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Reynolds, Grace D., Comp. – 1979
The proceedings of an institute on PAM--Project Aquatics Mainstreaming, designed to develop a continuum of services in aquatics for handicapped persons--is presented. Addresses touch on the following topics: the project's history, analysis of mainstreaming, mainstreaming issues (including legal and legislative ones); program and individual…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Conference Reports, Disabilities, Facility Guidelines
Imison, K., Ed.; And Others – 1986
These proceedings of a national Australian conference deal with many aspects of educating gifted and talented students and contain an opening address by I. Mathieson concerning the philosophy of the Queensland (Australia) State Education Department and a statement by James Gallagher, President of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children.…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Counseling, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Download full textMann, Philip H., Ed. – 1974
Provided are 19 presentations made to 200 participants in a conference on issues of mainstreaming, career education, and teacher education programs for urban handicapped children. Noted are four conference objectives such as improving communication within states between educational agencies and large city special education (SE) personnel.…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Education, Classification, Conference Reports
Liberton, Cindy J., Ed.; And Others – 1993
This conference proceedings document includes 43 papers on the provision of mental health services to children. Eleven papers focus on evaluation of systems of care, addressing: preliminary findings from several program evaluation studies, systems of care in California, several Robert Wood Johnson projects, a parents' satisfaction survey in…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Behavior Disorders, Child Welfare, Delivery Systems
Capital Area School Development Association, Albany, NY. – 1981
The document reports on six minigrant projects designed to promote cross training and dialogue among New York State professionals concerned with the education of handicapped individuals. Sections on each project contain a project abstract and/or project objectives, a description of project activities and a list of products developed during the…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Grants
Trans-Management Systems, Inc. – 1997
This monograph presents a synthesis of the solutions and strategies generated during a June 1995 national forum of state, territorial, and tribal child care administrators on the inclusion of children with disabilities in community-based child care settings. The monograph is organized into sections focused on the five major issue areas discussed…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Programs, Community Resources, Day Care
Landurand, Patricia; And Others – 1980
The report includes three papers on the exceptional bilingual child and summaries of 22 bilingual/bicultural special education federally funded training programs. The first paper "Bilingual Special Education Report" by P. Landurand describes Massachusetts' Bilingual Special Education Project (BISEP) which has cooperated with regional education…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Students, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Orloff, Jeffrey H., Ed. – 1978
The report contains the proceedings of the Third Annual Northern Virginia Conference on Gifted/Talented Education. Titles and authors of papers presented include "Realizing Your Potential" (H. Lyon), "Developing the Gifts of All Children" (W. Barbe), "What is Leadership Training for the Gifted?" (D. Sisk), "Theoretic Foundations of Differential…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Conference Reports, Counseling, Gifted
Irwin, Marilyn, Ed.; Wilcox, Barbara, Ed. – 1987
The document consists of proceedings from the 1987 Leadership Conference on the topic of least restrictive environment (LRE) for severely disabled students. Contents include the following presentations: "The OSEP (Office of Special Education Programs) Plan for LRE" (G. Thomas Bellamy); "Bringing about Integrated Community-Based…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Administrator Role, Community Programs, Cooperation
Calgary Univ. (Alberta). Centre for Gifted Education. – 1993
This proceedings contains summaries of 24 conference papers focusing on new directions in gifted education. Each paper's summary is about four pages in length. Papers have the following titles and authors: "Supporting Giftedness in Girls in the Classroom" (Julia Ellis); "A Community of Learners in ECS" (Anne Green);…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Advanced Placement Programs, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
Academy for Educational Development, Washington, DC. – 1994
This document presents the proceedings of a conference attended by Project Directors (or their designees) of projects funded by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) and having a significant component of technical assistance (TA) and/or dissemination activities. The conference was designed to provide new information to projects, to…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Disabilities, Educational Change, Educational Legislation
Austin, Gary F., Ed. – Journal of Rehabilitation of the Deaf, 1977
The report contains the papers given and resolution adopted at the 1976 conference of the Professional Rehabilitation Workers with the Adult Deaf. An introduction by the association's president (C. Lloyd) precedes the keynote address and response (by C. Mills and H. Hirschi, respectively) which focused on such issues as mainstreaming and Public…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adults, Caseworkers, Certification
Upper Midwest Regional Resource Center, Minneapolis, MN. – 1981
Programming options for emotionally disturbed (ED)/behavior disturbed (BD) students in rural public schools include self-contained special classrooms, resource rooms, consultant teachers, management assistants, and regular teachers in the mainstream. All options are intended specifically for ED/BD students and have proven effective in school…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Disorders, Behavioral Objectives, Delivery Systems
Hawkins, Mable T., Ed. – 1986
This book consists of selected conference papers that highlight the barriers faced by children at risk in the quest for educational excellence. After an introduction by Mable T. Hawkins, the following articles appear: (1) "Group Work with Gifted Children: A School Resource," by Jackolyn W. Durrett and others; (2) "Children with…
Descriptors: Children, Disabilities, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
Henderson, Karla A., Comp.; Bialeschki, M. Deborah, Comp. – 1982
Abstracts are presented of twelve presentations made at the March 1982 National Convention of the American Camping Association: (1) the operations and environment of a summer residential camp serving individuals with disabilities, and the relationships among staff members' perceptions of the organizational climate, acceptance of self, acceptance…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adventure Education, Camping, Disease Incidence
