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Leon County Schools, Tallahassee, FL. – 1989
This life skills curriculum helps adult basic educators meet the needs of senior adult learners. An introduction contains the following sections: purpose statement; description of the senior adult learner; tips to remember on teaching senior adults; physiology of aging; teaching the hearing impaired; and teaching the visually impaired. The life…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Aging (Individuals), Consumer Education, Coping
Carlock, Jeanne M. – 1989
This vocational needs course is specific to the needs of disabled students, with teaching units focusing on all areas of independent living. Introductory information includes the following: curriculum implementation, course description, classroom requirements, staff training, field testing, competency records, handicaps and people with…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Behavioral Objectives, Clothing, Curriculum Guides
Bagley, Martha; And Others – 1983
This annotated bibliography is intended to serve as a resource for individuals providing career development services to blind and visually impaired persons. Included in the first section of the volume is a discussion of the career development intervention strategy model. The remaining chapters of the bibliography include descriptions of works…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Attitude Change, Blindness, Career Counseling
Thompson, Anne R.; And Others – 1997
This resource guide is designed to provide a quick reference for professionals (employment recruiters and counselors in vocational rehabilitation, disability services, and career services), who work with college students with disabilities, in incorporating assistive technology into planning for postsecondary education and employment. First, types…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Access to Education, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Attention Deficit Disorders
Grosse, Susan J., Ed.; Thompson, Donna, Ed. – 1993
This volume explores legal issues that serve as foundations for quality active leisure participation by persons with disabilities. In addition to documenting details of the Americans with Disabilities Act (1990), playground and equipment standards and guidelines, and American Camping Assoication standards, it presents specific information on risk…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Accident Prevention, Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Assistive Devices (for Disabled)
Flick-Hruska, Connie, Comp.; Blythe, Gretchen, Comp. – 1992
Designed as a resource for two-year college faculty and staff working with students with disabilities, this handbook contains facts about various disabilities, practical suggestions for improving services, and resource points for further information. Following a brief introduction, legal implications regarding disabled students are discussed for…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
Gordon, Michael, Ed.; Keiser, Shelby, Ed. – 1998
This manual outlines fundamental principles and actual clinical and administrative procedures for evaluating, documenting, and accommodating a wide range of mental and physical impairments. An initial section provides a solid understanding of the Americans with Disabilities Act's (ADA's) conceptual framework, demonstrating how the standards…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Accessibility (for Disabled), Attention Deficit Disorders, Civil Rights Legislation
Kansas State Board of Education, Topeka. – 1990
This compilation includes 14 supplements to the Kansas state plan for education, all relating to various aspects of special education. Several of the supplements offer guidelines for specific age groups or conditions, providing information on definitions, screening and identification, curriculum and instruction, administrative structures, related…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Deaf Blind, Disabilities, Early Intervention
Indiana Univ., Bloomington. Vocational Education Services. – 1983
The major goal of this guide is to provide easily understood information on the basic characteristics of individuals classified as special needs learners (in this case, disadvantaged and handicapped persons) and on basic methods that have been proven to be effective with them. Updated from a previous publication, this handbook is targeted to…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Educational Resources, Employment Programs
Hodge, Bonnie M., Ed.; Preston-Sabin, Jennie, Ed. – 1997
This book is a product of an ongoing project which is identifying teaching strategies and/or accommodations for college students with disabilities. The strategies have proven practical and successful by teaching practitioners who responded to a survey of members of the National Association for Developmental Education. The first chapter introduces…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Attention Deficit Disorders, Behavior Disorders, Blindness
McLagan, Patricia, Ed. – 1994
The collection of essays on modern language teaching for students with disabilities offers teachers practical suggestions based on proven strategies and reflected in successful case studies. Contents include: "Learners in Difficulty" (Bernardette Holmes); "Successful Methods for Differentiation" (Bernardette Holmes); "IT [Information Technology]…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design, Disabilities
VanBiervliet, Alan, Ed.; Parette, Phil, Ed. – 1989
This proceedings provides the text of 17 conference presentations on access to technology for persons with disabilities. Titles and authors include: "There Is Funding Out There" (Anna C. Hofmann); "Assessment and Prescription for Adaptive Driving Controls" (Michael K. Shipp); "Technology Transfer for the Community Dwelling…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Communication Aids (for Disabled), Computer Software
Mississippi State Univ., Mississippi State. Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision. – 1996
This brochure provides college preparation suggestions for students with visual impairments in junior and senior high school. Each section includes a checklist of activities to be accomplished during a given grade in preparation for college. The 11th grade and 12th grade sections have a month-to-month guide. Recommended activities include:…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, College Admission, College Bound Students, College Choice
Fletcher, Janice; Parks, A. Lee – 1983
This manuscript, provided in a format that lends itself to workshop presentation, contains materials for vocational and secondary educators on curriculum and classroom modifications for handicapped learners. Content is divided into seven areas. The first section discusses overall curricular modification and adaptation for handicapped students. In…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Check Lists, Classroom Design, Curriculum Development
Northcentral Technical Coll., Wausau, WI. – 1991
This document provides materials for a course in human intergroup relations for preservice or inservice teachers preparing to work with a diverse, disadvantaged group of students. The information in the guide is drawn from the faculty and student support staff of Northcentral Technical College (NTC) in Wausau, Wisconsin, which serves a variety of…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education, Course Content, Curriculum Guides
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