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Human Development Institute, 2024
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…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Children, Health Services, Resources
Human Development Institute, 2022
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…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities, Children, Health Services
Human Development Institute, 2019
This manual was designed primarily for use by individuals with developmental disabilities and related conditions. It is hoped that it is also useful for families, as well as service coordinators and providers who directly assist families and individuals with developmental disabilities. The focus of this manual is to provide easy-to-read…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities, Children, Health Services
Blumin, Scott – Exceptional Parent, 2011
This article features the three-dentist House Call Dentist (HCD) team, a division of the nationally known Blende Dental Group based in San Francisco, headed by Dr. David Blende. Dr. Blende is best known for providing dental care utilizing sleep and sedation modalities, and as a leader in the field of dentistry for patients with special needs. The…
Descriptors: Dental Health, Dentistry, Patients, Group Homes
Coy, Kimberly – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2014
Students with disabilities are included in the nearly two million students who attend school online (Queen & Lewis, 2011). Like many families, parents of children with disabilities are increasingly considering online schools as an option for their child's education. Online schools may be more attractive to parents of students with disabilities…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Teacher Role, Special Education Teachers, Web Based Instruction
Human Development Institute, 2016
This manual was designed primarily for use by individuals with developmental disabilities and related conditions. It is hoped that it is also useful for families, as well as service coordinators and providers who directly assist families and individuals with developmental disabilities. The focus of this manual is to provide easy-to-read…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities, Guides, Children
Cooperative Educational Service Agency 12, Portage, WI. – 1980
Thirteen papers (1972-1980) on the Portage Project, a home based early intervention program for preschool handicapped children, are presented. The following titles and authors are represented: "The Portage Project: A Model for Early Childhood Education" (M. Shearer, D. Shearer); "A Comparison of Paraprofessional and Professional…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Home Programs, Parent Education
Aprill, Kay Hodges; Schifani, John – 1983
A home based infant stimulation program for handicapped preschoolers in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, has been successful and cost effective. Home teachers help parents implement a precise, individualized curriculum. Physical and speech therapists are available as well. Other program emphases include providing emotional support to parents and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Home Programs, Individualized Instruction, Infants
Garber, M.; Perry, M. E. – Special Education in Canada, 1983
A parent outreach program in Ontario uses parents of handicapped children as paraprofessionals. Parents were given 10-day training on such subjects as behavioral goals and objectives, task analysis, student evaluation and record keeping, and liaison between home and school. (CL)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Home Programs, Paraprofessional School Personnel
Versluys, Hilda P. – Rehabilitation Literature, 1986
The article describes a Netherlands model for support and assistance to families of handicapped children. "Practical Help at Home" is an outgrowth of the Parents' Initiative Movement and relies on volunteers to provide a range of services including respite and training. (CL)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Family Programs, Foreign Countries, Home Programs

Affleck, Glenn; And Others – Journal of Special Education, 1982
A relationship-focused model in intervention programs with families of developmentally disabled infants encourages parent-infant reciprocal interactions and promotes generalized parent competence and problem solving skills. A home-based program using family consultants to focus on parent-infant interaction is described. (CL)
Descriptors: Disabilities, High Risk Persons, Home Programs, Infants
Thurmon, Christine – 1980
The Exercises to Encourage Development (EXTEND) Program for developmentally delayed students is described and evaluation results presented. Designed to provide attention to the child with developmental lags in the areas of motor skills, perceptual sensations, or expressive-receptive language, the program attempts to prevent potential academic…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Home Programs, Parent Participation
Turner, Ruth; Rogers, Alberta M. – Journal of the Division for Early Childhood, 1981
The Dallas Independent School District (DISD) provides for the delivery of services to handicapped students from birth to six years of age through the Project KIDS (Kindling Individual Development Systems) program. Journal availability: see EC 133 846. (Author)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Home Programs, Infants, Preschool Education

Rogers, Elisabeth Lodge – Preventing School Failure, 1998
Describes a model for conducting functional assessment in the home. The model uses a trans-disciplinary technical-assistance team to assess and plan interventions for young children with severe challenging behaviors. Discussion includes the kind of information needed, specific examples of data collection in the home, and the benefits and barriers…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Data Collection, Disabilities, Early Intervention
Botein, Sheila; And Others – 1980
The final report describes the development of a program to train neighborhood mothers as home visitors to families with a handicapped child under age 3. The following program aspects are detailed (sample subtopics in parentheses): population (referral sources, family and child characteristics); staff (changes in staffing pattern, hiring core…
Descriptors: Community Action, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Family Programs