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Mann, James W.; Peterson, Michael – 1985
The paper describes background and findings of a study of postsecondary educational programs and services for visually impaired persons in Mississippi. The study focuses on three topics: (1) the status of special adaptive programs in such areas as vocational-technical education, community college, junior college education, and 4-year college…
Descriptors: Blindness, Career Counseling, College Students, Community Colleges
Download full textHopkins, Loma J., Comp.; And Others – 1982
This resource catalog lists over 60 practical and innovative materials specifically useful for career guidance for community college students with disabilities. References are divided into four sections. Section 1, Vocational Guidance Materials and Activities, describes materials which may be used by students and career counselors, including…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Guidance, Community Colleges
Smith, Jean Burr, Ed. – Communitas: Journal of Connecticut Community Colleges, 1982
This issue of "Communitas" contains 12 articles by Connecticut community college professional staff. In "On the Higher Illiteracy in America," Grant Roti analyzes the grammatical and punctuation errors in a standard scholarly work. Edward Bollenbach's "Teaching Stress Management in the Community College Environment"…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Honor Societies
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1984
Papers on library services and developments in reading materials for the blind, which were presented at the 1984 Expert Meeting of the IFLA Section of Libraries for the Blind include: (1) "Teaching Map Concepts to the Blind" (R. B. Horsfall and B. Cox, Canada); (2) "Optical Character Recognition 'Reading' for Computerized Braille Production"…
Descriptors: Audiodisc Recordings, Blindness, Braille, Developing Nations
Lundstrom, Karen V. – 1979
Students majoring in home economics education were studied to see if any change in attitude occurred following a course on teaching learners with special needs. The categories of special needs learners were: physically handicapped, emotionally disturbed, hearing and visually impaired, urban, rural, and Indian disadvantaged, and the educable…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Expectation, Hearing Impairments, Higher Education
Canter, Patricia; And Others – 1977
The services of the Living Skills Center for the Visually Handicapped, a habilitative service for blind young adults, are described. It is explained that the Center houses its participants in their own apartments in a large complex and has served over 70 young people in 4 years. The evaluation section describes such assessment instruments as an…
Descriptors: Cleaning, Clothing Instruction, Daily Living Skills, Hygiene
Crawford, Glinda B.; And Others – 1976
Developed for the home economics teacher of mainstreamed visually impaired students, this guide provides clothing instruction lesson plans for the junior high level. First, teacher guidelines are given, including characteristics of the visually impaired, orienting such students to the classroom, orienting class members to the visually impaired,…
Descriptors: Clothing Instruction, Curriculum Guides, Home Economics Education, Information Sources
Geddes, Dolores M.; Summerfield, Liane – 1978
The resource guide on physical education and recreation for the multiply handicapped contains 161 bibliographic references, descriptions of 35 audio visual aids, and listings of other resources. Divided into sections for the cerebral palsied, deaf-blind, multiply handicapped blind, multiply handicapped deaf, and other handicapping conditions, the…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids, Blindness
MCGAHAN, R.E. – 1962
PROVISIONS ARE MADE UNDER TEXAS'S STATE LAW FOR MEETING THE VARIOUS NEEDS OF THE MENTALLY RETARDED, THE ORTHOPEDICALLY HANDICAPPED, THE HOME-BOUND, AND THE ORAL-AURAL, OR VISUAL-HANDICAPPED. THE GENERAL AIM OF THE GALENA PARK SCHOOLS IS TO PREPARE THE PUPIL PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, SOCIALLY, AND MORALLY TO TAKE HIS PLACE IN AN EVER-CHANGING, COMPLEX…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Curriculum Development, Educational Facilities Improvement, Emotional Disturbances
FOULKE, EMERSON – 1967
A REVIEW OF THE RESEARCH ON THE COMPREHENSION OF RAPID SPEECH BY THE BLIND IDENTIFIES FIVE METHODS OF SPEECH COMPRESSION--SPEECH CHANGING, ELECTROMECHANICAL SAMPLING, COMPUTER SAMPLING, SPEECH SYNTHESIS, AND FREQUENCY DIVIDING WITH THE HARMONIC COMPRESSOR. THE SPEECH CHANGING AND ELECTROMECHANICAL SAMPLING METHODS AND THE NECESSARY APPARATUS HAVE…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Auditory Stimuli, Blindness, Cognitive Processes
Singleton, Laurel R.; Leslie, Madge – 1980
This sourcebook identifies readings, agencies, equipment, and curriculum materials which can serve as resources for mainstreaming visually impaired students into regular classrooms. The chapter on readings suggests 20 resources on the following topics: Public Law 94-142; individualized educational programming; visual impairments: effects and…
Descriptors: Agencies, Audiovisual Aids, Braille, Children
Associative Learning Strategies Employed by Deaf, Blind, Retarded and Normal Children. Final Report.
Martin, Clessen J. – 1967
Eight experiments studied the following aspects of associative strategies in learning: classification; verbalization at three developmental levels; verbalization by normal and educable children; facilitation of associative learning among educable retardates; effectiveness of familiarization and differentiation training on the successful employment…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Blindness, Cognitive Processes, Exceptional Child Research
National Accreditation Council for Agencies Serving the Blind and Visually Handicapped, New York, NY. – 1968
Developed from a general "Self-Study and Evaluation Guide," this document is designed as an instrument for self study and evaluation of a sheltered workshop for the blind which operates as an independent agency rather than as part of a larger multiservice organization. In addition, the volume serves as a guide to an on-site review as part of the…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Administration, Agencies, Blindness
Klineman, Janet G. – 1973
Described are the objectives, activities, and outcomes of a program to provide individualized educational programing to 55 multiply handicapped children from preschool through primary grades at the Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children in 1971-72. Noted are staff cohesiveness in defining and implementing instructional programs and the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Curriculum Development, Exceptional Child Education, Individualized Instruction
Johnson, G. Orville, Ed.; Blank, Harriett D., Ed. – 1968
Research reviews are presented for eight areas of exceptionality and for administration. Included are the following reports: 16 on the gifted compiled by Edward C. Frierson; 46 on the mentally retarded reviewed by Howard H. Spicker and Nettie R. Bartel; 20 on the visually impaired presented by William J. Tisdall; 44 on the hearing impaired…
Descriptors: Administration, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Research, Gifted
