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National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Washington, DC. – 1979
The concept and implementation of direction services, a one step center offering assistance to parents of handicapped children, are traced. Three basic functions of the federally funded direction service centers are noted: to help locate and provide access to the most appropriate resources for handicapped children and youth; to collect and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Community Resources, Community Services
Loop, Bertine; Hitzing, Wade – 1980
The monograph provides an historical overview of services for families of disabled children and considers strategies for increasing family support. The historical analysis traces factors influencing the lack of priority placed on family services and describes trends in family resource services. Advantages and drawbacks of the continuum and array…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Community Support, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
Powell, Douglas R. – 1979
The Child and Family Neighborhood Program, located in a suburb of Detroit, is an early childhood intervention project aimed at strengthening informal and formal family suoport systems and increasing parents' knowledge of child development. The program works with clusters of 10 parents and their young children (0-3 years) twice weekly in a…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Developmental Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Family Programs
