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Kenney, Maggie – 1982
The manual covers the design and implementation of respite care services for families with developmentally disabled members. An introductory chapter examines the concept of respite care, notes the benefits for families, providers, and community residential programs, and places the service as one part of a comprehensive array of family support…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Family Programs, Program Administration, Program Design
Download full textButler, Terry E.; Friesen, Barbara J. – 1988
In spite of the growing awareness and development of respite services, many families in need of them have little or no access. This is especially true for families whose children have emotional handicaps. A rationale for respite services supports parents' entitlement to respite care, its importance to all family members, and its help in improving…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Emotional Disturbances, Family Problems
Deiner, Penny L.; Whitehead, Linda C. – 1988
The Delaware FIRST Program is designed to meet the needs of handicapped infants and toddlers through trained family day care providers. The program is based on a developmental family systems approach. It strives to provide families with ongoing support by offering mainstreamed family day care or respite care, by developing and/or facilitating an…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Disabilities, Family Day Care, Family Involvement
Family Resource Coalition Report, 1988
This special issue of a periodical focuses on building support and resources for families of children with special needs. It contains 13 articles in addition to descriptions of 10 programs serving special needs families at the local level, a list of 15 resource organizations and 10 publications/audiovisual aids, and a message from the coalition's…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Early Intervention, Family Involvement
Pieper, Betty – 1991
This guide, based on a qualitative research study which identified primary stressors in families of children with traumatic brain injury (TBI), presents: (1) a summary of the needs of families affected by TBI; and (2) a proposed theoretical intervention model to meet those needs. The first section attempts to describe the present system of…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Attendants, Emotional Adjustment, Family Problems
Peer reviewedRural Special Education Quarterly, 1986
Provides parents and other concerned persons with information about some of the family support services and community-based living arrangements that are currently available to assist families in meeting the needs of their children who are severely and profoundly handicapped and/or chronically ill. Discussion includes funding sources, respite care,…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Children, Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled)
