The information in this book came from a Canadian survey of people with disabilities, along with interviews and focus group discussions with service providers, police, advocates, and family members (total n=120) and a review of the literature, case law, and statutes. The study focused on violent or abusive circumstances experienced by individuals…

This document contains vocational education program courses standards (curriculum frameworks and student performance standards) for vocational education instructional support services. These services provide an opportunity for individuals with disabilities and disadvantaged persons, including those with limited English proficiency, to receive…

The North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC) released this report in response to recent calls for a return to institutionalized care for children. The response is based on NACAC's long-held position that: (1) every child deserves a family; (2) institutionalization is not an acceptable substitute for a family; and (3) many important,…

Twenty adult psychiatric outpatients were assessed by their primary therapists on the Current Behavior Inventory prior to placing them in community settings. The diagnoses included schizophrenia, major affective disorder, dysthymic disorder, and atypical paranoid disorder. The inventory assessed behaviors in four areas: independent community…

Curricula for English as a second language geared toward youth and adults in correctional institutions are rare. Using the popular Parker Brothers game, "Monopoly," a learning unit was prepared combining high motivation and entertainment with practice in survival language and computational skills in a real-life situation. This unit is…

This three-part report summarizes the accomplishments of Illinois' Disadvantaged Student Grant Program, through which public community colleges receive special funds for aiding educationally disadvantaged students on the basis of enrollment in remedial and developmental courses. Part I presents anecdotal accounts of exemplary student achievements…

This is one of twenty course guides in the Community Living Skills Guide for the College for Living series which provides guidelines and workbook activities for the course, Beginning Woodworking, Use of Basic Hand Tools and Shop Safety. The series of courses for developmentally disabled adults is intended to supplement residential programs and to…

One of twenty course guides in the Community Living Skills Guide for the College for Living series, this document provides guidelines and workbook activities for the course, Money Management II (Checkbooks, Budgets, and Survival Math.) The series of courses for developmentally disabled adults is intended to supplement residential programs and to…

One of twenty course guides in the Community Living Skills Guide for the College for Living series, this document provides guidelines and workbook activities for the course, Nutrition I. The series of courses for developmentally disabled adults is intended to supplement residential programs and to aid in orienting institutionalized persons to…

One of twenty course guides in the Community Living Skills Guide for the College for Living series, this document provides guidelines and workbook activities for the course, Recreation for the Adult Who Is Low Functioning. The series of courses for developmentally disabled adults is intended to supplement residential programs and to aid in…

TO STUDY EFFECTS OF EARLY INTERVENTION ON CHILDREN, AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF 13 SUBJECTS (AGED 7 TO 30 MONTHS, IQ 35 TO 89) WAS TRANSFERRED FROM AN ORPHANAGE TO THE INTENSE STIMULATION OF A MOTHER SURROGATE AT AN INSTITUTION FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED. A CONTRAST GROUP OF 12 SUBJECTS (AGED 11.9 TO 21.8 MONTHS, IQ 50 TO 103) REMAINED AT THE…

LISTING 442 REFERENCES FROM JANUARY 1, 1965 TO JANUARY 1, 1967, THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY ON RECREATION FOR THE HANDICAPPED SUPPLEMENTS THE ORIGINAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF REFERENCES FROM THE 1950-65 PERIOD. ENTRIES ARE ARRANGED IN 13 CATEGORIES SUGGESTED BY AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE--(1) GENERAL PHILOSOPHY, (2) ADMINISTRATION OF RECREATION FACILITIES, (3)…

COMPENSATORY EDUCATION ACTIVITIES AND SCHOOL SERVICES IN WICHITA, KANSAS, ARE DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT. SPECIFICALLY DISCUSSED ARE THE OBJECTIVES, PROCEDURES, EVALUATION STRATEGIES, AND RESULTS OF EACH ACTIVITY OR SERVICE. THE MOST PREVALENT TYPE OF PROGRAM WAS CORRECTIVE READING. OTHER ACTIVITIES INCLUDED CULTURAL ENRICHMENT, SUMMER PRESCHOOL AND…

The role of a program evaluation unit in the Illinois State Educational Agency (SEA) as it attempts to provide meaningful data for a variety of audiences about projects that have extremely short life is investigated. The focus is on two programs--migrant programs and neglected/delinquent programs--funded under Title I, Public Law 89-750. A common…

Papers on visually handicapped and mentally retarded children presented are the following: the challenge of the problem; programming; developmental learning; psychotherapeutic learning; operant conditioning; design of institutional facilities; care and management in institutional settings, schools, and state homes; and definitions of medical terms…