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Davis, Jerome; And Others – 1978
The report covers two activities of the Model Site Program of the National Committee: Arts for the Handicapped (NCAH). The first section is devoted to a review of the needs assessment survey which was completed by 703 special education professionals. Data from the survey is summarized according to such topics as the extent to which arts…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Disabilities, Handicapped Children, Needs Assessment
VUILLEMOT, L.D. – 1967
THE COMPOUNDING PROBLEMS OF A SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM IN A SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LESS THAN 15,000 POPULATION ARE OUTLINED BY THE DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION IN AN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN ILLINOIS. A VARIETY OF ADAPTIVE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES IS CONSIDERED. THE DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1959-60 OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION DISTRICT WHICH NOW SERVES…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Adolescents, Disabilities, Handicapped Children
Reynolds, Grace D., Comp. – 1979
The proceedings of an institute on PAM--Project Aquatics Mainstreaming, designed to develop a continuum of services in aquatics for handicapped persons--is presented. Addresses touch on the following topics: the project's history, analysis of mainstreaming, mainstreaming issues (including legal and legislative ones); program and individual…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Conference Reports, Disabilities, Facility Guidelines
Nesbitt, John A. – 1978
One of nine volumes in a series on recreation for the handicapped, the report examines new concepts and processes in special recreation. Among 10 topics considered are the following: goals of community recreation for the handicapped; delivery system; guidelines for management and development; local community leadership; planning, cooperation and…
Descriptors: Community Services, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Handicapped Children
CALOVINI, GLORIA, ED. – 1965
DEVELOPED TO GUIDE COUNTY ADVISORY COMMITTEES IN SHORT AND LONG RANGE PLANNING OF IMPROVED SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES TO EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN, THE MANUAL PRESENTS INFORMATION ON THE FOLLOWING TOPICS--(1) STEPS TO FOLLOW WHEN PREPARING THE COUNTY PLAN, (2) CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL, (3) ESTIMATED PREVALENCE RATES UPON WHICH TO PLAN, (4) AGE, CATEGORY,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Advisory Committees, Children, County School Districts
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1974
Presented by the Comptroller General of the U.S. is a 1974 report to the Congress on Federal programs for the handicapped in the areas of special education, vocational education, and vocational rehabilitation. An introductory chapter points out that only 40 percent of an estimated 7 million handicapped children are receiving the education they…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Evaluation, Exceptional Child Education, Federal Aid
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. National Air And Space Museum. – 1977
Presented are guidelines drawn from surveys of programs and services provided for handicapped persons in U.S. museums. An initial section which reviews literature on museum programs for handicapped visitors focuses on problems and misconceptions regarding blind, deaf, physically handicapped, learning disabled and emotionally disturbed, and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Facilities, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Research
Kuhn, Jeanette M. – 1978
Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, which requires a free and appropriate education for all handicapped children in the United States, creates special problems for the language arts teacher. The law mandates that handicapped children should be mainstreamed to the maximum extent possible while receiving individualized…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Educational Programs, Elementary Education
BONHAM, S.J., JR. – 1966
THIS GUIDE PRESENTS IN OUTLINE FORM THE PROGRAM STANDARDS APPROVED BY THE OHIO STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION IN AUGUST 1966 FOR 13 SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND FOR LEGAL DISMISSAL FROM SCHOOL ATTENDANCE. THE FOLLOWING TOPICS ARE CONSIDERED--GENERAL STANDARDS, ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICES, CLASS SIZE AND STUDENT AGE RANGE, HOUSING, EQUIPMENT AND…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Ancillary School Services, Boarding Homes, Disabilities