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Direct linkPowers, Kristin; Geenen, Sarah; Powers, Laurie E. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2009
This study explored similarities and differences in the transition expectations of parents and youth. Independent samples of parents (N = 270) of transition-age youth with disabilities and students with disabilities (N = 242) were surveyed about the importance of achieving various adult goals, having specific types of transition-related training…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Factor Analysis, Expectation, Barriers
Mervine, Patricia L. – Exceptional Parent, 1992
Parents are offered simple suggestions for increasing the participation of a child with disabilities in typical domestic, recreational, and social activities. Activities include making gifts, setting the table, and utilizing common objects in adaptive ways. (DB)
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Child Rearing, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Mervine, Patricia L. – Exceptional Parent, 1992
Parents are offered simple suggestions for increasing the participation of a child with disabilities in typical activities. Activities include developing self-help skills, rolling coins, crushing cans, helping with mailings, and decorating for the holidays. (DB)
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Child Rearing, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
PDF pending restorationSouth Carolina Continuum of Care for Emotionally Disturbed Children, Columbia. – 1992
This handbook is intended to assist South Carolina parents of children with severe emotional disturbances as they participate in the state's "Continuum of Care" program, which attempts to provide community based treatment in the least restrictive environment for each client. The handbook begins with a letter from a parent of an autistic…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Children, Delivery Systems
Download full textAmado, Angela Novak; Lyon, Patricia J. – 1992
This booklet is a collection of stories by people who have facilitated Personal Futures Planning groups. The groups provide an individualized, structured approach to life planning for people with developmental or other disabilities and have been implemented since 1988 in Minnesota. Introductory material describes the process, which starts when a…
Descriptors: Community Services, Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities, Group Discussion
Education Development Center, Inc., Newton, MA. – 1995
This foundation guide is addressed to Head Start staff, parents, and consultants to help them develop a broader view of their roles and to support the program's efforts to include children with disabilities in the various worlds around them. The guide includes the following sections: (1) "Module 1: There's Room for All of Us," which…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Family Role, Federal Legislation, Inclusive Schools
Moery, Kathryn – 1993
This manual on development of transition planning programs/services for high school youth with disabilities and their families is based on the premises that both youth and family members need to be actively involved in every step of the transition planning process, that empowered families can access necessary transition and adult services needed…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Legislation
