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PDF pending restorationNebraska State Dept. of Education, Lincoln. Special Populations Office. – 1997
This report presents statistical information on the 40,570 children with disabilities in Nebraska special education programs. The following data are included: (1) special education child count as of December 1, 1996, by child's age, disability, race, and ethnicity; (2) children with disabilities in nonpublic schools by age, disability, and county;…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Disability Identification
Galvin, Jan C.; Scherer, Marcia J. – 1996
This book addresses all aspects of assistive technology for individuals with disabilities, including policy, legislation, funding, evaluation, selection, and maintenance. Ten of the 15 chapters are written by individuals with disabilities and cover topics related to the use of technology in education, employment, and play. Specific chapters…
Descriptors: Adults, Appropriate Technology, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Children
Download full textCohen, Libby G., Ed. – 1992
The nine papers in this book attempt to link recent changes in the education of children with exceptional needs with research findings and preferred instructional strategies. Considered are the characteristics of such children, accommodation of these students in regular classrooms, effective instructional strategies, legal requirements, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Classroom Techniques, Compliance (Legal), Computer Uses in Education
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
CRUICKSHANK, WILLIAM M.; AND OTHERS – 1966
IN THIS REVISED EDITION, ILLUSTRATED WITH 98 FIGURES AND TABLES, SOME ORIGINAL CHAPTERS HAVE BEEN EXPANDED, AND NEW CHAPTERS HAVE BEEN ADDED. CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS ARE LISTED, AND INCLUDE EDUCATORS, CLINICAL WORKERS, AND ADMINISTRATORS IN THE FIELD OF CEREBRAL PALSY. REFERENCES AND NOTES CONCLUDE EACH CHAPTER, AND SEVERAL CHAPTERS HAVE SECTIONS ON…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Cerebral Palsy, Clinical Diagnosis, Community Attitudes
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
Orkwis, Ray; DeCarme, Judi; Glover, Jeanne – 1998
This five-volume directory describes almost 1,200 discretionary grants and contracts supported by the Research to Practice Division of the Office of Special Education Programs. The projects are grouped into five sections representing the seven program areas of the newly reauthorized IDEA, Part D. This volume, the fourth of the directory, describes…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Captions, Cultural Enrichment, Disabilities
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
Joiner, Elizabeth G. – 1981
The adult students who are the subject of this report bring a different orientation with them to the study of language than does the typical adult immigrant or foreign student of English. This former group may be engaged in foreign language study in order to satisfy a college level language requirement or as part of a continuing education or…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Affective Behavior, Age, Aptitude
Tindall, Lloyd W.; And Others – 1980
Designed to help state and local education administration personnel who are responsible for estabishing workshops or inservice training programs on vocational education of handicapped students, this guide contains materials on coordination of the steps necessary for organizing an inservice meeting. (It accompanies the handbook, which is available…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Enrichment, Delivery Systems
SARGENT, F. PORTER – 1965
THIS DIRECTORY, INTENDED FOR BOTH THE PROFESSIONAL WORKER AND THE LAY PERSON, LISTS AND FURNISHES DETAILED INFORMATION CONCERNING FACILITIES FOR THERAPY, TRAINING, REHABILITATION, AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN UNABLE TO ATTEND REGULAR SCHOOL. LISTED ARE SCHOOLS AND TREATMENT CENTERS FOR THE EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED AND SOCIALLY MALADJUSTED, STATE SCHOOLS…
Descriptors: Agencies, Clinics, Day Care, Day Schools
