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Direct linkSchneider, Lawrence W.; Manary, Miriam; Bertocci, Gina – Exceptional Parent, 2007
The responsibility for providing safe transportation for travelers seated in wheelchairs is shared by many stakeholders, including wheelchair and tiedown/restraint manufacturers, vehicle modifiers and equipment installers, transit providers, rehabilitation technology suppliers, wheelchair/seating clinicians, and even informed and responsible…
Descriptors: Placement, Child Safety, Transportation, Injuries
Bergstein, Elizabeth Reed – Exceptional Parent, 1983
The mother of a brain-damaged retarded young woman describes how the daughter's eventual placement in a residential program proved to be the best solution for her family. (CL)
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation, Neurological Impairments, Placement
Bradley, Valerie J.; Agosta, John M. – Exceptional Parent, 1985
The history, philosophy, and importance of family support programs to enhance caregiving capacities of families with disabled children are recounted. Information from a survey of state family support programs is summarized, and successful aspects of Michigan's support subsidy are described. (CL)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Family Programs, Placement, Program Development
Blaska, Joan K. – Exceptional Parent, 1984
A mother describes how her family reached the decision to place their mentally retarded adolescent in a group home. (CL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Family Relationship, Group Homes, Mental Retardation
Holt, Eleanor M. – Exceptional Parent, 1987
A parent recounts the process leading to placement of her severely retarded and cerebral palsied son in a residential situation using Community Training Homes, a foster home program in Connecticut. (DB)
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Community Programs, Foster Care, Parent Attitudes
Eisenpreis, Bettijane – Exceptional Parent, 1974
Described are the initial visit of a parent to a special school to consider placement for her minimally brain injured adolescent son, attitudes of parents and special educators, and ways parents and special educators can facilitate placement. (MC)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Decision Making, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Education
Download full textKlein, Stanley D., Ed. – Exceptional Parent, 1993
This document consists of the nine issues of the journal "Exceptional Parent" published during 1993. This journal contains articles particularly aimed at parents of children with disabilities. Major articles published during this period are the following: "Annual Guide to Products and Services"; "Coping with…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Child Rearing, Disabilities, Family Programs
