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Download full textDonnellan, Anne; Graczyk, Mary J. – 1988
This instructor's manual is designed to help in implementing a course for caregivers on individual planning for individuals with disabilities. Content notes and implementation notes for each section are provided, as are sheets for overhead projection, worksheets, and handouts. The course is organized into 19 sections to be administered in 8 hours…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Disabilities, Individualized Programs, Life Style
Peer reviewedCooper, Karena J.; Browder, Diane M. – Research in Developmental Disabilities, 2001
A study evaluated effects of a staff training package on the number of choice responses and performance responses made by adults with disabilities in a community purchasing activity. After training, all four staffers generalized offering choices and promoting performance across settings and adults with disabilities and maintained the skills.…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Decision Making Skills, Disabilities
Flugman, Bert; And Others – 1980
This report contains a narrative description of a project to produce a manual for use by student personnel staff to enhance the employment-related interpersonal skills of handicapped community college students. The first two sections overview the project and discuss the need for the project as reflected in the research, literature, and a…
Descriptors: Career Education, College Students, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Rudolph, Carol; And Others – 1984
This manual is the fourth in a set of training manuals for Head Start staff. It contains descriptions of workshop modules on the topics of (1) language development in children, (2) creativity in children, (3) the Individualized Education Program (IEP), (4) building self-esteem in families, (5) family development, (6) effective communication, and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Communication Skills, Creativity, Disabilities
Peer reviewedMurray, Janet – Education for Information, 2000
Discusses staff development opportunities for school librarians and teachers to improve skills in meeting the needs of disabled students. Discusses results of a four-year study which evaluated school library services to disabled students in Australia and emphasizes the need for staff development programs that include policy formation, collection…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Public Welfare, Harrisburg. Office of Mental Retardation. – 1998
Developed by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, this skills inventory addresses skill development for service coordinators in two major areas: technical skills development related to the service coordination duties as defined by state and federal statues and policies, and personal skill development related to attitudes and knowledge…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Devine, Marion; And Others – 1994
This publication focuses on the vignette studies done as part of an evaluation of the development of those transferable and personal skills which had been given prominence by the Technical and Vocational Education Initiative (TVEI) in Scotland. It presents results of a qualitative study of individual practices. Four vignettes are based on…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Case Studies, Critical Thinking, Disabilities
Berney, Tomi D.; Carey, Cecilia – 1989
Project RECURSO, a federally-funded project in its third year of operation, attempted to improve: (1) assessment procedures for limited-English-proficient (LEP) students with handicapping conditions; (2) the skills of teachers and school-based support team members (SBSTs) who work with this population; and (3) the quality of interaction between…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Disabilities, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
