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Download full textReed, Penny; And Others – 1987
This paper describes efforts in Oregon to improve school services for students with orthopedic impairments. A state technical assistance team was created which worked with regional coordinators. The team established the following goals: providing physical and occupational therapy that is delivered by a team, is directly related to the child's…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Delivery Systems
Hartman, Rhona C.; Redden, Martha Ross – 1982
This fact sheet provides guidelines on adapting testing situations for disabled postsecondary students. Discussed in the first section are considerations in determining when testing adaptations are needed including disability verification procedures, policy consistency, and maintenance of academic and technical standards. Facts about disabilities…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), College Students, Disabilities, Emotional Disturbances
Archer, Edith L. – 1984
A large urban district [the Houston Independent School District], serving 17,000 handicapped students, initiated a special education achievement testing program to provide measures of student growth and group progress. A standardized test was selected that was both norm- and criterion-referenced and that matched the special education curriculum.…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Free Library of Philadelphia, PA. Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. – 1988
This handbook for literacy tutors and adult education instructors is a compilation of information about various handicapping conditions and suggestions for working with students with each of the handicaps. Seven handicapping conditions are considered: hearing acuity problems, visual impairments, deaf blindness, speech and language impairments,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Classroom Techniques, Deaf Blind, Disabilities
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. Center for Libraries and Education Improvement. – 1986
This collection of six reports was compiled by the Public Library Support Staff of the U.S. Department of Education to disseminate pertinent information submitted by the State Library Administrative Agencies on the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) key program areas. Based on data from the fiscal year 1984 LSCA Annual Reports, each…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Data Analysis, Federal Aid, Institutionalized Persons
Binkard, Betty – 1983
Intended for adolescents, the booklet presents case studies of eight teenagers and their friends to illustrate views of ability and disability. Recounted experiences focus on attitudes and feelings of students with learning disabilities, epilepsy, spina bifida, visual impairments, mental retardation, deafness, and mental illness. Narratives center…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Coping, Daily Living Skills
Black, Jan L.; Roelofs, Alice R. – 1984
This book is a resource for human service professionals with detailed information necessary to start, maintain, monitor, assess, and reevaluate a program targeting independence. It describes the Whole Life Program, an interdependent apartment program combined with continuing education for adults with developmental, physical, and emotional…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Caseworker Approach, Continuing Education, Daily Living Skills
Reggio, Kathryn D. – 1977
Presented is a module in mental health and family life education adapted from the New York State Health Education curriculum to meet the needs of physically disabled students in grades K-12. It is explained that physically disabled students need to understand regular health habits in addition to special health concerns relating to their…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Curriculum Guides, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Life Education
Forum--Children and Families. Report of Proceedings of a Seminar (Melbourne, Australia, March 1981).
Ochiltree, Gay, Ed. – 1981
Reported in this document are proceedings of a forum on the relationships between the child and the family. Held March 1981 in Melbourne, Australia, the forum was jointly sponsored by the Institute of Family Studies and the Victorian Child Development and Family Services Council (CDFSC). Specifically, the purpose of the forum was to enable…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Development, Childhood Attitudes
Roice, G. Robert, Ed. – 1981
One of five volumes intended to help teachers of mainstreamed handicapped students, the book presents twelve papers on physical education instruction. The following titles and authors are included: "The Heartbreak of Kickball, Dodgeball, and Drop the Hankie--Elementary School Physical Education--The Bases for the Basics" (R. Benton); "Shared…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Deafness, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
PRISE Reporter, 1981
The document consists of six issues of the "PRISE (Pennsylvania Resources and Information Center for Special Education) Reporter" which cover issues and happenings in the education of the mentally retarded, learning disabled, emotionally disturbed, physically handicapped, visually handicapped, and speech/hearing impaired. Lead articles include the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Emotional Disturbances, Failure
Barnes, Ellen; And Others – 1978
The general theme of this book is developing positive attitudes toward persons with disabilities. It is designed for use by elementary teachers working in a mainstreamed setting. Classroom activities are described which relate to each of the following disabilities: mental retardation, emotional disturbances, learning disabilities, health…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Class Activities, Disabilities
Shiman, David, Ed.; And Others – 1978
This document contains the proceedings from the University of Vermont's 1978 summer institute on special education and Public Law 94-142. In addition to containing the welcoming address, presentations concerning interpreting the mainstreaming law, on perspectives from the bureau for the handicapped, on the need for due process for handicapped…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Educational Needs, Equal Education, Exceptional Persons
CHANCE, BURTON, JR.; MCDONALD, EUGENE T. – 1964
THIS INTRODUCTORY TEXT ON CEREBRAL PALSY IS DIVIDED INTO TWO SECTIONS. THE FIRST SECTION OF THE BOOK CONTAINS INFORMATION ABOUT UNDERSTANDING THE MEANING OF CEREBRAL PALSY, PROGRAMS FOR THOSE WITH CEREBRAL PALSY, THE NEUROLOGICAL BASES, ETIOLOGY, AND DIAGNOSIS, AND THE CLASSIFICATION OF CEREBRAL PALSY. PROBLEMS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH CEREBRAL PALSY…
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Children, Etiology, Exceptional Child Services
BROWN, MINNIE M.; MARSH, C. PAUL – 1965
DURING THE SPRING OF 1964, A STUDY OF THE TRAINING NEEDS OF RURAL DISADVANTAGED NEGRO FAMILIES IN NORTH CAROLINA WAS CONDUCTED IN 12 COMMUNITIES. INFORMATION WAS GATHERED ON EDUCATIONAL LEVEL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT HISTORY, THE EXTENT OF POOR HEALTH AND PHYSICAL HANDICAPS, LEVELS OF OCCUPATIONAL ASPIRATION AND WILLINGNESS TO MIGRATE…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Aspiration, Blacks
