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Zingarelli, Gene R.; Day, David M. – 1981
When Sonoma State Hospital, a large residential center for developmentally disabled persons in California, needed to condense nine of its treatment programs to six to meet licensing requirements and adapt to a reduction in population, a committee decided to reorganize according to data in the form of ratings on 66 performance scales from the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Classification, Cluster Analysis, Developmental Disabilities
Lewis, W. W. – 1980
The Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation adopted the Re-ED model for its five residential treatment centers serving severely emotionally disturbed children and adolescents. Procedures for adopting the model are traced, and specific difficult areas in implementation are discussed. It is explained that there is an emphasis on…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Models, Program Descriptions, Program Development
Chafel, James; Charney, Jill – 1980
To meet the needs of adolescents on adult wards of the Massachusetts State Hospitals and inpatient community mental health centers, and to carry out the educational mandates of Chapter 766 and P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act), the State Hospital Education Programs (SHEP) system was developed. SHEP adheres to three basic…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Delivery Systems, Emotional Disturbances
Lessard, Kevin J. – 1982
The paper describes the community residence and independent living services offered by Perkins School for the Blind which serves multi-impaired, blind, visually impaired, and deaf blind individuals. The first part reviews existing community living options and emphasizes the need for thorough diagnosis, extensive training in daily living skills and…
Descriptors: Blindness, Community Programs, Daily Living Skills, Deaf Blind
Aharoni, Chanan – 1984
The father of a retarded adult describes the development of a course designed to teach independent living skills to mentally retarded adults living in a group home in Israel. The course included instruction on home management, food preparation, and interpersonal skills. How initial neighborhood opposition diminished is recounted. Difficulties…
Descriptors: Adults, Daily Living Skills, Foreign Countries, Group Homes
Denkowski, George C.; And Others – 1983
A model for habilitating mentally retarded adolescent offenders is described. Discussion of historical background indicates a lack of programs for this population. A data-based profile of the population covers range of developmental delay, adaptive behavior scores, social skill development, academic achievement, arrest history, racial composition,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Building Design, Community Programs, Delinquency
Miller, Richard E.; Kitzerow, Leslie J. – 1982
Attempts at providing drug information and drug education to resident students, Residence Directors (RD's), and Residence Student Advisors (RSA's) at Kent State Universtiy (Ohio) had three major objectives: (1) provide substance abuse awareness to residence hall students by disseminating drug information; (2) supplement the training of RD's and…
Descriptors: College Students, Dormitories, Drug Education, Drug Use
Manburg, Abbey – 1983
Representing Nova University's greatest departure from a traditional educational delivery system, the Master's Program for Child Care Administrators is designed to be completed within a 2-year period without interrupting students' professional responsibilities. Two areas of specialization are provided: administration of day care and preschool…
Descriptors: Administrators, Community Programs, Day Care, Educational Innovation
Wilson, Joy DeMarino – 1979
The paper focuses on coordination of an educational program for non-ambulatory cerebral palsied and profoundly retarded clients (21 years old and younger) in a residential setting not being served by the Texas Education Department. Covered in outline form are the school's requirements governing educational programs, program development,…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Educational Programs, Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities
Leland, Lyle L. – 1974
A systems approach is applied to the assessment of the Model 4 project (administered by Mountain-Plains Education and Economic Development Program, Inc.), a residential career education program for rural, multiproblem families in the States of Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. The program involves three phases of…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration, Curriculum Evaluation
Romer, Lyle T.; And Others – 1987
This compilation brings together various conference papers and a working group report on the topic of residential services for people with deaf-blindness and other profound disabilities. The title paper by Lyle T. Romer describes three measures for evaluating residential programs: capacity, progress, and lifestyle. Valued outcomes of a residential…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Deaf Blind, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled)