NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 3 results Save | Export
Wiley, David; Fagbemi, Mike; Filek, John; Kirscher, Cathy; Morrow, Susanne Morgan; Reiman, John; Rohr, Lisa; Taylor-Snell, Emily – National Center on Deaf-Blindness, 2014
A person who is considered deaf-blind is someone who is deaf or hard-of-hearing in combination with a visual impairment or blindness. The range of capabilities and support needs of individuals with deaf-blindness varies substantially from person to person because of differences in the extent of partial vision or hearing, if any, or the presence of…
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Intervention, Children, Adults
Chan, Benjamin; Jahnke, Lola; Thorson, Sarah; Vanderburg, Nancy – 1998
This report discusses the outcomes of a study that investigated the characteristics of 959 families participating in the Minnesota TEFRA program, a federal Medicaid option for children with disabilities which allows caregivers to purchase support needed to keep the children in the community. Findings indicate that families of children with special…
Descriptors: Children, Community Programs, Disabilities, Family Characteristics
PDF pending restoration PDF pending restoration
Action for Children Commission, St. Paul, MN. – 1992
The Action for Children Commission was created in 1991 to study the lives of young Minnesotans, develop a vision of what their lives should be like, and make recommendations concerning the state's role in realizing that vision. After examining the conditions experienced by Minnesota youth, the report recommends that the state help to: (1) mobilize…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Welfare, Children, Cultural Differences