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Peer reviewedStancliffe, Roger J.; Hayden, Mary F.; Lakin, K. Charlie – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 2000
The quality, number, and content of residential Individualized Habilitation Plans (IHP) objectives were evaluated for 155 adult institution and community residents. Over 90 percent of objectives were functional and age appropriate. Community residents had significantly more IHP objectives and also had objectives from a wider variety of content…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavioral Objectives, Community Programs, Daily Living Skills
Download full textStenhjem, Pam – National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET), University of Minnesota, 2006
This brief describes two exceptional model programs for adjudicated youth with disabilities: Woodland Hills Residential Facility in Duluth, Minnesota and the Minnesota Correctional Facility-Walter McGinnis High School in Red Wing, Minnesota. The brief shares best practices from research about these programs as well as insight, commentary, and…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Individualized Instruction, Juvenile Justice, Disabilities
Peterson, Bruce; Sullivan, Mary Jane – 1982
A residential instructional program was developed which provided two 2-week institutes for handicapped students during the summer of 1982. Recognizing that most of these students are mainstreamed and do not take science laboratory courses, the program focused heavily on the outdoor laboratory setting at an environmental center. In addition,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Ecology, Environmental Education
Twitchell, Wirt B. – 1981
Evaluation of the 5-week Chinle Agency (Bureau of Indian Affairs) Summer Special Education Program for participating elementary teachers reflected the strengths and weaknesses of the program, which served 43 eligible Navajo students and classroom teachers and teacher aides for some length of time, and presented 20 recommendations. Evaluation…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Disabilities, Educational Objectives
Anderson, Betty N.; Bower, JoAnn C. – 1986
This final report documents the findings of a study designed to evaluate the quality and efficiency of early education programs for handicapped children in Louisiana during 1985-86. More than 400 classes in 65 formal programs (residential, home-based, and center-based) serving approximately 5,000 handicapped children ages 3-5 were studied. The…
Descriptors: Child Development, Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Home Programs
National Center on Outcomes Research, Council on Quality and Leadership, Towson, MD. – 1999
This report describes the genesis, definition and use of the Personal Outcomes database, a database designed to assess whether programs and services are being effective in helping individuals with disabilities. The database is based on 25 outcome measures in seven domains, including: (1) identity, which is designed to provide a sense of how people…
Descriptors: Adult Foster Care, Adults, Civil Rights, Databases
Human Services Research and Development Center, St. Paul, MN. – 1995
This report discusses a 3-year project to examine and develop agency structures to implement a more person-centered design in Minnesota agencies assisting individuals with disabilities. Five of the eight participating agencies offered residential services; two offered vocational, employment, and day programs; and one offered both residential and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agency Role, Change Strategies, Day Programs
