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TEN CHILDREN AGED 5-8 WERE SELECTED TO TEST A SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL, SELF-OPERATING SYSTEM TO DEVELOP LIPREADING SKILLS. THEIR HEARING DEFICIENCY RANGED FROM HARD OF HEARING TO PROFOUNDLY DEAF. THE SYSTEM CONSISTED OF THREE STUDY CARRELS, AN 8-MM CARTRIDGE-LOADING SOUND MOTION PICTURE PROJECTOR, AND AN OBSERVATION BOOTH UTILIZING A ONE-WAY MIRROR.…

THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE 2-YEAR STUDY WAS TO MEASURE THE SOURCES OF INTERPERSONAL CONCERN AMONG THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED. BASED ON SCHULZ'S THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL OF INTERPERSONAL INTERACTION, "THE SCHEDULE OF INTERPERSONAL CONCERNS" WAS DEVELOPED. THIS INSTRUMENT CONTAINS 59 ITEMS DIVIDED INTO FIVE FACTORS--REJECTION, RESPONSIBILITY,…

This booklet is the first step in a nationwide project to provide information that can be used for improving the accessibility of buildings and their programs for the arts. Arts programs and facilities are described that have been designed to overcome barriers to children, the elderly, and the handicapped. The second part lists organizations and…

Described are federally funded projects designed to provide building standards and codes for the physically handicapped. (CL)

A short curriculum outline and suggested readings are offered for the physical education teacher who will be dealing with physically handicapped children in the class. (JD)

The mother of a physically handicapped child traces the progress her son made from the time he was born until he reached second grade. (SBH)

A survey of campus buildings provided data on accessibility for the handicapped, cost estimates, and priority lists for scheduling renovations at the University of Florida. (MLF)

Discusses the primary importance for professionals in rehabilitation to help the physically handicapped develop the capacity to evaluate and train for specific social, personal, and community adjustment objectives. Major topics are identification of behavioral objectives, and training techniques and methods, based on normalization principles. (TA)

This dialogue focuses primarily on the meaning of the placement process and the functions of the placement specialist. There is sharp disagreement between the authors concerning placement in the rehabilitation process and the role of the rehabilitation counselor. Each author offers his viewpoint. (Author)

Job Seeker's Aids is a step-by-step procedure that can be used by rehabilitation counselors to help clients locate and visit manufacturing, institutional, and other places of employment for the purpose of identifying and applying for job openings. (Author)

Studied were the effects of reversing the color of white and black figure and ground drawings on Goodenough-Harris Drawing Test performance of 21 cerebral palsied and 21 normal children (all 5 to 18 years old). (Author/SBH)

At the University of Illinois Illini Union in Urbana, physically disabled students can shop at the bookstore with the aid of special bus service, hydraulic lifts, and assistance by store employees. Special store hours are arranged for these students during registration. (LBH)

Gestalt therapy is an existential helping approach that assumes human beings have the potential to choose their behavior and thus define their own meaning in life. Applying Gestalt theory, disabled persons can define the meaning of the disability to their total person. (Author)

A case study is presented of a 6-year-old cerebral palsy child who is unsuccessfully mainstreamed in a regular first grade class. (CL)