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Uditsky, Bruce; Hughson, Elizabeth – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2012
Although today many more examples of postsecondary educational opportunities being made available to students are expanding for adults with intellectual disabilities (ID), the majority of these opportunities are either segregated or partially segregated with few accommodating students with significant disabilities or challenging behaviors. In this…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Postsecondary Education, Educational Opportunities, Evidence
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Singer, Mark I.; Kola, Lenore A.; Biegel, David E. – Social Work Research, 2008
This article describes one school's effort to establish a social work research development center in the area of coexisting drug and mental disorders (dual disorders), within the context of the social work profession's efforts to compete more effectively for federal research grants. This center was funded as part of a successful application in…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Substance Abuse, Multiple Disabilities, Research and Development Centers
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Sen, Reena; Goldbart, Juliet; Kaul, Sudha – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
The Indian Institute for Cerebral Palsy (IICP) has been providing education and other services in Kolkata, Eastern India, for children and young adults with cerebral palsy and related disabilities for over 30 years. IICP started by providing education for just two children, and was highly dependent on western expertise. Described is the history of…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Cerebral Palsy, Young Adults, Nongovernmental Organizations
Joyce, Eugene F.; Mathay, Geoffrey A. – Journal of Rehabilitation of the Deaf, 1986
Evaluation of the unsuccessfully closed cases of 57 deaf vocational rehabilitation clients found that the presence of a secondary disability, a low family income, few years of formal education, inexperienced counselors, and reduced funding for rehabilitation were predictors of unsuccessful closure. (DB)
Descriptors: Counselor Characteristics, Counselor Role, Deafness, Financial Support
Alberta Education, 2009
Alberta Education provides programming support and funding to school authorities to develop and implement special education programming for ECS children and students in grades 1 to 12. "Special Education Coding Criteria 2009/2010" outlines criteria within specific categories to help school authorities identify those children and students…
Descriptors: Individualized Programs, Criteria, Foreign Countries, Educational Environment
Kansas State Dept. of Education, Topeka. – 1981
This volume contains six documents that represent the results of a year-long, statewide study and planning effort for developing a program to serve the deaf-blind population in Kansas. The first document discusses the perceived problems and includes a study of the history of national, regional and state efforts, the initial project goals and…
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Delivery Systems, Demography, Financial Support
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Huang, Ann X.; Wheeler, John J. – Childhood Education, 2007
In this article, the authors report that, although social attention to the education of children with special needs began in the late 1970s, education for children with autism is the greatest challenge in special education in China. They point out that most school-age children with autism are still kept out of both regular and special schools. In…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Autism, Attitudes toward Disabilities