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Donnelly, Terrence M.; Villmoare, Edwin – 1975
The handbook is part of a series on legal services for the elderly which can be provided by senior citizens functioning as paralegals. It is designed to teach paralegals to represent claimants at a Social Security administrative hearing. The handbook is designed to serve the following purposes: (1) to present major legal concepts governing the…
Descriptors: Due Process, Federal Legislation, Guidelines, Instructional Materials
Black, Robert S.; Fusco, Carol B. – 1975
Guidelines are provided for the development of programs in South Carolina for orthopedically handicapped (OH) pupils. Basic information is given concerning the definition of orthopedic handicap, the legal mandates on the education of OH pupils, funding sources, authorized programs (whether self-contained programs, resource rooms, or itinerant…
Descriptors: Architectural Barriers, Definitions, Educational Objectives, Educational Programs
Regan, Lynda – 1974
Supplement Number 2 of the "Annotated Bibliography--Educational Opportunity Programs" (formerly "Educating the Disadvantaged Child") has been prepared for use by teachers, administrators, school personnel, and the public concerned with implementing effective educational opportunity programs. It concentrates on materials to…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Bilingual Education, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth
Connor, Frances P., Ed.; Cohen, Michael J., Ed. – 1973
Reported are proceedings and results from a special study institute (1973) related to development of a leadership training program for educators of crippled and other health impaired-multiply handicapped (COHI-MH) persons. Noted are contributions of two previous conferences (in 1970 and 1971). Presented are reports of five task forces on the…
Descriptors: Community Role, Competency Based Teacher Education, Conference Reports, Exceptional Child Education
Adventures In Movement for the Handicapped, Inc., Dayton, OH. – 1974
The handbook on Adventures in Movement for the Handicapped (AIM) gives information about general organizational goals and suggests activities for use by volunteer teachers with blind, deaf, crippled, cerebral palsied, mentally retarded, and autistic children at five ability/age levels. General Information given about each handicap usually includes…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Autism, Blindness, Cerebral Palsy
Siller, Jerome; And Others – 1967
To describe and to develop instruments to measure attitudes toward amputees, the blind, and those with cosmetic conditions, three groups of subjects responded to one of three large pools of items tapping attitudes toward the three disability conditions. Three new groups of about 500 subjects of diverse demographic characteristics were given one of…
Descriptors: Amputations, Attitude Measures, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Blindness
Diller, Leonard; And Others – 1969
To measure school achievements in spina bifida children, to relate these measures to certain variables, to obtain information on educational problems, and to study facets of cognition and its changes with age, 77 spina bifida children and 53 amputees (all aged 5 to 15) were tested. Sixty non-disabled children were at times used for controls. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Amputations, Arithmetic, Exceptional Child Research
National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1965
Guidelines for incorporating provisions for the physically handicapped into the design and construction of public facilities are reviewed. Performance criteria and recommendations are given for facility planning, site development, and building equipment. Hazards and safety precautions are discussed, with specifications for architectural elements…
Descriptors: Architectural Barriers, Building Design, Design Requirements, Dining Facilities
Ersing, Walter F., Ed. – 1971
Presented are proceedings from a 3-day midwest regional institute held in 1971 for state level personnel and university leaders on training needs in areas of physical education and recreation for mentally and physically handicapped children and adults. Two presentations given discuss the design and purpose of regional training institutes and…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Exceptional Child Education, Institutes (Training Programs), Labor Needs
Shelnutt, Morris W. – 1973
Innovative methods are outlined for developing an outdoor farm site, which would serve as a tangible educational facility, in an urban county. Although such a facility would primarily serve an extension youth program, the environmental instruction would benefit citizens of all ages in grasping a better understanding of man's relationship to the…
Descriptors: Blindness, Curriculum Development, Environmental Education, Facility Planning
Harrison, Don K. – 1970
A brief analysis of the ERIC/CAPS documents referring to the disadvantaged, handicapped, ethnic and minority groups. Documents input during the time period January through June, 1970 are analyzed in terms of significant trends and significant single studies. Both significant trends and studies are listed, as well as the reasons for selection. In…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Dropouts
Texas State Library, Austin. – 1971
The contents of this report include the following: The Report of the Director who gives background information and discusses the Library Systems Act, services to State Government, and public library construction. The Administrative Division reports on services to library divisions, data processing services, office services and expenditures. The…
Descriptors: Blindness, Library Expenditures, Library Materials, Library Networks
Humza, Albert J. – 1970
The project sought to determine methods of delivering vocational rehabilitation services to people from industry and labor who were disabled and in need of that service. Disability questionnaires were distributed through local unions, largely by mailings, in order to determine potential recipients of vocational rehabilitation services. One hundred…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Employment Programs, Labor Education
Rehabilitation Services Administration (DHEW), Washington, DC. Div. of Developmental Disabilities. – 1972
Described is a federally funded program of university affiliated facilities intended to develop skilled manpower in the field of mental retardation and other developmental disabilities and to demonstrate interdisciplinary, innovative, and improved services for persons who are developmentally disabled. Locations of the facilities are identified as…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Services, Federal Aid, Health Facilities, Health Personnel
Brown, Eleanor Frances – 1971
In this volume, an attempt is made to show what services libraries are now providing for (1) the economically deprived, (2) the physically handicapped, (3) the mentally handicapped, (4) those suffering from racial discrimination, (5) those confined in prisons or other types of institutions, (6) the elderly, (7) neglected youth, and (8) those with…
Descriptors: Blacks, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
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