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Del-Val, Patricia B.; And Others – 1981
The curriculum guide presents information on a six unit program designed to help nonhandicapped fourth graders understand handicaps and accept children with handicaps. Each session lists cognitive and affective objectives for the students, materials needed for the lesson, and the sequence of the activity or activities. The initial session uses…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Curriculum Guides, Deafness
Florida State Postsecondary Education Commission, Tallahassee. – 1986
This third supplement to the Florida master plan for postsecondary education considers resources and barriers to education for disabled students and offers 21 recommendations. To provide a foundation to discuss the needs of disabled students, characteristics of the following major functional impairments are described: hearing impairment, learning…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accessibility (for Disabled), College Planning, College Students
Download full textConnor, Frances P., Ed. – 1987
Proceedings of a 1986 symposium on the education of children with low incidence handicapping conditions focus on medically fragile children, advocacy, and technology. R. Dwain Blackston enumerates conditions affecting medically fragile children, family needs and stresses, and guidelines for effective family-staff relationships. Responses by…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Child Advocacy, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Practices
Blind Children's Fund, Aburndale, MA. – 1987
This text assists parents and other caregivers in stimulating the young child with a severe visual impairment, in order to encourage development of normal behaviors which blindness delays and to prevent the appearance of psychological disturbances. Simple language and illustrations describe the stages of child development from newborn to 3 years…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Blindness, Child Development, Childhood Needs
Bickford, James; Maron, Sheldon – 1988
Portland State University in Oregon has developed a program to train teachers of the visually handicapped in rural settings which emphasizes: (1) close working relationships with parents and community based programs; (2) strong advocacy training for visually impaired and blind learners; (3) excellent outreach and consultive skills to regular…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Career Education, Counseling, Curriculum Development
Williams, Ben H.; And Others – 1982
The Project OMNI curriculum is intended to help students develop necessary prerequisite skills for independent travel. The teacher's guidebook provides an overview of the OMNI curriculum components (individual student inventories, individual student profiles, and curriculum modules); discusses the relation of the module areas to the mobility…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Concept Formation, Curriculum Guides, Daily Living Skills
Rehabilitation Engineering Society of North America, Washington, DC. – 1984
These proceedings contain 271 papers in English and 15 in French, representing research and development efforts in 19 countries. On the topic of wheelchairs, 28 papers address their design, performance, evaluation, and fabrication. The field of prosthetics and orthotics is represented by 33 papers discussing devices for upper extremities, lower…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Biofeedback, Biomechanics, Communication Aids (for Disabled)
Bennett, Randy Elliot; And Others – 1985
This study examined the psychometric characteristics of the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) administered under special conditions for nine handicapped groups. Four psychometric characteristics were studied: level of test performance, test reliability, speededness, and extent of unexpected differential item performance. Psychometric comparisons were…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, College Entrance Examinations, Disabilities, Hearing Impairments
Graves, William H.; And Others – 1983
These seven presentations cover various aspects of career development and employment of the visually impaired. "Career Development Theory Applied to the Delivery of Services to Blind and Visually Impaired Persons" (William H. Graves) describes the Career Development Intervention Strategy model developed by the Rehabilitation Research and Training…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adult Education, Adults, Blindness
Chapman, Gay – 1977
Stressed is the use of art for developing creativity, perceptual skills, and cognitive skills in handicapped children. Art activities are suggested for the following handicapping conditions: visually handicapped, auditorily handicapped, cerebral palsy, emotionally disturbed, learning disabled, and mentally retarded. Described are sample art…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Therapy, Cerebral Palsy
Dow, Ian I.; O'Reilly, Robert R. – 1981
Presented in both French and English, the document contains extracts from a review of the literature on students with learning disabilities (LD) and on French speaking exceptional students' programs and needs. The review of LD includes sections on approaches to definition and classification, incidence, and definitional components (intelligence,…
Descriptors: Classification, Definitions, Disabilities, Educational Needs
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. – 1980
The proceedings of the 1980 Institute for Public School Personnel Serving Visually Impaired Students in Michigan contains the transcripts of 11 presentations. The introduction lists objectives of the institute including providing participants with information on the role of the Michigan School for the Blind, new instructional materials and…
Descriptors: Braille, Comparative Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Media
Templin, Robert G., Jr.; And Others – 1979
This five-part manual was designed to help volunteer instructors in Northern Virginia Community College's College for Living Program to conduct survival and socialization courses for handicapped adults. After introductory material summarizing general principles and specific suggestions, Robert Templin provides information on the skills and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Classroom Techniques, Community Colleges
Bliton, Gilbert; Ash, Paul – 1979
Based on reporting forms from nearly 500 teachers, the booklet identifies effective materials for use with exceptional learners. Contents are divided into various exceptionality areas (educable mentally retarded, trainable mentally retarded, severely and profoundly retarded, communication handicapped, learning disabled, emotionally disturbed, deaf…
Descriptors: Blindness, Communication Disorders, Deafness, Disabilities
Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge. Sensory Aids Evaluation and Development Center. – 1966
THESE PAPERS ARE FROM THE BRAILLE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY THE SENSORY AIDS EVALUATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER ON NOVEMBER 18, 1966. THE PAPERS PRESENTED ARE--"A STUDY OF BRAILLE PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION, AND USE," BY LOUIS GOLDISH, "AUTOMATED BRAILLE AND THE PROFESSION OF PROGRAMMING FOR THE BLIND," BY…
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Computer Programs, Computers
