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Hursh, Daniel E.; House, Diane J. – Exceptional Education Quarterly, 1983
Evaluation of Play Unit for the Severely Handicaped (PUSH) designed for the living room of a residential area used by 16 severely retarded multiply handicapped persons revealed that the impact of the unit was individualized and diverse, and that the responsiveness of the environemt's components appeared to be important. (CL)
Descriptors: Building Design, Multiple Disabilities, Play, Program Evaluation
Download full textHelen Keller National Center - Technical Assistance Center, Sands Point, NY. – 1991
This community living assessment tool for parents of children with deaf-blindness was developed to help parents identify the strengths and weaknesses of their child's residential program using a user-friendly instrument. Three areas of assessment are covered: physical attributes of the home, available resources for promoting capabilities, and…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Community Programs, Deaf Blind, Elementary Secondary Education
Hall, Sylvia M.; Talkington, Larry – Journal of Rehabilitation of the Deaf, 1973
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Hearing Impairments, Manual Communication, Mental Retardation
Rigby, Mary E.; Woodcock, Charles C. – 1969
To design a residential school program for multiply handicapped blind children and to develop identifying procedures for prospects for this type of program, 15 children (ages 5 to 13, legally blind, educationally retarded, multiply handicapped) of both sexes were enrolled in a 12 month program. The curriculum was based on a systematic presentation…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Interpersonal Competence, Learning Activities, Multiple Disabilities
Edelstein, Terry – 1976
Described is a milieu intervention scheme for treatment of disturbed deaf children (6-18 years old) in a residential school for the deaf. It is noted that the program sought to develop respect and awareness of the self and social group within the security of a specially adapted environment and to support reintegration into the social, academic,…
Descriptors: Counseling, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Peer reviewedEmerson, E.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1995
This study evaluated the quality and costs of services for 16 young adults with dual sensory impairments and mental retardation before and during their placement at a specialized, community-based, residential, further-education facility in England. Results indicated that overall quality and costs were higher than in previous placements, though…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Deaf Blind, Educational Quality, Foreign Countries
Romer, Lyle T.; And Others – 1987
This compilation brings together various conference papers and a working group report on the topic of residential services for people with deaf-blindness and other profound disabilities. The title paper by Lyle T. Romer describes three measures for evaluating residential programs: capacity, progress, and lifestyle. Valued outcomes of a residential…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Deaf Blind, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled)
