The paper describes Project TEACH (Technical Educational Aids for Children with Handicaps), a program at the Shrine School which is designed to meet the needs of physically handicapped and health impaired children. The program emphasizes the use of specialized equipment with the severely physically handicapped children at the school. The need for…

One of a series of the EDSP (Educational Dissemination Studies Program) interrelated studies, this report describes the content of the ERIC database for five equity groups including the physically and mentally handicapped, Blacks, Hispanics, and women; and addresses the question of how much can be learned if the analysis is confined to examination…

Selected from the National Instructional Materials Information System (NIMIS)--a computer based on-line interactive retrieval system on special education materials--the bibliography covers 76 adaptive devices and equipment items for working with physically handicapped students, with particular emphasis on physical education, recreation, driver…

A program is described in which physically disabled adults were hired as teacher aides to work in mainstreamed classrooms. It was found that these aides not only served as role models for handicapped children but also increased the sensitivity of normal students. (JD)

This study investigated the use of reading activities in the enhancement of the lives of nursing-home patients. A special reading group was led by a reading specialist in weekly sessions. Patients voluntarily attended the one-hour sessions and read short selections supplied by the reading specialist. Patients ranged in age from 54 to 91. The…

Presented is a program manual for the Adult Developmental Activity Program (ADAP), a structured work oriented service for substantially retarded and/or severely physically handicapped adults. Program information is organized into four sections: ADAP minimum standards, initial program planning and development factors, information on the ADAP…

A major legal development in the 1970s has been the extension of the principle of egalitarianism to the developmentally disabled, particularly the mentally retarded. The principle that all persons, however unequal they may be in terms of their development, should be treated equally in the sense of being granted equal opportunities has been…

This paper examines the organization and administration of the elementary adapted physical education program in the Indiana Area School District. The program, designed to meet special needs of pupils with temporary or permanent physical deficienceis, contains two basic phases: (a) the modified phase, which retains most of the activities of the…

The project was designed to determine what architectural barriers to physically disabled persons existed in Wisconsin's vocational, technical, and adult education system's institutions. A checklist based on the American Institute of Architects' recommendations was developed and completed for one school in each district to determine the presently…

Volume 1 in a projected series of four annotated bibliographies contains 1,085 entries published from before 1964 through 1971 on prevention and early care for young children (primarily under two years of age) afflicted with cerebral palsy or related developmental disabilities. Arranged alphabetically by author's name, listings usually include…

Volume 2 in a projected series of four annotated bibliographies contains 433 entries published from 1968 through 1972 on prevention and early care for young children (primarily under two years of age) afflicted with cerebral palsy or related developmental disabilities. Arranged alphabetically by author's name, listings usually include title,…

Volume 3 in a projected series of four annotated bibliographies contains 453 entries published from 1972 through 1973 on prevention and early care for young children (primarily under two years of age) afflicted with cerebral palsy or related developmental disabilities. Arranged alphabetically by author's name, listings usually include title,…

In a continuation of the Information System for Adaptive, Assistive and Recreational Equipment, described are aids for physically handicapped pupils in the functional areas of insitu motion, travel, and rehabilitation. Insitu motion equipment items are seen to include static positioning devices (such as tilt tables, stand-in tables, and protective…

Detailed in the booklet is the standard ice skating method and considered are the benefits of therapeutic ice skating for the handicapped and aged. Values for the mentally retarded and physically handicapped are seen to include physiological (such as increased flexibility and improved posture), psychological (including satifaction and enhanced…

Examined are ways in which adaptive aids make communication available to nonverbal severely physically handicapped persons. Techniques for initial assessment are described, including evaluation of outward orientation, motor control and binary choice system. The Herald, an electronic communication board, is said to meet criteria of adaptability,…