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Identification of Job Coach Competencies, Staff Roles and Agency Administrative Patterns. Summary Report from the Community-Based Supported Employment Symposium (St. Cloud, Minnesota, June 10-11, 1986).
Minnesota Association for Rehabilitation, Education, and Training. – 1986
A symposium on community-based supported employment for developmentally disabled adults in Minnesota was attended by agency direct service staff who provide job training, executive directors and administrators of agencies, and personnel who refer clients to agencies providing supported work and other types of community-based training and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adults, Agencies, Community Programs
Consultation-Conference on Developmental Disabilities and Gerontology. Proceedings of a Conference (Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 8-10, 1978).
Segal, Robert M., Ed. – 1978
This document contains the proceedings from the National Conference on Developmental Disabilities and Gerontology, a conference designed to develop guidelines for program development on national, state, and local levels; develop and disseminate a proceedings publication; and provide an interface between professionals working at national, state,…
Descriptors: Adults, Aging (Individuals), Autism, Cerebral Palsy
1988 National Conference on Adults with Special Learning Needs Conference Proceedings (Washington, D.C., October 19-20, 1988).
Gallaudet Univ., Washington, DC. – 1988
This combined proceedings document presents the highlights of two historic national events: the First National Congress and the 1988 National Conference on Adults with Special Learning Needs. A summary of the Congress discusses the theme of empowerment and the declaration adopted calling for the adult and continuing education community to address…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Conference Proceedings, Continuing Education
Effective Self Advocacy: Empowering People with Disabilities To Speak for Themselves. Report #90-4.
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Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Inst. on Community Integration. – 1990
This report provides a record of discussion during a workshop entitled "Assisting People with Developmental Disabilities To Speak Effectively for Themselves." Participants included developmentally disabled individuals, leaders from self-advocacy groups, paid staff, and volunteers. The discussion addressed three questions: (1) what works…
Descriptors: Adults, Assertiveness, Change Strategies, Community Action
Too Late at Eight: Prevention and Intervention, Young Children's Learning Difficulties.
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Atkinson, Joan K., Ed. – 1980
The report contains 15 papers given at a 1979 Australian conference on prevention and intervention with young children at risk of developmental and learning difficulties. Papers have the following titles and authors: "Prevention and Early Amelioration of Developmental and Learning Disabilities: Progress, Problems and Prospects" (W.…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Developmental Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Emotional Problems
Southeast Augmentative Communication Conference (10th, Birmingham, Alabama, October 20-21, 1989).
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United Cerebral Palsy Association of Greater Birmingham, AL. – 1989
This collection presents papers from the 1989 Southeast Augmentative Communication Conference. Papers include: "The Augmentative Communication Pre-School Program: Consultation Model" (Barbara Armstrong); "Affect and Its Communication In the Closed Head Injury Population While Using Augmentative Communication Devices" (Banajee,…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Cerebral Palsy, Communication Aids (for Disabled)