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Download full textHuber, Mary; And Others – 1994
This report describes a federally funded project designed to meet the needs of culturally diverse children with special health care needs and their families in New York. The goal was to establish a model program that would demonstrate that the quality of life for culturally diverse children with special health needs and their families would be…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Children, Clearinghouses, Community Programs
PDF pending restorationInnocenti, Mark S. – 1994
This report is the fourth in a series of follow-up analyses of nine longitudinal studies addressing the costs and effectiveness of alternative types of early intervention for children with disabilities. An introduction provides an historical perspective and conceptual framework for the studies, including common study elements and how research…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Minnesota State Dept. of Health, Minneapolis. Services for Children with Handicaps. – 1991
This booklet contains guidelines to help families coordinate health care of a child with asthma. The first section provides general information covering what asthma is, the signs and symptoms of asthma, effects of asthma, and the use and effects of various medications. A section on health care focuses on the use of the Family Centered Health Care…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Asthma, Child Development, Children
National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health, Arlington, VA. – 1997
Materials included in this annotated bibliography cover topics related to child care and children with special health needs. Included are 68 resources that address: (1) the Americans with Disabilities Act and implications for child care; (2) nutrition of children with special health needs specific to the child care setting; (3) materials for…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Child Health, Day Care Centers
Plummer, Nancy; Michael, Nancy, Ed. – 1983
This module on drugs used in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is intended for use in inservice or continuing education programs for persons who administer medications in long-term care facilities. Instructor information, including teaching suggestions, and a listing of recommended audiovisual materials and their sources appear first.…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Allied Health Personnel, Asthma, Behavioral Objectives
Naples, Victor J.; Todd, Joseph H. – 1968
The historical development of programs for orthopedically handicapped children, class units and hospital classes approved during 1967-68, and the number of therapy units established are presented. Tables give data on program population: enrollment for years 1962-68, percent of handicaps enrolled, and IQ distributions. Aspects of occupational…
Descriptors: Administration, Educational Objectives, Equipment, Etiology
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs. – 1975
Focusing on America's self-knowledge about its nutritional health, this report deals with the availability of nutrition evaluation and counseling to individuals and the adequacy of the national nutrition monitoring system. Bureaucratic and political problems of applying nutritional health considerations to food policy are also examined. Nutrition…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Eating Habits, Foods Instruction, Government Role
District of Columbia Dept. of Human Resources, Washington, DC. – 1968
Services for persons living in the District of Columbia, with handicaps due to mental, physical, sensory, or special health conditions, are described. Agencies offering services for several handicapping conditions and government facilities are listed; indexes list agencies by specific handicaps and by services. The address, telephone, hours,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Admission Criteria, Agencies, Clinical Diagnosis
Reggio, Kathryn D. – 1977
Individualized health incentive program modules were developed for students having severe physical disabilities. Their needs fell into these categories: lack of function of the involuntary nervous system; paralysis or lack of feeling; bracing or confinement to a wheelchair; muscular weakness; arm and joint immobility; prosthetic limbs; brittle…
Descriptors: Counseling Instructional Programs, Disease Control, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Health
Peer reviewedRothstein, Laura F. – Journal of College and University Law, 1986
Issues relating to handicapped students on college campuses include: who is handicapped; standardized tests and students with health impairments; and reasonable accommodations for students (including readers and interpreters, and students with AIDS, alcohol or drug addiction, or emotional problems). (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Alcoholism, College Faculty
Peer reviewedCrocker, Allen T.; And Others – Journal of School Health, 1994
Article offers best practices guidelines for supporting students with HIV infection in the school setting. The guidelines focus on preparation of the school setting, the enrollment process, assurance of appropriate services, and other elements. A Spanish version of the guidelines is included. (SM)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Admission (School), Board of Education Policy, Chronic Illness
Bruns, Deborah A. – 1996
This case study describes the 2-year process of moving a young child with severe disabilities and complex medical needs from a special school setting to a special class in a regular education setting. The child had Marshall-Smith Syndrome, characterized by respiratory, pulmonary, and skeletal abnormalities, and developmental delays due to the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Decision Making, Educational Diagnosis, Failure to Thrive
Bellinger, Diane; And Others – 1995
This paper reviews the research on fragile X syndrome, the second most common cause of mental retardation related to chromosomal anomaly. It notes that far more males than females are affected by the fragile X syndrome, which typically results in craniofacial changes, delays in growth and development, speech/language difficulties, and cognitive…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Patterns, Clinical Diagnosis, DNA
Walker, Deborah Klein – 1992
This paper examines the legal mandates as well as the definitions and indicators for a family-centered early childhood system of care for children with special needs. Legislation discussed includes the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant (Title V of the Social Security Act). Various definitions…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Definitions, Delivery Systems
Sharbaugh, Carolyn S., Ed. – 1991
This report summarizes proceedings and recommendations of a workshop on trends, needs, and issues in maternal and child nutrition services and presents 28 major recommendations and associated action strategies which address general areas, women's nutrition for optimal reproductive health, infant nutrition, child nutrition, adolescent nutrition,…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adolescents, Allied Health Personnel, Children
