The book is an annotated directory of 84 curriculum materials available for use with severely/profoundly handicapped and multiply handicapped students. Each annotation provides the title, author or developer, publisher and address, format, developmental level, content areas, goal, description, and price, along with any necessary or suggested…

The document describes a project to assess the occupational opportunities of persons with severe permanent handicaps, to describe vocational training programs and placement services available for the severely handicapped, and to recommend needed research and development activities concerning vocational and placement needs of severely handicapped…

Written for parents who have a severely handicapped child living at home, the booklet discusses problems, hardships, and rewards in the care of the child. Topics considered are acceptance, learning where to find assistance, family cooperation, sharing the caring, and ongoing adjustment. (MYS)

Chronic rumination (voluntary vomiting and reconsumption of the vomitus) was eliminated in a ten-year-old severely emotionally disturbed boy through an overcorrection procedure. (CL)

For availability, see EC 104 061. Described are 26 curriculum/training guides relevant to instructional programs for the severely and profoundly handicapped. (CL)

Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, directs that school districts establish free appropriate educational programs for all handicapped children. What severely handicapped children can learn, and what they can teach, is discussed. (MT)

Comparison of two response prompting procedures--progressive time delay and system of least prompts--to teach three severely handicapped students (ages 8-16) identification of functional objects indicated that both procedures were effective but that the time delay procedure required fewer sessions, trials, errors to criterion, and minutes of…

The article reviews the efforts (since 1976) of a group of parents and teachers in Agueda, Portugal, to obtain public education for severely handicapped children in integrated primary, elementary, and secondary school classroom settings. (DB)

The study compared pediatrician assessments of overall severity of disablement in 398 10-year-old children with previous survey data that included 24 indicators of different aspects of disablement. Findings resulted in a graded list of 12 indicators. (Author/DB)

A switch-activated microcomputer was used to systematically access the leisure preferences of three severely disabled non-speaking children (ages 10-12). Subjects were provided with a choice between two of five leisure activities (such as listening to music, watching action videos, and feeling vibrations). (Author/DB)

A pilot program which integrated five severely handicapped children into regular primary grade classes in Edmonton, Alberta, is described. The program was developed as a result of encouragement by parents of handicapped children in an integrated preschool program. (DB)

The use of easily constructed microswitches can offer severely disabled students active involvement in learning and increased interactions with and control over their environment. Microswitches help meet special needs imposed by the disability; common academic, social, and entertainment needs; and teacher/therapist needs for self-monitoring,…

Results of a leisure education program demonstrated that individuals with severe mental retardation could acquire age-appropriate leisure skills to use independently a neighborhood center; access a neighborhood recreation center in the absence of the residential care provider; and partially, but effectively, interact with agency staff concerning…