With equal access requirements and increasing rates of enrolment of students with disabilities in higher education, universities must find appropriate and efficient ways to create accessible materials which benefit and support all students. In response to cuts to disability funding, issues relating to the provision of an inclusive curriculum are…

The article contains the text of a keynote address made to the Symposium on Delivering Appropriate Instructional Materials to the Handicapped Learner--Systems and Processes (1976, Columbus, Ohio). The business of producing instructional materials is traced. (SB)

Reviews existing models for the systematic creation and testing of instructional materials. Four such models are described and synthesized into a logic diagram, which is suggested as a guide to systematize the development of materials for use with handicapped learners. (Author)

The procedure for marketing special education materials developed by government money is detailed, and the array of technical assistance activities offered by LINC Resources is described. Material criteria is considered in terms of such aspects as timeliness, target audiences, effectiveness data, and product format. (CL)

The director of product development with a commercial publishing firm describes his company's approach to evaluating special education materials and cites examples of successful product characteristics. (CL)

Intended for producers of educational materials, the document offers guidelines to assure that print and nonprint educational materials reflect a positive, fair, and balanced representation of persons with exceptionalities. Nine guidelines are discussed: (1) 10% of the contents should include or represent children or adults with an exceptionality;…

A generic product evaluation system was developed and validated when 13 qualified regular and special educators were trained to estimate the developmental appropriateness of 239 instructional materials. The teams provided feedback for product revision and supplementary use. The data had implications for long term planning, marketing techniques,…

The report describes the procedures and products of seven materials adaptation projects sponsored by the Office of Special Education Programs in the U.S. Department of Education and discusses ideas and techniques that can be adopted by school districts in their own materials adaptation efforts. Project requirements prescribed that adaptations…

Intended for educators who direct federally funded model projects, the booklet provides a framework for special education product development. In "Making Media Decisions," G. Richman explores procedures for selecting the most appropriate medium to carry the message of a given product. The fundamental questions are addressed: what is the…

Five different levels of instructional videodisc and microcomputer configurations are described and discussed in relation to needs and resources of the special education program. Principles of effective instruction should be applied to the development and utilization of videodisc technology.(Author/DB)

This article provides guidelines for designing effective instructional games for all students, including students with disabilities or other special learning needs. The benefits of instructional games, including student motivation and the ability of games to facilitate individualized instruction, are discussed. Sample instructional games,…

Explains how the Open Training and Education Network in New South Wales (Australia) has addressed the issue of designing learning materials for learners in vocational and pre-vocational areas with physical, intellectual, vision, hearing, psychological, or neurological disabilities and learning difficulties, such as low literacy and numeracy…

This article examines the appropriateness of current publications with respect to teaching handicapped adolescents about Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Twelve publications were analyzed using the Fleusch Readability Formula, and none were found appropriate for handicapped adolescents. A new brochure was designed from these findings,…

This speech to a 1990 Publishers' Conference examines the relationship between special education and regular education, with emphasis on implications for publishers of insructional materials concerning relevance (content issues) and access (format issues). Also noted is the suitability of special education as a testing ground for instructional…

Microcomputer assisted instruction for the vocational education of special needs students is in the formative stage. Computer programmers do not understand educational processes well enough to produce effective software, while the majority of special needs educators lack computer training. Special needs educators need to use existing knowledge in…