A study was conducted by Leeward Community College (LCC) in Fall 1978 to determine the social and psychological problems which are unique to handicapped female students. The study involved interviews with the directors of LCC's Handicapped Services Center and Women's Center and a survey soliciting information from LCC's 40 handicapped women…

This final report provides detailed coverage of the progress of a project to meet the need of preparing vocational teachers and curriculum specialists for delivery of effective vocational education programs to the handicapped. It begins with six quarterly reviews of project activities, the main activities being (1) training of state vocational…

This job inventory documents thirty-seven successfully employed, upper-extremity-impaired individuals in Houston, Texas. The inventory format for each contains three sections. The client profile contains basic identifying information, medical and functional data, and vocational information. The job profile presents basic identifying job…

Designed as supplemental material to on-going instruction in the vocational program, this first of three picture dictionary booklets in the Culinary Arts series is intended to assist the learning handicapped student to master the core vocabulary taught in the trade. Intended for individual or small group instruction with minimal supervision, this…

Designed as supplemental material to on-going instruction in the vocational program, this second of three picture dictionary booklets in the Culinary Arts series is intended to assist the learning handicapped student to master the core vocabulary taught in the trade. Intended for individual or small group instruction with minimal supervision, this…

Designed as supplemental material to on-going instruction in the vocational program, this third of three picture dictionary booklets in the Culinary Arts series is intended to assist the learning handicapped student to master the core vocabulary taught in the trade. Intended for individual or small group instruction with minimal supervision, this…

THE MAJOR PRUPOSE OF THIS DIRECTORY IS TO LOCATE PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES FOR CHILDREN WHO REQUIRE SPECIAL ACADEMIC ASSISTANCE. IDENTIFIED ARE ABOUT 400 PROGRAMS STRESSING DIAGNOSTIC, FOLLOWUP, PLANNING, TUTORIAL, AND REMEDIAL SERVICES AT THE COLLEGE PREPARATORY OR GENERAL SECONDARY AND PRIMARY SCHOOL LEVELS. INFORMATION ON THE RANGE OF SERVICES…

IN THIS DESCRIPTION OF THE PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL CLINIC IN THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY AT YALE UNIVERSITY, THE CLINIC'S HISTORICAL AND PROFESSIONAL ORIGINS ARE REVIEWED, AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE SCHOOLS THAT IT SERVES DISCUSSED. SPECIFIC TOPICS CONSIDERED ARE (1) THE APPROACH TO THE SCHOOLS, (2) TEACHING IS A LONELY PROFESSION, (3) HELPING TO…

PROGRAMS FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND THE NEED FOR FACILITIES ARE OUTLINED. CHARTS AND MAPS PRESENT COUNTY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION FOR EACH HANDICAP. SPACE AND DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROJECTED FACILITIES AND MODIFICATION OF EXISTING PHYSICAL FACILITIES ARE INCLUDED. (MY)

This Youth Employment Training program manual is one of three documents developed in a community college project to meet the career and vocational needs of disadvantaged handicapped youth (mainly the learning disabled, the educable mentally handicapped, and the emotionally handicapped). The project, aimed at assisting them to gain and retain…

This guide is designed to help leaders conduct a workshop on mainstreaming handicapped students for vocational education personnel using the "Including the Handicapped" program. "Including the Handicapped" is a six-module program designed to help vocational education personnel include handicapped students in regular classrooms. The program…

The manual is designed for use by trainers of special education teacher aides to provide a competency based course which will enable teacher aides to assist in the implementation of the requirements of P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act). The first section provides background information to give trainers the grasp of…

Changes in the structure of education and more money are what education in the eighties will require. There are some specific issues that can be identified and must be addressed in education: (1) revitalization of compensatory programs; (2) preparation of students to function in a multilingual, multicultural world; (3) accountability of educators…

A small residential center for boys with learning disabilities and/or emotional problems was the setting for an intensive six-week inservice program designed to provide the staff with a combination of tutorial and direct training. The training was subsequently integrated into a more formalized, comprehensive, and on-going program through a local…

Recognizing the need for a new approach to the problem of federal/state jurisdictional overlaps in delivery of services to Indians, the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped contracted with the National Association of State Boards of Education and Indian Education Training, Inc. to conduct a series of national and regional conferences which…