This booklet presents excerpts from interviews with siblings (ages 10-28) of persons with a range of handicaps, including Down Syndrome, cerebral palsy, learning disabilities, deafness, autism, seizure disorder, genetic disorders, and mental retardation. It is arranged in order from the youngest person interviewed and continues through…

Intended for parents of handicapped children and the specialists who work with them, this collection includes highly personal accounts of the experience of having a handicapped child. Included are 11 accounts by parents of the cerebral palsied and orthopedically handicapped, eight by parents of the mentally retarded, nine by parents of the deaf,…

This document is composed of 10 manuals which provide both general and specific guidelines to facilitate the inclusion of Canadian students with disabilities in physical education programs. An introductory manual identifies general concepts, strategies, and practical approaches that can be used in an inclusive physical education program. It…

This guide, written for persons who conduct training sessions, workshops or other meetings attended by adults with exceptional needs, begins with a brief outline of the characteristics of adult learners. A list of 10 true-false statements is then presented to assess knowledge of disabling conditions and some common myths surrounding society's…

Intended for parents of developmentally disabled children, the handbook provides information on service needs and services available in Lake County, Illinois. Section I focuses on life course planning with sections of diagnosis and assessment, professionals involved with special education, education for the developmentally disabled, vocational…

The final report of a 3 year project to improve the quality of life of mentally retarded, cerebral palsied, and epileptic persons in Region III is presented. The first section details the efforts of the project staff in providing competitive employment opportunities or sheltered employment for 40 severely disabled persons. Equipment modification…

The report presents findings from needs assessment studies conducted in three community college areas to examine the extent to which 161 severely handicapped adults in seven disability groups (orthopedic, visual, hearing, mental retardation, epilepsy, cerebral palsy, and multiple handicapping conditions) have acquired 22 life centered competencies…

The annotated bibliography on early childhood intervention in infancy contains approximately 65 abstracts and associated indexing information for documents published from 1968 to 1974 and selected from the computer files of the Council for Exceptional Children's Information Services and the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC). It is…

Presented is a curriculum guide for preschool children with cerebral palsy, severe speech and language difficulties, trainable and educable mental retardation, and emotional difficulties. Minimum specific objectives in the domains of social self-help, communications, and psychomotor development are color coded according to handicap. Suggested are…

Studies of the degree of involvement (DOI) and its relationship to therapeutic intervention effectiveness and related services for young children with cerebral palsy were reviewed. Three dimensions of DOI: (1) brain damage and mental retardation, (2) functional motor ability, and (3) emotional disturbance and behavior problems were reviewed. The…

Presented is an audiovisual lending library resource list of nine slide-tape package, 13 videotapes, three 16mm films, and six booklets concerning educational and assessment techniques applicable to children from infancy to adolescence with physical or mental handicaps, learning disabilities, or developmental disabilities. Included for most items…

This collection presents papers from the 1989 Southeast Augmentative Communication Conference. Papers include: "The Augmentative Communication Pre-School Program: Consultation Model" (Barbara Armstrong); "Affect and Its Communication In the Closed Head Injury Population While Using Augmentative Communication Devices" (Banajee,…

THIS BOOK, WRITTEN FOR PROSPECTIVE PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS IN A VARIETY OF SETTINGS, HAS THREE OBJECTIVES--(1) TO INTRODUCE BRIEFLY THE NATURE OF VARIOUS HANDICAPPING CONDITIONS, (2) TO DELINEATE THEIR PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS, AND (3) TO SUGGEST SUITABLE GAMES AND ACTIVITIES. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, A BASIS FOR UNDERSTANDING THE HANDICAPPED,…

MAJOR CAUSES OF DEATH AND DISABILITY, RESULTS OF MEDICAL RESEARCH, LIFE EXPECTANCY FIGURES, COST OF ILLNESS TO THE UNITED STATES, AND GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES IN MEDICINE AND HEALTH ARE PRESENTED TABULARLY AND GRAPHICALLY IN QUESTION AND ANSWER FORM. FOR EACH OF 14 MAJOR DISEASES, PERTINENT FACTS ARE LISTED ABOUT INCIDENCE, COST, DEATH RATE,…

These three documents (a curriculum guide and two learning guides) are designed for use in police academies in Texas for advanced officer training. The curriculum guide provides a comprehensive training program designed to give police officers a working knowledge and understanding of how to interact while in the line of duty with persons who have…