Described is a milieu intervention scheme for treatment of disturbed deaf children (6-18 years old) in a residential school for the deaf. It is noted that the program sought to develop respect and awareness of the self and social group within the security of a specially adapted environment and to support reintegration into the social, academic,…

The major research question in this report is the extent to which family membership disability affects the magnitude of internal family interaction. Other research foci addressed here are: the relationship that exists between parental-nonparental or husband-wife positional locations of disabled family members and the magnitude of internal family…

Intended for Illinois teachers of visually, hearing, or physically handicapped children at the elementary grade level, the handbook provides information for developing a career education program. Focused on in chapter 1 is special education in the state of Illinois with sections on philosophy and program guidelines, regional programs and services,…

Presented is the final report of the Massachusetts Commission on Legal and Civil Rights of the Developmentally Disabled formed to investigate the civil rights problems of developmentally disabled citizens and to recommend and take action to correct the problems. It is noted that the report deals with the following areas: self-determination and…

Presented are training materials for use in a teachers' workshop--providing methods for teaching essential skills to students with learning difficulties and planning individual instructional sequences as students' skill needs change. Included are the following ten modules: (1) defining the problem and identifying what will meet the student's…

Presented are the findings of Project Echo, a research project designed to replicate an earlier study on a supplementary instructional program for secondary level learning disabled students. Brief introductory sections cover the three major project components (the instructional curriculum, the teacher training materials, and the classroom…

Presented is the final evaluation report of the third year of a project to develop a model for providing prompt analysis of learning disabilities, intensive specialized teaching, support to parents and regular teachers, and a practicum for specialist teachers in California. Sections cover the following: historical background of the project,…

Described is a research and demonstration program for elementary school children with specific learning disabilities (LD), involving diagnostic services for 1,238 Ss and individually prescribed remediation for 990 Ss over a 3-year period. Eight chapters cover the following: organization, administration, and delivery of services; a comparison of…

Presented are duplications of the responses given by the Berkeley Outreach Recreation Program (California) as part of a project to collect, share, and compile information about, and techniques in the operation of 18 community action models for recreation services to the disabled. Model programs are categorized as consumer, client competency,…

Presented are duplications of the responses given by Leisure Services of the State Technical Institute and Rehabilitation Center (Plainwell, Michigan) as part of a project to collect, share, and compile information about, and techniques in the operation of 18 community action models for recreation services to the disabled. Model programs are…

This guidebook is designed to help community colleges develop programs to train direct care personnel for new community-based residential facilities for developmentally disabled people. Such programs are expected to be increasingly necessary since high priority has been recently given to implementing new forms of care for the developmentally…

Clinical approaches to encouraging spontaneous talking in language delayed children are considered in terms of pragmatics, the effects of communication on behavior. (Author/IM)

An Illinois survey of 84 kindergarten and special education early childhood teachers found that computers were used in over 50% of the kindergartens but only 7% of the special education classes, that most teachers had had some hands-on computer training, and that teachers were not contacted by parents for information about educational computer…

The ACHIEVE Program, an academic support system for learning-disabled college students at Southern Illinois University, uses video technology to present information in a way that is more concrete, segmented, and inferential than traditional modes of instruction. ACHIEVE is used to improve academic skills in reading, writing, and social skills.…

The study of Oregon's secondary special education programs for the mildly disabled surveyed 143 administrators, 323 teachers, and 279 parents. Among results were that few districts used written interagency agreements to involve community agencies; that teachers wanted more and better parent involvement; and that follow-up of previous students was…