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Download full textHuebner, Kathleen Mary; And Others – 1986
Developed as part of a project to encourage state-wide collaborative agreements between education and rehabilitation agencies involved in the transition of blind and visually handicapped students (ages 16-25) from school into the work force, the manual is intended to assist state teams of education, rehabilitation, parent, and consumer…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Blindness, Cooperative Planning, Education Work Relationship
Edmunds, Polly; And Others – 1985
The manual presents an overview of federal special education legislation and information about specific disabilities. The summaries of P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 focus on the rights afforded to handicapped children and their families under the law. Information on disabilities is…
Descriptors: Autism, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances
Gugerty, John, Comp.; And Others – 1981
Intended to assist in the vocational education and employment of individuals who are handicapped, this catalog contains descriptions and illustrations of modified tools, equipment, and machinery for use in 38 areas. These use areas are arts, assembly, assessment, automobile repair, benchwork, communication, computer processing, cosmetology,…
Descriptors: Catalogs, Disabilities, Educational Equipment, Employment
Houghton, Joan; Coonts, Teresa; Jordan, Beth; Schafer, Jacqueline, Ed. – 1999
This manual was written specifically to help school nurses conduct screenings for Usher syndrome, a genetic condition that involves deafness or hearing loss and the progressive loss of vision. It provides information on the step-by-step process of how to conduct a screening, the actual forms needed for a screening, and resources for referring…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
General Services Administration, Washington, DC. Clearinghouse on Computer Accommodation. – 1995
This handbook presents guidance for federal managers and other personnel who are unfamiliar with the policy and practice of information accessibility to accommodate users with disabilities and to provide for their effective access to information resources. It addresses federal requirements for accessibility, adopting accessibility as a sound…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adults, Appropriate Technology, Assistive Devices (for Disabled)
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Student Financial Assistance. – 1999
This CD-ROM, also available in audiotape format, contains a simulated telephone conversation between a counselor at the Department of Education's Federal Student Aid Information Center and a student inquiring about financial assistance for the visually impaired. Following an introduction containing information about the contents, each track or…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Educational Finance, Eligibility, Federal Programs
Langley, M. Beth – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1978
Focus is on an assessment model that integrates process-oriented and eclectic approaches to cognitive, linguistic, motoric, and social assessment of this population. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Blindness, Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Conceptual Schemes
Chang, Moon K.; And Others – 1996
This guide is designed to assist university professors in making decisions on their instructional planning and delivery by expanding and refining their repertoire of accommodations for their students with visual and hearing impairments, physical disabilities, and learning disabilities. Part 1 suggests a five-step procedure for making decisions on…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Access to Education, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Classroom Techniques
Scholl, Geraldine T., Ed. – 1985
Intended for use with students preparing for careers in school psychology, the text assumes little familiarity with special education and focuses on those aspects of special education of greatest relevance for the assessment process. The book is divided into two major parts: Part I, "General Considerations," includes a brief description of the…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Counselor Role, Disabilities, Educational Assessment
InterAmerica Research Associates, Rosslyn, VA. – 1984
This document consists of a compilation of fact sheets and newsletters on specific topics related to handicapped children and youth. The specific titles are as follows: (1) General Information about Handicaps and People with Handicaps; (2) Sources of Help and Information; (3) Autism; (4) Cerebral Palsy; (5) Deafness; (6) Down's Syndrome; (7)…
Descriptors: Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Deafness, Definitions
Jones, Jacquelyn O. – 1981
One of 10 documents developed for preschool programs for handicapped children, the manual presents classroom directed home training activities. The activities are based on such principles as the effectiveness of home instruction by a parent and the need for a parent to feel responsibility for the child's learning. Intended to provide teachers of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Emotional Development, Expressive Language, Hearing Impairments
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Home Economics Education Section. – 1981
The purpose of this activity guide is to aid the home economics teacher to teach more successfully life and employment skills to special needs students. It offers suggestions for the home economics teacher with handicapped students to use to adapt teaching materials and/or facilities sufficiently to meet the goals of these special students. The…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Hearing Impairments, Home Economics
Hurst, Judith – 1997
Gathered from teachers around the country, this collection of teaching ideas and lesson plans is designed to provide teachers with activities and strategies for educating students with visual impairments. Tips and information are provided on: making tactile teddy bears; memory strategies; making tactile books; creating art kits; using magnifiers;…
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Childrens Literature, Classroom Techniques
Thompson, Anne R.; Bethea, Leslie L.; Rizer, Harry F.; Hutto, Melanie D. – 1998
This resource guide is designed to provide a quick reference for professionals in education and employment who work with students with disabilities. The guide suggests ways that assistive technology may improve and expand the academic career and employment opportunities of students with disabilities. Specific assistive technology solutions are…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Attention Deficit Disorders, Check Lists
McGlynn, Angela Provitera – 1992
Designed to help teachers improve instruction, this handbook provides tips gathered from focus groups of teachers and students at New Jersey's Mercer County Community College, as well as from other teaching resources. The first part focuses on the contribution of faculty-student interaction to student success, listing 21 suggestions for building…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Community Colleges, Cooperative Learning
