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Bolkstein, G. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1974
Describes a program in which creative work is the key to integrating blind retarded children into a world where they have a place. (Author/JF)
Descriptors: Blindness, Handicapped Children, Mental Retardation, Program Descriptions
Peer reviewedThrone, John M. – Mental Retardation, 1977
Described is the Unified Programming Procedure, a system to coordinate the planning, implementation, and evaluation of individual program plans for mentally retarded residents and day students. (CL)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Educational Methods, Individualized Instruction, Mental Retardation
Montgomery, Jacqueline; McBurney, Raymond D. – 1970
Described is an Operant Conditioning-Token Economy Program, teaching patients to be responsible for their own behavior, to make choices, and to be motivated to change. The program was instigated with mentally ill patients in a state hospital and was later used with institutionalized mentally handicapped groups. After two years, only four of the…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedCallander, Bruce D. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 1978
A model for implementing in-service education in a residential setting for mentally retarded students is discussed. (CL)
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Inservice Education, Mental Retardation, Models
Reingold, Jacob; Wolk, Robert L. – Industrial Gerontology, 1974
Descriptors: Facilities, Job Satisfaction, Mental Retardation, Older Adults
Download full textBoyan, Craig – 1977
Described are services provided for developmentally disabled adults in the Clausen House system, a community residential facility in California. It is explained that the model is designed for a central program facility with smaller "satellite" houses surrounding it. Reviewed are such program elements as curricula areas for independent…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Group Experience
Peer reviewedAdler, Jack; Finkel, William – Child Care Quarterly, 1976
This study describes an experimental program that involves the participation of child care counselors and remedial educators in planning and implementing a remediation program based on a comprehensive diagnostic assessment of a child's cognitive assets and deficits. (SB)
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Emotional Disturbances, Experimental Programs, Handicapped Children
PDF pending restorationMatthews, Geraldine M. – 1971
The directory lists approximately 120 library information service programs in residential facilities for the mentally retarded. Each program is described in terms of its collection (journals, books, films, and tapes), space, services (story hours, reference questions, bibliographies, and translation services), budget, clientele, and program…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Directories, Exceptional Child Services, Information Centers
Hall, Sylvia M.; Talkington, Larry – Journal of Rehabilitation of the Deaf, 1973
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Hearing Impairments, Manual Communication, Mental Retardation
Barker, Elaine – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1971
Described is a program, ENCOR, which aims at total community integration of all retarded citizens in a five county region. (GW)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Community Services, Educational Programs, Exceptional Child Services
Westerfield, Judy; Williams, Carolyn – 1983
A program created to help mentally retarded adults move from a state facility to an independent living situation in Jackson, Mississippi, is described. The three stages of the program are outlined as follows: (1) new clients are housed in a cluster unit of apartments close to staff housing, during which time they are assessed according to the…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Developmental Disabilities, Group Homes
Denkowski, George C.; And Others – 1983
A model for habilitating mentally retarded adolescent offenders is described. Discussion of historical background indicates a lack of programs for this population. A data-based profile of the population covers range of developmental delay, adaptive behavior scores, social skill development, academic achievement, arrest history, racial composition,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Building Design, Community Programs, Delinquency
Peer reviewedAlson, Leila Bennett; Swidler, Arleen G. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1976
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Exceptional Child Education, Language Acquisition, Males
National Association for Retarded Citizens, Arlington, TX. Research and Demonstration Inst. – 1980
The document looks at the continuum of residential service models for mentally retarded individuals. Chapter 1 describes and cites research on four models (natural family homes, foster homes, community residential facilities, and nursing homes); and points out differences among these service models. A second chapter focuses on programs and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Foster Care, Adults, Children
Wilson, Joy DeMarino – 1979
The paper focuses on coordination of an educational program for non-ambulatory cerebral palsied and profoundly retarded clients (21 years old and younger) in a residential setting not being served by the Texas Education Department. Covered in outline form are the school's requirements governing educational programs, program development,…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Educational Programs, Mental Retardation, Multiple Disabilities
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