This manual was designed primarily for use by people with disabilities. The hope is that it is also useful for families, as well as service coordinators and providers who directly assist families and individuals with disabilities. The focus of this manual is to provide easy-to-read information about available resources, and to provide immediate…

This publication helps volunteers identify organizations that can provide books and other educational resources to their communities. It provides contact information and guidance on how volunteers and their community partners can submit requests and receive donations from the organizations listed, and it emphasizes the importance of sustainability…

A project was conducted to accomplish the following: (1) to enhance the existing career resources in the career center at Northside Junior High School (Virginia) by purchasing computer programs appropriate for all segments of the middle school population; (2) to make the career center resources available to regional school systems or other…

This catalog presents a resources guide to 52 currently operating education programs of high quality validated by state departments of education. It is structured by major categories and accessed by RECON (Regional Communication Outreach Network) catalog numbers. Validated programs and services are offered in the categories of adult education;…

Phase I of this project focused on the media-related needs of handicapped students being mainstreamed into regular K-12 school programs. The emphasis was on how the school library media specialist can use, adapt, or supplement the components of the media center to meet those needs. These components encompass a media program of services and…

There are many factors behind the growing advocacy movement for mentally ill individuals. These factors include the prevalence of mental illness in society, deinstitutionalization, the restrictions of managed care, an increased awareness of the rights of the mentally ill, and empowerment of mentally ill clients. Despite the growing importance of…

This report provides an annotated listing of 30 institutions receiving grants from the U.S. Department of Education under the College Library Technology and Cooperation Grants Program during 1992 in the following four categories: (1) networking grants; (2) combinations grants; (3) services to institutions; and (4) research and demonstration. These…

This bibliography directs users to a multitude of different sources of health information. The first section lists and describes 30 indexes and compilations of abstracts concerned with or containing health information. Section II describes 29 health guides and handbooks. Twelve drug information handbooks are described in the third section, and 9…

The handbook provides a resource list to assist schools planning a comprehensive career education program for hearing impaired students. Section I lists the names, addresses, professional experience, and educational background of NPCE (National Project on Career Education) trainers. Section II contains the names and addresses (listed…

Children exposed to violence are at higher risk of behavior problems and academic failure, as well as chronic delinquency and adult criminal behavior. This bulletin provides information about resources that are available to help improve the system's response to child victims and witnesses of violence. Information is provided about 14 private…

This resource manual represents the most comprehensive information available on adapted sport and recreation activities for people with disabilities. The book focuses on ways that people with disabilities can access sport and recreational opportunities from which they have been traditionally excluded. The manual takes a cross-disability view of…

This guide features programs and initiatives that foster community development, while improving the health of individuals, or provide services to improve the health of individuals as well as fostering community economic development. The guide was developed to provide examples of successful programs and workable strategies to assist the…

The resource persons and program descriptions in this directory came from answers supplied in a 1988 survey mailed to 135 entities having some relationship to or interest in promoting the distribution of water education materials suitable for use in Texas elementary or secondary schools. This directory includes an update on the programs submitted…

Work plans and questionnaires completed by program leaders supplied information for this directory, which describes 900 projects initiated by the 50 states and Puerto Rico under Title V of the 1972 Rural Development Act; it includes a personnel index and a detailed subject index. The entries, arranged alphabetically by state, include a map of…

The Alliance for Technology Access (ATA) operates an outreach program whereby donated used/surplus computer equipment is refurbished, customized, and loaned to disabled individuals. ATA also operates resource centers that provide information services, training, and problem solving through the use of high-level and low-level technology. A list of…