understand information about the purpose of transition planning, the goal and importance of age-appropriate assessments, and the required rules that are used by schools. It also includes information on the community partners that can provide youth with supports as…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Planning, Disabilities, Guidelines
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Dunlap, Glen; Newton, J. Stephen; Fox, Lise; Benito, Nila; Vaughn, Bobbie – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2001
Discussion of family involvement in functional assessment (FA) with individuals who have autism or related disabilities first provides a rationale for family involvement, then reviews the literature and offers guidelines including: recognize, respect, and accommodate families' individuality; create a context for family centered participation; take…
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Developmental Disabilities, Family Involvement
Janney, Rachel; Hedeen, Deborah – 1989
This inservice training module was designed as part of the Child-Centered Inservice Training Project (Syracuse, New York) for use with paraprofessionals in educational programs for children with developmental disabilities. Use of the materials is recommended to encourage team problem solving, to practice new skills, and to provide ongoing support…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Developmental Disabilities, Individualized Programs
Janney, Rachel; Meyer, Luanna – 1989
The inservice training module, developed as part of the Child-Centered Inservice Training Project (Syracuse, New York) is designed for use with educators providing services for students with developmental disabilities and behavior problems. The module comprises six units which incorporate theory, demonstration, practice, and feedback and is…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Decision Making
Palmer, Barbara C.; Miles, John; Schierkolk, Susan; Fallik, Howard – 2002
This guidebook is intended to assist the transition of Colorado students with developmental disabilities from school to post-school activities by promoting flexible and collaborative planning and service delivery among community-centered boards (CCBs), local education agencies, and other state and community agencies. First, a definition of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Services, Developmental Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
Adams, Patrick, Ed.; And Others – 1979
The guide presents instructional materials for teaching developmentally delayed children from birth to 6 years old. The following five instructional areas are covered (with sample activities in parentheses): gross motor (demonstrates a tonic-neck reflex, demonstrates ability to bear almost full weight, and crawls backward down three steps); fine…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum, Developmental Disabilities, Emotional Development
Dulac, G. Paul; McCarthy, William F. – 1980
Intended as a guide for implementation of an educational program for handicapped adults, this manual discusses essential components for an educational developmental disabilities program using an adult education delivery system. Materials are based on efforts of the MSAD (Maine School Administrative District) #11 to offer educational programming to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Advisory Committees
Allen, William T. – 1987
This workbook was written to help students, parents, and support staff prepare "transition plans" to help students with disabilities get ready for living in the adult world. (Such transition planning should start four to five years before students leave school.) Written in simple language and short sentences, the workbook contains seven sections.…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs, Educational Planning
Wnek, Linda; And Others – 1980
The document consists of a program manager's manual for the Parent Infant Program (PIP), an early intervention program designed to foster effective parenting of infants with developmental disabilities and delays. Section 1 provides a program overview. Three program goals are: to build parental confidence as primary teachers/facilitators of their…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Developmental Disabilities, Developmental Programs, Home Programs
Evaluation and Training Inst., Los Angeles, CA. – 1991
This Vocational Education Resource Package (VERP) was developed to provide materials useful in replicating an exemplary vocational education program for special student populations in the California Community Colleges. This VERP provides information on a basic food service training program for physically disabled, learning disabled, and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Food Service
Ohio Association of Supervisors and Work-Study Coordinators. – 1989
These guidelines were prepared to provide direction toward implementing a functional instruction curriculum that leads to independence and occupational skills for Ohio's developmentally handicapped and multihandicapped students. The curriculum uses a three-part definition of adaptive behavior, involving independent functioning, personal…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Curriculum Development, Daily Living Skills, Developmental Disabilities
Wehmeyer, Michael; Kelchner, Kathy – 1995
This docment consists of a large student manual and a small 17-page "Coach's Guide" that has the same main title. The program covered is designed to help students with mild cognitive and developmental disabilities to participate in the transition planning process. It explores issues of self-awareness and attempts to help students develop…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Developmental Disabilities, Goal Orientation, Individualized Education Programs