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National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities, 2013
The term "multiple disabilities" is general and broad. From the term, you cannot tell how many disabilities a child has; which disabilities are involved; or how severe each disability is. Many combinations of disabilities are possible. The different disabilities will also have a combined impact. That is why it is also important to ask:…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Definitions, Evaluation Methods, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
ERIC Clearinghouse on Handicapped and Gifted Children, Reston, VA. – 1987
A federally funded research report, titled "The Development of a Program in Orientation and Mobility for Multi-Handicapped Blind Infants" by Randall Harley et al., is briefly summarized in this one-page abstract. The report discusses the development of the "Peabody Mobility Kit for Infants," a package of assessment and training…
Descriptors: Blindness, Cognitive Development, Evaluation Methods, Infants
Jenks, Mark – 1988
Camping Out is an outdoor education program designed to meet the needs of hearing-impaired, mentally retarded children. The program aims to help children overcome language deficits and restrictions of their limited environments while learning recreation skills which can enhance their motor, cognitive, and affective skills. The program covers seven…
Descriptors: Camping, Daily Living Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Koenig, Alan J.; Holbrook, M. Cay – 1995
Designed to assist in the selection of appropriate literacy media for students with visual impairments, this guide outlines the essential elements of learning media assessments. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the learning media assessment (LMA) process. Included is a discussion of Texas law and regulations that govern LMA. Chapter 2 documents…
Descriptors: Braille, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Large Type Materials
Kuder, S. Jay – 2003
This text on teaching students with language disabilities is divided into three parts. Part 1 presents the components of speech, language and communication and describes language development. Part 2 describes the language abilities of students with a variety of disabilities. Part 3 provides suggestions for assessment and intervention and discusses…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Autism, Behavior Disorders, Cultural Influences
McMullen, Victoria B. – 1986
This curriculum provides a sequence of activities designed to help develop cognitive and communication skills in severely and profoundly multi-handicapped individuals who are functioning between 0 and 24 months. Based on the principles that communication begins at birth and that educational programming must begin at the point where the handicapped…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes