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Dixon, Gregory, Ed.; Bridges, Catherine, Ed. – 1979
The conference report contains the keynote address and presentation summaries of a June, 1979, conference on the identification, counseling, and training of disabled Hispanic Americans. The conference was sponsored by Partners of the Americas and the Illinois Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and included administrators, professionals, and…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Disabilities, Ethnic Groups, Handicap Identification
PDF pending restorationResearch Assessment Management, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. – 1984
This 1983 conference on disabled Hispanic persons had as its purpose the identification of rehabilitation needs, patterns of service delivery, and service utilization; and the development of recommendations for a systematic research approach addressing those rehabilitation needs. Issue papers include: "The Hispanic Population: An…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Hispanic American Culture
Download full textGreenwood, Reed, Ed. – 1990
A series of papers is presented from two symposia sponsored by the Work Environment and Technology Committee and offered at annual conferences of the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities. The 1988 symposium was called "Applying Technology in the Work Environment" and the 1989 symposium was called "Reasonable…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Case Studies, Disabilities, Employment
Perlman, Leonard G., Ed. – 1983
This book is the report of proceedings of the seventh Mary E. Switzer Memorial Seminar. The contents include five chapters, papers contributed by seminar participants, which focus on strategies for marketing rehabilitation for various publics, including the general public, disabled persons and their relatives, employers, national decisionmakers,…
Descriptors: Adults, Advertising, Attitude Change, Counseling
Fry, Ronald R., Ed. – 1995
This document is the product of meetings of the Prime Study Group of the Institute on Rehabilitation Issues, whose mission was to: examine consumer choice and decision making in rehabilitation; review the legislation and consumer movements leading to greater consumer choice; identify the roles and responsibilities of the consumer, the counselor,…
Descriptors: Adults, Change Strategies, Consumer Education, Counselor Role
Sanderson, Priscilla Lansing, Ed.; Gahungu, Athanase, Ed. – 1999
A workshop aimed to increase participant knowledge about how to improve vocational rehabilitation (VR) services for American Indians with alcohol disorders. Objectives included dissemination of results of a national research project; an overview of issues related to rehabilitation, alcohol abuse, and American Indian people; and specific…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcoholism, American Indian Culture, American Indians
Browning, Philip, Ed. – 1993
This proceedings document provides the texts of 12 presentations given at a 2-day conference in 1992 which focused on policies, materials, programs, and activities being implemented in Alabama to foster the successful transition of youth with disabilities to adult life. Two papers address the national scene: "Transition Services Requirement:…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Family Programs
Iowa State Dept. of Public Instruction, Des Moines. Special Needs Section. – 1973
A two-day workshop in Council Bluffs, Iowa, organized by the Special Needs Section, Iowa Department of Public Instruction reviewed commercial vocational assessment systems for possible inclusion in educational programs in secondary public schools, area vocational and community colleges, and correctional institutions. The document consists of…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education, Community Colleges
Perlman, Leonard G., Ed.; Austin, Gary F., Ed. – 1984
These proceedings contain the texts of nine papers presented at a seminar dealing with technology and the rehabilitation of disabled persons in the information age. The first part of the volume consists of the following papers authored by Switzer scholars: "A Philosophical and Cultural Approach to High Technology in Rehabilitation," by…
Descriptors: Computers, Counseling Objectives, Counselor Role, Disabilities
