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Download full textCalifornia State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Div. of Special Education. – 1977
Two advertisements and two brochures for the California Search and Serve program are presented in this excerpt from the California Search and Serve "Search Guidelines and Resource Manual." The materials are designed to promote community involvement in the identification of handicapped persons, from birth through age 21, so that they may…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Involvement, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Redding, Sam, Ed.; Murphy, Marilyn, Ed.; Sheley, Pam, Ed. – Academic Development Institute, 2011
This "Handbook" offers a broad definition of family and community engagement, seen through the lens of scholars and practitioners with a wide-ranging set of perspectives on why and how families, communities, and schools collaborate with one another. Taken together, the chapters in this "Handbook" sketch out the components of a…
Descriptors: Guides, Family Involvement, Community Involvement, Family School Relationship
Association for Retarded Citizens, Arlington, TX. – 1989
The model workshop described in this paper is intended to present the possibilities of organized self-advocacy for persons with mental retardation or other disabilities. Self-advocacy stresses dignity, respect, and making one's own choices. Information on planning a workshop covers length and size, date and time, speakers, location,…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Involvement, Daily Living Skills, Disabilities
Lyon, Philip E.; And Others – 1985
A proposed 3-year project in Albany, New York will train 90 senior citizen volunteers to work in rural special education classrooms and with handicapped children and their parents in the children's homes. The project goal is the creation of a network of training systems and personnel to assist schools in improving special education services.…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Home Instruction
Virginia State Board for Rights of Virginians with Disabilities, Richmond. – 1990
In the executive report to the 1990 annual report the Virginia Board for Rights of the Disabled summarizes findings from the analysis of 47 federally-assisted and state-funded programs serving individuals with developmental disabilities in Virginia as well as a consumer satisfaction survey polling 309 Virginians with developmental disabilities.…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Citizen Participation, Civil Rights, Community Attitudes
Helander, E.; And Others – 1989
This manual, developed for use in community-based rehabilitation programs in developing countries, describes how rehabilitation can be carried out at home and in the community. The manual consists of 4 guides and 30 training packages. The guide for local supervisors and the guide for the community rehabilitation committee explain how each can work…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Communication Disorders, Community Involvement, Community Role
