Formative and summative evaluations of two developmental stages of a television-based multi-media system are reviewed, indicating that a strategy for adult education via mass media should include nationally known personalities and extensive advertising, and that a feedback mechanism encouraging audience participation seems to improve…

Described is the 6-month program of the Industrial Training Laboratory (Florida) that has graduated 50 blind persons in 5 years and has enabled 48 of the graduates to hold full-time competitive jobs. (Author/MC)

The physical barriers in mobile homes were removed, and modifications made, to accommodate wheelchair students. These selected students were tested to determine psychological factors which might be important in mobile home living. The results of personal interviews, psychological tests and personal observation indicated that the physical…

The booklet presents developmental and basic skills learning activities for parents to use at home with their handicapped preschool children to better prepare the children for school related experiences. Under each activity are provided a statement of what the activity seeks to accomplish, a list of materials necessary for the activity, suggested…

One of a series of materials developed by Project APT (Administrators, Parents, and Teachers/Assessment, Programing, and Training), a program designed to foster home/school coordination in educational planning and program implementation for severely mentally retarded and/or multiply handicapped students; the booklet provides techniques for the…

Designed for parents of homebound severely handicapped children, the manual presents games and activities for teaching preliminary skills (including body awareness), self help skills (such as washing hands, eating with a spoon, and brushing teeth), visual skills, language skills, and mathmatics skills. An introduction to each series of activities…

The manual is intended to be used in a course on home mechanics for the visually handicapped and is organized into 17 lessons. Lessons cover the following topics: adhesives (such as Elmer's glue), cleaning drains, faucet repairs, fire extinguishers, the flush tank, the fuse box, glazing, hammers, hand sanding, handsaws, hangers, nails and wood…

The guide suggests activities and resources for teaching home management and maintenance skills to mentally retarded boys and girls. Material is designed for use by both home economics and special class teachers. Broad areas covered include grooming and personality, home management and maintenance, clothing, food, and child care. Each section…

An adult basic education curriculum is presented, designed to raise the competencies of adults in the basic areas of oral and written communications, arithmetic, social sciences, occupational planning (including development of occupational concepts and attitudes) and development of self. Basic area skills and activities are presented in three…

Concepts and suggestions are offered to deaf adolescents for achieving independent living or social independence. (BD)

Illustrates the groundwork that has been laid to pave the way for significant alterations in African educational systems. Describes the impetus provided by the UNESCO/UNICEF Cooperative Program for a universal education that incorporates formal, non-formal, and informal learning. The program began in Eastern Africa in 1972. (Author/RK)

Data gathered from interviews with 18 persons leaving a residential institution for the mentally retarded and entering independent living indicated such levels of adjustment and functioning as the following: the majority were fully employed as middle-income working persons, all were adept at using public transportation, and almost all would rather…