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Booth, Tony, Ed.; Statham, June, Ed. – 1982
The text, designed to accompany an Open University course on the education of handicapped children in the United Kingdom, presents 51 papers illustrating approaches to the integration of handicapped persons in the school and the community. The first section contains biographies covering such topics as children with multiple disabilities, deafness,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Resources, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Birch, Jack W. – 1975
Provided primarily for regular class teachers and administrators is information on mainstreaming hearing impaired students. Reasons behind the movement toward regular class placement of hearing impaired pupils are noted and two basic views as to how it should be done are identified. Defined are relevant terms such as mainstreaming, hearing aid,…
Descriptors: Administration, Definitions, Early Childhood Education, Educational Facilities
National Association for Retarded Citizens, Arlington, TX. – 1977
The second of three books written for parents, professionals, and others involved in educating severely and profoundly retarded children offers detailed information regarding educational programing in the public schools. Two chapters on the public schools and one chapter on residential institutions contain sections which address the following…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Due Process, Educational Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Beker, Jerome, Ed.; Magnuson, Douglas, Ed. – 1996
Residential treatment centers have always steered a course between bureaucracy and anarchy. The conventional professional wisdom in the United States holds that residential group care programs for children and youth are intrinsically flawed. This volume seeks to remedy this perception by making a case for the adoption of Israeli and European…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Education
Academic Therapy Publications, Novato, CA. – 1993
This directory lists, by state, facilities and services for children, adolescents, and adults with learning disabilities. Facilities and services include summer camps, college programs, day and residential schools, diagnostic services, behavioral development services, educational therapy, consulting seminars, guidance and mental health services,…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Career Counseling, Children
Pitasky, Vicki M. – 2002
Formatted in a question-and-answer style, this book is intended to provide a survey and overview of the federal law governing the placement of students with disabilities. It explores the procedural and substantive requirements of the placement process and addresses the most common concerns that arise in this area of special education law. The…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Disabilities