Descriptor
| Community Programs | 3 |
| Respite Care | 3 |
| Severe Disabilities | 3 |
| Family Programs | 2 |
| Group Homes | 2 |
| Adults | 1 |
| Case Studies | 1 |
| Child Caregivers | 1 |
| Children | 1 |
| Deinstitutionalization (of… | 1 |
| Delivery Systems | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Rural Special Education… | 1 |
Publication Type
| Reports - Descriptive | 3 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Tests/Questionnaires | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Community | 1 |
| Practitioners | 1 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Frisbie, Dick, Ed.; Slater, Kenneth, Ed. – 1979
The Family Support Project in Lansing, Michigan, provides a variety of family support services to help maintain severely mentally and severely multiply impaired children in their own communities, and whenever possible, in their own homes. Services offered include case management, family therapy, respite services, special needs purchases,…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Family Programs, Program Descriptions
PDF pending restorationBogdan, Robert – 1986
The case study describes a family residential service for three people with profound and multiple disabilities in Burlington, Vermont. The disabled individuals live with a couple and their two children who are also provided support services in the form of weekend relief and helpers for the late afternoon and evening period. The house is owned by a…
Descriptors: Adults, Case Studies, Community Programs, Family Environment
Peer reviewedRural Special Education Quarterly, 1986
Provides parents and other concerned persons with information about some of the family support services and community-based living arrangements that are currently available to assist families in meeting the needs of their children who are severely and profoundly handicapped and/or chronically ill. Discussion includes funding sources, respite care,…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Children, Community Programs, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled)
