The history of physical education, a philosophy of education, the need for a study of adapted equipment, and a definition of terms are presented. A selected review of the literature and the study methodology precede a list of equipment and apparatus. Drawings of 60 kinds of material are provided, some accompanied by dimensions, composition, and…

Listed in the handbook for teachers, administrators, and instructors of teacher education are suggestions for teaching the homebound and hospitalized physically and multiply handicapped children. The purposes of home and hospital teaching are given to include compensation for loss in-school experience and adjustment of instruction according to the…

This paper is one of a series of documents being issued by the Head Start Regional Resource and Training Center in response to a need to develop a variety of materials for use in local Head Start programs. The term "handicapped preschool child" is defined, and a list of handicapped conditions and the special needs they may generate is…

The effects of modifications in intelligence test procedures upon the scores obtained by 232 normal, 102 mentally retarded, 106 cerebral palsied and 35 orthopedically handicapped children were investigated. Stanford-Binet tests in year-levels II through V were modified to require only a pointing or yes/no response. The modified form appeared to be…

The original purpose of this project was to demonstrate that the use of intensive counseling services in a hospital workshop along with work activity could provide a basis for easing chronic unemployment among the physically handicapped. Phase II, which this report covers, concentrated on the same objective, but broadened the scope of the project…

To study the effect on physically handicapped children's mental health of organized group activities in community centers and settlements, 230 children participated in a 2 year demonstration project. Mental health was defined as the child's social functioning in home and school and as reflected in the child's self image; and it was hypothesized…

Vocational placement, social needs, and the lack of proper transportation for disabled persons are major problems to be solved if physically handicapped people are to function in community life. Mobilization for Maturity was a 3-year research and demonstration project which utilized a self-help approach to help disabled people to re-enter…

The report covers the first 2 years of operation of the Summer Family Conference, a 5-day program designed to provide intensive educational and counseling services to families with young (2-6 years) cerebral palsied children. Families involved were those considered hard to reach due to poverty or other factors by United Cerebral Palsy of New York…

Presented in this report are the results of a study conducted by the Texas School for the Deaf to determine the outcome of deaf students as a result of their educational experiences, as well as to gather occupational information about deaf workers. Of a total of 410 persons who left the school between September 1965 and May 1970 at the age of 14…

Instructions are given for teaching severely physically and/or neurologically handicapped students to use the 14-key Cybertype man-machine communications system, an electric writing machine with a simplified keyboard to enable persons with limited motor ability or coordination to communicate in written form. Explained are the various possible…

The instruction manual contains lessons for teaching severely physically and/or neurologically handicapped students to use the seven-key Cybertype electric writing machine. Unlike the 14-key keyboard, which requires bilateral coordination in arms, legs, or other parts of the body, the seven-key keyboard requires the use of only one part of the…

Teaching instructions, lesson plans, and exercises are provided for severely physically and/or neurologically handicapped persons learning to use the Cybertype electric writing machine with a tongue-body keyboard. The keyboard, which has eight double-throw toggle switches and a three-position state-selector switch, is designed to be used by…

Presented is an article urging teachers of science to handicapped students in the mainstream school to accept the challenge of involving the handicapped child as a contributing member of their regular classes. To do this the teacher must have access to a variety of materials. (EB)

The spinal cord-injured street person is especially resistant to rehabilitation. His life style is characterized by the use of physical power and mobility to survive and gain respect. He loses this main form of control and attempts to manipulate the treatment environment to care for him while he avoids confronting his disability. (Author)