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Download full textRoe, Daphne A. – 1975
The first 19 pages of the document describe a study carried out to examine the feasibility of using health intervention as a means of increasing entry of welfare clients into job training. Objective screening procedures were used to define physical and mental health problems and handicaps in a New York State sample population. Common health…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Feasibility Studies, Job Training, Labor Force Nonparticipants
Colorado Commission on Higher Education, Denver. – 1974
The procedures, assumptions, and recommendations of a statewide plan for the elimination of architectural barriers in all Colorado institutions of higher education are detailed. The first sections of the report concern the number and nature of those having physical disabilities, available statistical data on a national and a state level, and…
Descriptors: Architectural Barriers, Construction Costs, Facility Guidelines, Facility Improvement
Sauer, Ruth Barngrove – 1975
This handbook offers guidance to parents and staff in developing day care programs which include handicapped children. In Section 1 of the handbook, terms commonly used to describe disabilities are defined. Section 2 presents a picture of the current situation in New York City regarding attitudes toward handicapped children and options for their…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Community Resources, Day Care, Early Childhood Education
Innovative Systems Research, Inc., Pennsauken, NJ. – 1975
Twelve different conversion plans were delineated and evaluated in the performance of this study effort. An indepth technical, financial, and cost/benefit analysis was included. One plan was determined to be distinctively more cost-effective than any of the other plans because it provided a technically feasible system that assured the maximum…
Descriptors: Audiodisc Recordings, Blindness, Cost Effectiveness, Library Collections
Butte County Superintendent of Schools, Oroville, CA. – 1974
Presented is the final report of a 3-year work study program (funded under Title VI) to increase the employability of 95 mentally or physically handicapped high school students. Project objectives included determination of requirements for 50 local jobs, development of 50 slide-film sets to provide job task information, assessment of student…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, Exceptional Child Education, High Schools, Job Analysis
Blessing, Kenneth R., Ed. – 1968
After an overview by Kenneth R. Blessing, eight positional papers consider the role of the resource consultant in various areas of special education and discuss the current and envision the future consultant role. Lou Alonso and Charles E. Henley treat the area of the visually impaired; Hazel Bothwell, the hearing impaired; Peter Knoblock, the…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Responsibility, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Education
Yuker, Harold E.; Feldman, Martin A. – 1967
To provide information on educational modifications for physically disabled children, a review of over 800 documents was evaluated, extensive interviews were conducted, and correspondence was gathered. The information was compiled and evaluated by the Human Resources Center and presented in five monographs dealing with school design, educational…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Equipment, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Needs
Kunce, Joseph T.; And Others – 1973
This monograph has two purposes: (1) to re-examine the findings of a series of studies (supported in part by the Regional Rehabilitation Research Institute at the University of Missouri--Columbia) and restate them in such a manner that may be of interest to a wide audience--particularlyto counselors and to teachers; and (2) to acquaint other…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Counseling, Counseling Services, Disadvantaged
Colorado Springs Public Schools, CO. – 1972
The main service of this project involves early identification of underdeveloped or abnormal behavior characteristics in the preschool-age child and the initiation of an educational treatment plan which ameliorate the developmental problem. Identification of disabled children is made by the two project diagnosticians in nursery schools and Head…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Delayed Speech, Developmental Programs, Grade 1
Love, Don – 1971
This report is an attempt to define the role of the junior/community college in providing vocational training for the physically handicapped. In identifying this role the report offers: (1) an in-depth discussion of the national concern of vocational education for the handicapped, (2) findings from a review of the existing vocational education…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Community Colleges, Disadvantaged, Educational Needs
Worden, Phyllis, Comp. – 1970
A conference set up to exchange and disseminate ideas and information on the mentally retarded is presented. Specific purposes of the conference are: (1) to promote appreciation and understanding of handicapped youth--mentally retarded, and physically and visually handicapped youth, (2) to promote knowledge of on-going programs through 4-H with…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cognitive Development, Conferences, Disabilities
Teaching and Learning Research Corp., New York, NY. – 1970
The general goal of this summer program, funded under Title I, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, was to provide an instructional-vocational program which would meet the needs of handicapped students. Specifically, the program set out to: (a) provide experiences in shop areas which will provide in manipulation of materials and contribute to…
Descriptors: Group Dynamics, Handicapped Children, Handicapped Students, High School Students
1963
IN 1961 THE RHODE ISLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY ESTABLISHED A COMMISSION TO STUDY NEEDS AND PROVISIONS FOR THE EDUCATION OF HANDICAPPED CHILDREN. IN ADDITION TO MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF MANY AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE, THE COMMISSION EMPLOYED A PROJECT DIRECTOR AND A STAFF OF SPECIAL EDUCATION CONSULTANTS WHO GATHERED DATA ABOUT ALL EXISTING…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Emotional Disturbances, Handicapped Children, Mental Retardation
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1976
Since theory and practice of equal educational opportunity is an issue which is currently confronting decisionmakers at all levels of American education, this handbook presents key federal regulations and Oregon statutes, and administrative rules which provide for equality in employment and in the delivery of educational services. Sources of…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Bilingual Students, Disabilities, Educational Opportunities
Atlantis Community, Inc., Denver, CO. – 1976
Findings are presented from a 1-year planning study of independent living for severely physically disabled persons. Funded by a federal grant through the city and county of Denver, the study focuses on the following 10 necessary services (with subtopics in parentheses): income assistance (subsidies and typical expenditures), attendant care…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Community Services, Counseling Services, Daily Living Skills
