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PDF pending restorationCabarga, Tom – 1996
This guide contains a brief history of the Internet and explains how to connect to the Internet. It then lists Internet addresses of national organizations, federal agencies, and foundations that provide information on children's issues such as disabilities, child abuse, health issues, legislation, and funding opportunities. (CR)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Information Networks, Internet, Resources
Alaska Governor's Council for the Handicapped and Gifted, Fairbanks. – 1984
Intended for parents of children with disabilities, the booklet lists types and addresses of resources available in Alaska. Resources are organized according to the following types of services: support services, medical and health services, education, respite care, day care, homemaker and home health aides, residential services, vocational…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Services, Recreation
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1990
This directory offers a list of providers, planners, and researchers involved in respite care services for families with children who are mentally retarded, behaviorally disturbed, or physically disabled. The directory, based on information available as of October 1989, lists over 1,800 respite care providers and their addresses and telephone…
Descriptors: Children, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Family Programs
Knoll, James A. – Exceptional Parent, 1990
The "support not supplant" theory of family support services is explained, and results of a national study of trends in family support are analyzed. Current efforts, state legislation, funding levels, respite services, financial assistance, and emerging issues are discussed. A directory of state family support programs is appended. (PB)
Descriptors: Community Services, Disabilities, Family Programs, Financial Support
Missouri Univ., Kansas City. Center on Rural Elderly. – 1990
Caregiver education and support programs help decrease the stress and burden on family caregivers of the elderly. This directory profiles 72 programs for caregivers of elders. Programs are grouped into the categories of education, respite, and support. Education programs address skills and techniques for caregiving and include program…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Alzheimers Disease, Caregiver Role
Wagner, Colleen, Ed. – 1993
This directory contains information about organizations in the United States that offer the following types of services to parents of children and youth with emotional and behavioral disorders: support groups; education; training; referral; advocacy at the case or systems level; transition services; or direct assistance such as respite care, child…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Child Advocacy, Community Programs, Day Care
Indiana Univ., Bloomington. Indiana Resource Center for Autism. – 1997
This collection of articles and bibliographies provides a comprehensive guide to autism. Section 1 presents general information on autism such as characteristics, myths and facts about autism, factors associated with autism, and diagnostic criteria for autism and Asperger's disorder. Section 2, on the family, addresses such aspects as the…
Descriptors: Adults, Asperger Syndrome, Autism, Children
