Approximately 400 references regarding working with parents of handicapped children are noted on the resource list and annotated bibliography. In the resource list, books are grouped by subject headings including types of handicapping conditions (11 conditions including hearing impairments, severe handicaps, physical/health impairments,…

The report examines the status of education for children with severe behavior disorders. Analysis of Annual Program Plans, compliance evaluations, and interviews with state officials provided results in five areas (sample findings in parentheses): definitions (there was great concern over the term "seriously emotionally disturbed" as defined in…

The document provides information on an integrated therapy model for severely handicapped students in the public schools, and describes the development of a curriculum for teaching nonverbal communication skills. It is explained that the integrated therapy model allows for greater involvement in the home and classroom by the occupational and…

As a description of a "survival kit" for teachers confronted with the instruction of severely/profoundly handicapped children, complete information with regard to purposes of the kit, printed and audiovisual contents, scope and sequencing of topics for the six training modules, and activities and resources involved in the use of the kit is…

The efficacy of training parents as behavior modifiers of problem behaviors displayed by their seven-year-old severely retarded son was investigated in relationship to targeted problem behaviors including throwing objects, refusing to comply with parental commands, and refusing to sit in a chair at a table. In order to deal with the child's…

Presented is a report of a 4-month project designed to review literature on projects pertaining to deaf-blind prevocational training, to implement a model prevocational program for six severely handicapped deaf-blind students (10 years old), and to conduct two workshops in the area of prevocational training for deaf-blind students. Provided in…

Examined are the effects of motor skill development and impairment on the infant's and young child's overall functioning, and suggested are guidelines for assessing motor skills in multiply handicapped children. It is explained that motor delays and deficits limit a child's learning during critical developmental periods. Examples of delayed motor…

Contingent social reinforcement was applied differentially to aid the behavioral and educational development of a 9-year-old severely retarded nonverbal female with quadriplegic spastic cerebral palsy. Four behaviors prerequisite and collateral to beginning language development were defined and measured: eye contact, head control, initiative…

Provided are four papers from a national conference, titled "The Deaf-Blind Child and the Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor", designed to identify and present possible solutions to some of the problems facing the deaf-blind child as he or she matures and moves from a basic educational setting into the realm of the vocational counselor. Entries…

The annotated bibliography on Severely and Multiply Handicapped--Program Descriptions/Operant Conditioning contains approximately 140 abstracts and associated indexing information for documents or journal articles published from 1967 to 1975 and selected from the computer files of the Council for Exceptional Children's Information Services and the…

Presented are six inservice modules designed for personnel working with severely multiply handicapped students. Facilitator notes, activity notes, activity sheets, and worksheets or recording sheets are presented for the following modules: defining the problem and identifying what will meet the student's need, task analysis, systematic inquiry,…

A consultation model provided technical assistance in the areas of behavior management and curriculum design for the treatment of severe behavior problems exhibited by persons with severe/profound retardation and dual sensory impairments (deaf/blind). Four of the five clients showed significant behavioral improvements as a result of the…

Examination of the acquisition, maintenance, and generalization of three cooking skills by three multiply and severely handicapped blind adolescents revealed that a "whole task" approach was successful in teaching the subjects to boil an egg, grill cheese, and cook a TV dinner. These skills also generalized to other cooking products. (Author/CB)