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Thomas, Stephen, Ed. – Forum, 1981
Five articles examine outdoor experiential learning for the handicapped. Articles have the following titles and authors: "The Minnesota Outward Bound School and the Physically Disabled" (S. Kaplan); "Breaking the Cycle of Failure through Experiential Education" (R. Burton, B. Blakey); "Hiking with Troubled Kids" (K.…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Arithmetic, Camping, Disabilities
Download full textARCH Factsheet, 1992
This collection of five factsheets provides basic information about the need for and provision of respite care services for particular populations. Each factsheet is presented in a format which provides some background information on the population, a brief discussion of the purpose of respite care programs for this group, a discussion of the…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Autism, Children, Crisis Intervention
Berkobien, Richard – arcfacts, 1991
This fact sheet offers, in a question-and-answer format, information on employment and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). It addresses the following topics: what Title I of the ADA says about employment, what employment discrimination means, which employers are affected, hiring quotas, determination of an individual's job…
Descriptors: Civil Rights Legislation, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination, Employment
Practical Pointers, 1980
The article discusses training and competing in wheelchair sports. General principles of training, including scheduling and content considerations, are listed. Principles for specific wheelchair events (shotput, discus, and javelin) are detailed. A final part addresses training for the wheelchair pentathlon, which includes archery, swimming,…
Descriptors: Athletics, Competition, Disabilities, Physical Disabilities
Foster, Herbert L., Ed. – The Forum, 1982
The four volumes of the journal focus on themes of New York state's services for youth, postsecondary institutions, and handicapped students; current special education concerns and practices in New York state; and issues related to the education of severely and profoundly handicapped students. The first of these journals "New York State…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education
Dalke, Bruce; And Others – 1980
The newsletter describes the staff and training activities of the Teaching Research Infant and Child Center which consists of two national model centers--Early Education for the Handicapped Model and a Severely Handicapped Education Model. It is reported that staff training procedures developed at the Boulder (Montana) River School and Hospital…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Models
Kesner, Rebecca J., Ed. – Streamlined Seminar, 2002
This document contains two articles concerned with doubly exceptional children and gifted education. In "The Doubly Exceptional Child: A Principal's Dilemma," (Carol J. Mills and Linda E. Brody), such children do not fit into the usual categories for sorting children because their gifts and disabilities often mask each other. Suggestions are…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted Disabled
Vergason, Glenn A., Ed.; Hutzler, Yeshayahu, Ed. – Issues in Special Education & Rehabilitation, 1993
This interdisciplinary scientific journal emphasizes the linkage between special education and rehabilitation services. Selected papers from the first two issues include: "The Impact of Current Issues in Teacher Education on the Preparation of Special Educators" (Patricia Edelen-Smith and others); "Training Teachers and Parents To Work…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Kaye, H. Stephen – Disability Statistics Abstract, 1998
This report discusses the findings of national surveys that show little evidence of improvement in the economic well-being of Americans with disabilities. Positive and negative findings include: (1) the labor force participation rate for people with disabilities aged 18-64 remained more or less constant, at about 52 percent between 1990 and 1994;…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adults, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination
Murphy, Linda, Ed.; DellaCorte, Suzanne, Ed. – Special Parent/Special Child, 1986
The six 1986 issues of this newsletter for parents of handicapped children contain lead articles with the following titles: "Understanding Psychological Tests" (includes intelligence tests, achievement tests, personality tests and parental do's and don'ts); "Sex Education for the Special Person" (e.g., purpose of sex education, parental do's and…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Child Rearing, Disabilities, Learning Activities
Evans, Judith L.; Ilfeld, Ellen M., Ed.; Hanssen, Elizabeth, Ed. – Coordinator's Notebook, 1998
Young children with special needs should be served within inclusive early childhood programs. Quality Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) programs provide a model to use when developing inclusive programs for children of all ages. This theme issue of "Coordinator's Notebook" focuses on the development of inclusive ECCD programs.…
Descriptors: Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Educational Cooperation
Nathanson, Jeanne H., Ed. – OSERS, 1994
This issue of "OSERS" addresses the subject of independent living of individuals with disabilities. The issue includes a message from Judith E. Heumann, the Assistant Secretary of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS), and 10 papers. Papers have the following titles and authors: "Changes in the…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Attendants, Disabilities, Federal Legislation
PRISE Reporter, 1989
Each issue of "PRISE Reporter" focuses on some aspect of educating handicapped students and offers a feature article, other sources of information, and descriptions of research projects. The December 1988 issue contains an article titled "Now That the Door Is Open: Social Skills Instruction in the Classroom" (Sue Vernon et al.) which targets…
Descriptors: Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education
PRISE Reporter, 1981
The document consists of six issues of the "PRISE (Pennsylvania Resources and Information Center for Special Education) Reporter" which cover issues and happenings in the education of the mentally retarded, learning disabled, emotionally disturbed, physically handicapped, visually handicapped, and speech/hearing impaired. Lead articles include the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Emotional Disturbances, Failure
Fitzgerald, Maureen, Ed.; Armstrong, Jocelyn, Ed. – IEEIR Interchange, 1993
This newsletter issue is devoted to summaries of 12 papers on culture and disability issues in the Pacific. The summaries presented span Oceania and are based on papers representing Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia. Papers have the following titles and authors: "Nstasinge: The Sickness of a Small Boy from the Finisterre Range in Papua New…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences
