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Shoob, Deanna – 1976
The handbook provides an overview of developing and operating a respite care program for mentally and/or physically handicapped persons. The following procedures are addressed: staffing, setting fees, funding, recruiting service providers, training service providers, informing families, and referring requests for respite care. Sample forms,…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Physical Disabilities, Program Administration, Program Development
Cleland, Charles C. – Training Sch Bull, 1969
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association on Mental Deficiency (92d, Boston, Massachusetts, April, 1968).
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Problems, Exceptional Child Services, Institutional Administration
Sowers, Jo-Ann, Ed.; Cummings, Linda E., Ed. – 1979
Based on a behavioral technology based program at the University of Washington, a manual is presented for professionals who wish to establish a program to train retarded persons for, and place and maintain them in, nonsheltered employment. A detailed analysis of the components of such a program is provided, along with a general description of the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavior Modification, Employment Programs, Individualized Instruction
Download full textMuccigrosso, Lynne; And Others – 1991
This booklet addresses the plight of pregnant teenagers and teenage parents, especially those in special education, and the role of program developers and practitioners in responding to their educational needs. After a brief introduction, a research synthesis notes similarities of predictors, extent, and consequences of teenage pregnancy and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Parenthood, Family Life Education, Mental Retardation
Kentucky State Dept. for Human Resources, Frankfort. Div. for Community Services for Mental Retardation. – 1981
The document presents Kentucky's 3-year plan for services to persons with mental retardation. The plan is the product of volunteers serving in an advisory role to the Kentucky Citizen's Planning Council and contains input from over 300 citizens from around the state. An initial section offers the Council's recommendations for improving services,…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Community Services, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education
Grant, Evelyn; Lewis, William – Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Bureau Memorandum, 1968
A pilot program to meet the needs of mentally retarded deaf children is proposed by two Wisconsin schools. The rationale for the program and the summary statement from a 3-day workshop which met to consider a possible program are given. The purpose of the proposed program is to demonstrate the feasibility of removing, at least for a time, deaf…
Descriptors: Children, Deafness, Demonstration Programs, Educational Objectives
New Mexico Health and Social Services Dept., Santa Fe. – 1969
The handbook consists of three sections on construction of facilities for the mentally handicapped in New Mexico. The first presents the state agencies, services, and programs involved and outlines methods of administration, including finances, standards, and other areas. The second section sets forth general characteristics of the state. The…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Construction Needs, Construction Programs, Exceptional Child Services
Michigan State Dept. of Public Instruction, Lansing. – 1966
REQUIREMENTS FOR ESTABLISHING SPECIAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ARE PRESENTED IN CHART FORM. SUCH DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMS AS SPECIAL CLASSES AND ITINERANT PROGRAMS FOR PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY HANDICAPPED, AS WELL AS THE VARIOUS REQUIREMENTS AND REGULATIONS. (VO)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Admission Criteria, Age, Class Size
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Bureau for Handicapped Children. – 1967
Avoiding a curricular emphasis and focusing on a state level philosophy for services for the mentally retarded, the handbook defines the underlying philosophical and legal principles. Aspects of programing treated include statutory and policy regulations, specific considerations for various levels, and interrelated agency involvement in mental…
Descriptors: Agencies, Agency Cooperation, Ancillary School Services, Children
Maine Committee on Problems of the Mentally Retarded, Augusta. – 1967
Developed in conjunction with the plan for comprehensive state and community action to combat mental retardation, the Maine Mental Retardation Facilities Construction Plan is designed to be integrated with other health facilities and to serve the needs of the mentally retarded. The advisory council and the state agency in charge are described. The…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Construction Programs, Exceptional Child Services
Ellis, John; And Others – 1968
A 27-member advisory committee was appointed in 1966 by the Governor of New Jersey to create a written plan that would assure comprehensive vocational rehabilitation services by 1975 for all handicapped people who could benefit from them. The state was divided into seven regions and seven regional committees identified major needs and barriers…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Disabilities
Rice, B. Douglas; And Others – 1983
This manual is designed for use by staff development personnel and other trainers in presenting an orientation to independent living programing for rehabilitation agencies and other human service organizations. The three chapters in unit 1 define independent living, identify the major historic events contributing to the development of independent…
Descriptors: Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Federal Legislation
Fraenkel, William A. – 1969
Meeting at Massachusetts state residential schools and centers for the mentally handicapped, the 15-man committee reviewed recommendations originally appearing in Massachusetts Plans for Its Retarded, A 10-Year Plan (1966). Forty-seven final recommendations for improving residential facilities for the retarded resulted; suggestions made for their…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Advisory Committees, Exceptional Child Services, Financial Needs
California State Dept. of Public Health, Berkeley. Bureau of Health Facilities Planning and Construction. – 1969
Written to aid in the development and improvement of facilities for the mentally retarded in California, the guide describes the organization of the agency responsible, the State Department of Public Health, and presents the laws relating to hospital survey and construction, the State Health and Safety Code. Further information is provided…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Clinics, Construction Programs, Day Care
Whitehead, Claude
The document is a basic guide for planning and organizing a sheltered workshop, a work-oriented rehabilitation facility with a controlled working environment and individual vocational goals. The workshop utilizes work experience and related services to help the mentally retarded person progress toward normal living and a productive vocational…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Facility Planning, Federal Legislation, Guides
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