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Matzner, J. – Journal of Dance Education, 2015
While recovering from a serious illness, the author looked for dance classes that would help in regaining flexibility, balance, and core strength. Finding no local dance classes that could accommodate the deconditioning experienced from almost two years of physical inactivity and disuse due to bedrest, the author wondered if there were other…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Dance Education, Teaching Methods, Pilot Projects
Lawson, J. S.; And Others – Australian Journal of Mental Retardation, 1979
In the Northern Metropolitan Health Region of New South Wales three short-term residential units have opened since 1976. These units cater to clients of all ages with a range of intellectual handicaps. The units provide emergency and holiday relief, plus a variety of assessment and follow-up services. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Children, Community Services, Family Problems
Wolinsky, Gloria F.; Koehler, Nancy – Rehabilitation Literature, 1973
Descriptors: Children, Exceptional Child Education, Hospitalized Children, Infants
Heal, Laird W.; And Others – 1972
The appendix is a guide to the curriculum and training procedures of the Integrated Management of Cerebral Palsy project which evaluated the effectiveness of a program of conductive education. Introductory sections provide an overview of conductive education (training motorically disabled children in small, motivating groups of similarly…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Children, Curriculum Guides, Educational Programs
Heal, Laird W. – 1972
The integrated Management of Cerebral Palsy (IMCP) project evaluated the effectiveness of a program of conductive education, which was said to involve training motorically disabled children in small, motivating groups of similarly handicapped peers to actively and voluntarily pursue those movements that are both incompatible with reflexes and…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Children, Cognitive Development, Exceptional Child Research
De Cleene, Clare – 1985
This report describes library services for the blind and physically handicapped supported by the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), Title I, funds during fiscal 1985. Trends in library services for the blind and physically handicapped determined by an examination of reports from individual states are briefly summarized for the areas of…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Blindness, Children, Data Analysis
Mallik, Kalisankar; Yuspeh, Sheldon – 1975
A 1-year demonstration project involving 24 developmentally disabled students (9- to 20-years-old) with severe physical limitations was conducted to increase their educational and vocational possibilities by using cost-effective bio-engineering techniques to modify their physical environment and develop improved adaptive devices. Phase I of the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Disabilities
Shawnee Hills Community Mental Health/Mental Retardation Center, Inc., Charleston, WV. – 1983
Descriptions of several programs of the Shawnee Hills Community Mental Health/Mental Retardation Center, Inc. (Charleston, West Virginia) are presented. Included in this document are: (1) a description of the Shawnee Hills Day Training Center, a cooperative program of Shawnee Hills and several county school boards for severely/profoundly impaired…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Advertising, Children, Daily Living Skills
Saint Louis County Special School District Board of Education, Rock Hill, MO. – 1966
A SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT CREATED IN 1957 SERVES THE 25 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY. THE PHILOSOPHY AND ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES OF THE DISTRICT ARE PRESENTED. A DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL SERVICES SERVES CHILDREN IN SPECIAL CLASSES IN THE SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND POTENTIAL CANDIDATES FOR CLASSES, AND ALSO OPERATES A PROGRAM…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Deafness, Handicapped Children