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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Special Committee on Aging. – 1983
This document presents the prepared statements and witness testimony from the Congressional hearing on Alzheimer's Disease. Following an opening statement by Senator John Heinz, statements by Senators Larry Pressler and Alfonse M. D'Amato are given. Topics which are discussed include incidence of the disease, family and victim ramifications,…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Aging (Individuals), Financial Support, Geriatrics
Irving, Holly Berry – 1989
This annotated bibliography of materials available from the National Agricultural Library through interlibrary loan to local libraries focuses on nutrition and dietetics as they relate to physical health and special health problems. The bibliography was derived from online searches of the AGRICOLA database, and materials include audiovisuals,…
Descriptors: Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia, Dental Health, Diabetes
Nelkin, Valerie – 1987
The booklet explains ten principles of family-centered health care and six components of community based programs for children with significant medical problems. The principles are: The child and the family have basic rights of self-determination and autonomy. Health care services should be family oriented and maximize family control. Service…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Decision Making, Delivery Systems, Health Needs
Coates, Nancy Jane – 1985
Prominent professionals who had worked with seriously ill children were identified through an automated literature search. The Delphi technique was used to identify components and reach expert consensus on knowledge, attitudes and behavior appropriate for teachers of terminally ill children. Comparisons were then made between the consensus and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Delphi Technique, Diseases, Elementary Education
Hulme, Thomas S. – 1985
The paper describes the Iowa Plan, a network approach to providing home care services for children with handicaps and chronic diseases who require medical technology services. The Iowa Regional Child Health Center Network is reviewed. The centers are based on shared responsibility between major state agencies and the community and serve as focal…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Home Programs, Medical Services
Peer reviewedLloyd-Still, John D.; And Others – Pediatrics, 1974
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Infants, Intellectual Development, Motor Development
Vodola, Thomas M. – 1976
As one of the components of the Project ACTIVE (All Children Totally Involved Exercising) Teacher Training Model Kit, the manual is designed to enable the educator to organize, conduct, and evaluate individualized-personalized physical education programs for children (prekindergarten through high school) with breathing problems. An introductory…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Secondary Education, Individualized Programs
Proceedings of the First National Sickle Cell Educational Symposium (May 1976, St. Louis, Missouri).
Public Health Service (DHEW), Arlington, VA. – 1978
This conference was organized around presentations about the cases of an adult and a pediatric sickle cell anemia patient. Following the presentations of the patients' case histories, and clinical and laboratory findings, the cases were discussed by specialists from various areas of expertise. Among the perspectives offered were those of internal…
Descriptors: Anemia, Blacks, Conference Reports, Genetics
Peer reviewedMooty, Joyce; And Others – Pediatrics, 1975
Descriptors: Body Weight, Diseases, Eating Habits, Etiology
Gardner, Warren H. – J Speech Hearing Disor, 1969
Descriptors: Adults, Medical Case Histories, Medical Services, Special Health Problems
Geller, Sanford E. – 1977
Two adolescent boys with a history of rapidly increasing obesity participated in a behavioral weight reduction program. The multi-dimensional treatment package consisted of those behavioral techniques most often shown to be effective in treating obese adults (programed behavior management and stimulus control instructions, self monitoring of daily…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavioral Science Research, Body Weight
Weisgerber, Robert, Ed. – 1978
Divided into 7 units, the book provides vocational educational teachers with inservice training on practical knowledge and work skills for working with mainstreamed handicapped students. Unit 1 explores the rights of the handicapped, the capabilities and characteristics of the handicapped, training for competitive employment, shaping the training…
Descriptors: Handicapped Children, Individualized Instruction, Inservice Teacher Education, Language Handicaps
PDF pending restorationChildren's Bureau (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1965
STATISTICS (FURNISHED BY 53 REPORTING STATES AND TERRITORIES) ON 1963 PROGRAMS FOR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES ARE PRESENTED. TABLES REPORT TYPE OF SERVICE AND TOTAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN INVOLVED, NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF EACH PHYSICAL HANDICAP, AND NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN IN EACH STATE WHO RECEIVED…
Descriptors: Children, Exceptional Child Services, Medical Services, Neurological Impairments
Cant, Malcolm J. – 1978
Questionnaires completed by 34 epilepsy clients of a long-term comprehensive and decentralized neurological center are analyzed, and professional staff time-statistics are considered in terms of staff member-client interaction time. Survey responses are outlined for the following aspects (sample findings in parentheses): the five most important…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Delivery Systems, Epilepsy, Exceptional Child Research
Toledo, J. R.; Hughes, Howard – 1977
This bibliography includes references from major articles, Index Medicus (1972- 1977), and Psychological Abstracts (1967-1977). The material is arranged under four major headings--health behavior, health education, health services utilization, and compliance with health regimes. It will be of interest to persons working in medical settings and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Attitudes, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research
