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Thompson, Scott A. – B.C. Journal of Special Education, 1992
A field study demonstrated a process for determining the appropriate level of community-based consultative support for families, professionals, and paraprofessionals working to integrate children with autism. The resultant differentiated service model calls for an interministerial service plan to facilitate various transitions. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Autism, Community Programs, Consultation Programs
Nevid, Jeffrey S.; Morrison, James K. – 1976
A humanistic ideology which emphasizes self-determination, self-reliance, and personal responsibility in decision making, is congruent with the goal of community psychiatry to integrate the ex-institutionalized psychiatric client in the community. The following applications of this ideology in a small community mental health center are described:…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Community Programs, Consultation Programs, Delivery Systems
Frankel, Elaine B.; McKay, Donald – 1990
The paper describes application of an interactive model to providing services for young children with special needs being mainstreamed in community day care programs. In this model, the resource consultant coordinates service delivery in interactions with: (1) the child and family; (2) early childhood educators; and (3) resource specialists. The…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Case Studies, Community Programs, Consultation Programs
Holmgren, Byron; Frith, Greg – 1976
The role of a rural university in the delivery of special education services to exceptional children is explained in relation to four categories: academic services, in-service training of special education teachers, consulting services to local education agencies, and clinical assessment of children. Difficulties are described and possible…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Community Programs, Consultation Programs, Delivery Systems
Idaho Univ. Boise. Center on Developmental Disabilities. – 1999
This final report describes activities and accomplishments of Idaho's 3-year program to enhance the quality of educational and community-based services for infants, toddlers, children, and youth with deaf-blindness. The project provided technical assistance to service providers including public and private agencies, institutions, and organizations…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Consultation Programs, Deaf Blind
Hattie Larlham Foundation, Mantua, OH. – 1996
This report describes a model designed to provide family-centered, community-based coordinated services for families and their children with chronic health care needs. The model, which was implemented to serve 208 children over a 5-year period, is based on three key concepts: families should have the choice to receive services in their homes and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Chronic Illness, Community Programs, Consultation Programs
Fair, Estella G.; Clay, Connie – 1999
This report discusses the activities and outcomes of Project Coach Outreach, a project to encourage the use of best practices in early intervention for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers with disabilities and to increase family-centered service options in Mississippi. Specifically, the project focused on the use of natural environments to include…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Consultation Programs, Day Care Centers, Delivery Systems
Manitoba Dept. of Agriculture, Winnipeg. – 1978
In the 1970's Rural Development Counselors and Community Affairs Specialists of the Manitoba Department of Agriculture were part of an effort to reverse trends of economic depression and rapid outward migration from rural to urban centers by assisting rural Manitobans individually, in groups, and as communities. Low- to moderate-income farmers and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Development, Community Planning, Community Problems