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The Future Role of Residential Schools for Visually Impaired Students.
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McIntire, Jonathan C. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1985
The history of residental programs for the blind is reviewed, and the impact of the deinstitutionalization thrust on those schools is examined. The author asserts that residential schools must re-orient themselves to serving multiply handicapped students. (CL)
Descriptors: Blindness, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), History, Multiple Disabilities
Blind Plus Other Impairments: People Are Working.
Richterman, Harold – Disabled USA, 1982
Discusses National Industries for the Blind which was established in 1938 as a result of the Wagner-O'Day Act. National Industries serves the vocational needs of multihandicapped blind people. (Availability: Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20401) (JOW)
Descriptors: Blindness, Employment Opportunities, Employment Potential, Multiple Disabilities
The Legal Necessity for Residential Schools Serving Deaf, Blind, and Multiply Impaired Children.
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Silverstein, Robert – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1985
An analysis of legal and factual bases for designing an appropriate program for sensorily impaired children, consistent with P.L. 94-142, The Education For All Handicapped Children Act, asserts that state schools for the deaf and blind must continue to exist. (CL)
Descriptors: Blindness, Court Litigation, Deafness, Legal Problems
Habilitate--Then Educate.
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Day, Richard – RE:view, 1995
This article maintains that educators of students with visual impairments, especially those with additional problems served in residential schools, need to give priority to habilitation, to identify habilitation needs in the individualized education program, and to implement strategies to meet these needs. (DB)
Descriptors: Blindness, Daily Living Skills, Individualized Education Programs, Multiple Disabilities
Facilitating Successful Outdoor O&M Instruction of Multihandicapped Blind Travelers.
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Ehresman, Paul – RE:view, 1994
An orientation and mobility (O&M) instructor presents a case study of a blind 14 year old with mild cognitive deficits and emotional and behavioral problems. The case study demonstrates the importance of individualizing the O&M curriculum, including changing the usual sequence of instruction. (DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Blindness, Case Studies
Group Homes for Severely Multiply Handicapped Persons with Visual Problems.
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Guldager, Lars; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1983
Community residences for small groups of people and day activity programs designed to increase functional levels for severely multiply handicapped persons with visual problems, are proposed as the only viable, humane alternative to institutionalization. Sources of funding for these goup home and day activity programs, which cost the same as…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Blindness, Community Programs, Daily Living Skills
The National Agenda for the Education of Children and Youths with Visual Impairments, Including Those with Multiple Disabilities.
Corn, Anne L.; And Others – 1995
This monograph identifies and discusses eight goals for students with visual impairments, which are intended to be integrated with educational reform efforts called for by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Goals 2000 program, and the School to Work initiatives. The goals are: (1) students and their families will be referred to…
Descriptors: Blindness, Change Strategies, Disability Identification, Educational Change