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Download full textHuman Development Institute, 2022
This manual was designed primarily for use by people with disabilities. The hope is that it is also useful for families, as well as service coordinators and providers who directly assist families and individuals with disabilities. The focus of this manual is to provide easy-to-read information about available resources, and to provide immediate…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities, Children, Health Services
Singer, George H. S.; Apolloni, Tony – 1981
The book defines functional and categorical approaches to needs of developmentally disabled citizens, compares the current with the ideal service delivery system, describes approaches for effective advocacy efforts, and includes a resource guide for Californians. Seven functional definitions of such terms as self care, mobility, and capacity for…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Community Services, Definitions, Delivery Systems
Noone, John J. – 1980
The document provides reports on 92 model programs serving families with developmentally disabled individuals. Programs range from the avoidance of residential care, through an active parent staff intervention activity, to the outreach by staff into the home of the child where the parent has been trained to carry out a number of activities, to the…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Family Programs, Fathers
Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond. Community Services Assistance Center. – 1989
This report presents summaries of federally-assisted and state (Virginia) funded programs as required by Public Law 100-146, The Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act Amendments of 1987. Information presented for each of the 55 programs includes: (1) the administering agency; (2) the legislation enabling the provision of…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Developmental Disabilities, Eligibility, Federal Aid
Balser, Richard M.; And Others – 1985
Based on the experiences of a job training demonstration project in five hospitals, the handbook describes a rationale and approach for using hospitals (rather than sheltered workshops) as job training sites for mentally and physically disabled persons. Part I reviews advantages for the hospital, the disabled person and his family, the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Compensation (Remuneration), Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs
Tickton, Sidney G.; And Others – 1981
A compendium of innovative approaches, practical ideas, and notable programs devised by colleges and universities to provide or improve educational and career opportunities for physically, mentally, and developmentally disabled persons is presented. The examples describe what 166 colleges and universities have done to serve handicapped students,…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Ancillary School Services, Awards, Career Development
