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Download full textEducational Management Services, Inc., New Brighton, Minn. – 1970
The study was undertaken to provide management and program development services for the relocation of the pupils attending a residential school for educable mentally handicapped. The stated goal of the new center (Minnesota Learning Center) is the preparation of residents to assume a community living role independent of the institution. Four…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation, Residential Programs
Peer reviewedCleland, Charles C.; Swartz, Jon D. – Mental Retardation, 1970
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Exceptional Child Research, Facilities, Institutional Personnel
Peer reviewedHayden, Mary F. – Mental Retardation, 1998
Summarizes civil rights litigation on behalf of institutionalized persons with mental retardation, including number and type of cases, type of plaintiffs, type of legal counsel, role of other parties and of the Department of Justice, and number of institutional closures as result of litigation. A table presents information on class-action…
Descriptors: Adults, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Court Litigation
National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Alexandria, VA. – 1991
A nine-state survey determined fiscal policies regarding educating children with disabilities residing in state institutions of mental health or mental retardation. States included California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin. It was found that predominantly state-appropriated dollars…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Financial Policy
MILLIGAN, GLENN E.; NISONGER, HERSCHEL W. – 1965
PUBLIC RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES (138 IN THE UNITED STATES AND 10 IN CANADA) RESPONDED TO A MAIL INQUIRY FORM. INFORMATIVE DATA ARE LISTED REGARDING (1) THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF PRESENTLY OPERATIONAL INSITUTIONS, (2) RATED CAPACITIES AND ACTUAL POPULATION, (3) ADMISSION POLICIES, (4) CHARACTERISTICS OF RESIDENT POPULATION, (5) RESIDENT PROGRAMS,…
Descriptors: Directories, Educational Facilities, Exceptional Child Education, Facilities
Florida State Interagency Committee on Mental Retardation Planning, Tallahassee. – 1965
Information is provided on Florida's mental retardation facilities and programs, and specific recommendations and guidelines are given for the expansion and improvement of services. The following are specified: basic principles for the care of the mentally retarded; recommendations for legislative action, training centers, research, community…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Coordination, Exceptional Child Education
Foster, Emery M.; Iedell, Julia E.; Smith, Rose Marie; Martens, Elias H.; McLeod, Beatrice – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1933
This bulletin provides the sixth chapter of the Biennial Survey of Education, 1930-32, which has been published in separate chapters dealing with specific segments of the educational system. This document explores the impact of the economic depression on the education of exceptional children. Special day schools and classes for exceptional…
Descriptors: Day Schools, Residential Schools, Disabilities, Special Schools
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
