The first of the two bibliographies contained in this document lists selected books, articles, and reports on funding technology programs, services, and products for children and adults with disabilities. It is intended to meet the information needs of educators and other service providers. The 22 references are dated from 1984 to 1990 and include…

Assistive technology enables persons with disabilities to experience increased independence in daily living, fuller participation in employment and education, and broader opportunities in leisure and recreation. The first of four sections of this annotated bibliography cites 41 books, articles, and pamphlets published since 1985 that present the…

This guide to recreation and leisure resources for handicapped individuals contains a list of information resources, a funding guide, and a bibliography. In the first section brief organizational profiles, descriptions of services provided by the organizations, and instructions on how to use these services are presented for seven organizations.…

The resource guide is designed to assist educators, park resource persons, and parents of disabled children in locating and identifying sources of information for developing, implementing, and evaluating outdoor education programs for all disabled children and youth. The guide has two main parts. The first part contains an annotated bibliography…

This collection of annotated bibliographies focuses on a broad spectrum of legal issues, and is drawn from a national database of current programs and literature regarding adolescents with chronic illnesses and other disabilities. Bibliographic materials listed include documents and articles concerning the following: consent and confidentiality…

This special supplement presents two background papers, three working papers, and key recommendations from a conference on culture and chronic illness in childhood. The meeting had as its goal the identification of the state of knowledge on the interface among culture, chronic illness, child development, and family functioning, for the purpose of…

The newsletter presents six articles and associated information concerned with assistive technology for children and youth with handicaps. "Technology: Becoming an Informed Consumer" (Elizabeth Lahm and Sue Elting) reviews the history of technology with emphasis on assistive technology, offers case studies on technology applications, and gives…

Designed to respond to the information needs of parents of children with disabilities, this digest includes articles on coping with and raising a child with a disability. In the first article, "You Are Not Alone" (Patricia McGill Smith), a parent of a child with a disability speaks candidly about the emotions that many parents of…

This bibliography listing references in the area of special education finance was developed by means of computerized bibliographic searches, nominations from leading special educators, and citation searches. References are first grouped into topical mini-bibliographies on the following subjects: cost analysis methodologies; special education cost…

This annotated resource list describing 20 publications, 2 public/private initiatives, 6 information centers, and 5 public/private organizations is intended to help forge new partnerships between vocational education and businesses to serve special populations. The items listed were published during 1988-1992. In addition to a description of the…

This annotated bibliography presents a selective overview of materials on the topic of children with special health needs. Materials are divided into the following topics: (1) early identification and intervention (21 resources); (2) family-centered, community-based, culturally competent care (23 resources); (3) financing services (10 resources);…

This journal, published quarterly by Project SHARE, a national clearinghouse for improving the management of human services, contains 150 abstracts of documents on subjects of concern to those responsible for the planning, management, and delivery of human services. The documents abstracted in this journal are included in the Project SHARE…

This volume contains 169 abstracts of documents dealing with youth and educational programs for youth. Included in the volume are 97 abstracts of documents dealing with social and educational developments; 56 abstracts of program reports, reviews, and evaluations; and 16 abstracts of program materials. Abstracts are grouped according to the…

This resource guide, which was developed during the Lifelong Career Development (LCD) Project, provides information and resources of interest to handicapped people, their families, professionals, and others concerned with disability-related issues. (Designed for implementation at the community college level, the LCD model provides a…