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Culpepper, Maribeth; And Others – 1991
Respite care provides relief or backup emergency care for families of individuals who are developmentally disabled. In sparsely populated rural areas, center-based urban models for service delivery and provider recruitment and training may be inappropriate. Las Cumbres Learning Services has developed a model for provision of respite care services…
Descriptors: Community Services, Delivery Systems, Developmental Disabilities, Family Caregivers
Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC. Head Start Bureau. – 1985
This guide for operating the Head Start home-based program option is based on experience gathered in the initial Home Start program and in the decade spanning 1974 through 1984. Its purpose is to offer the tested ideas and procedures gained in those years to organizations wanting to provide home-based child/family development services. The Guide…
Descriptors: Community Surveys, Early Childhood Education, Educational Objectives, Family Programs
Renew, Frank C., Jr. – 1997
This paper describes a proposed model for providing educational services to students with autism and other pervasive developmental disorders (PDD). The model was developed by special education administrators in response to significant increases in the number of students diagnosed with PDD. Services that are necessary to support a classroom for…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Involvement
Stremel, Kathleen; And Others – 1992
This paper on facilitating skill development of infants and toddlers with disabilities within family-child routines focuses on: (1) developing a routine analysis by incorporating multiple Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) objectives into family-selected routines; (2) utilizing systematic family training procedures to integrate targeted skills…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Intervention, Family Involvement, Family Life
Robinson, David L. – 1987
The Community Integrated Training and Education (C.I.T.E.) program, sponsored by the Hamilton County (Ohio) Board of Mental Retardation, is a support program for county families with mentally retarded children, aged 6 months to 22 years. The program is structured to provide education and training for families who have decided against residential…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cost Effectiveness, County Programs, Delivery Systems
Hattie Larlham Foundation, Mantua, OH. – 1996
This report describes a model designed to provide family-centered, community-based coordinated services for families and their children with chronic health care needs. The model, which was implemented to serve 208 children over a 5-year period, is based on three key concepts: families should have the choice to receive services in their homes and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Chronic Illness, Community Programs, Consultation Programs