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Garland, Corinne W.; Osborne, Sheri – 1997
This final report describes activities and accomplishments of SpecialCare Outreach Program. This federally funded project was designed to expand inclusive child care options for families of young children with disabilities through replication of a proven model and curriculum for training home and center-based child care providers. During the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Care Occupations, Child Caregivers, Curriculum Development
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Giovinazzo, Christina; Cook, David – Infants and Young Children, 1995
This article describes a comprehensive, credentialed training program for family child-care providers that is family-centered, community-based, and focuses on developmentally appropriate practices for all children, including those with disabilities. The development of and rationale for this program are discussed, and a description of field test…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Continuing Education, Day Care, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Freund, Maxine – Inclusion Forum, 1994
These two newsletter issues focus on training strategies for developing more inclusive programs for children with disabilities and for developing collaborative programs. An interview with Dr. Barbara Wolfe addresses successful inservice teacher training strategies. Additional information in the first issue includes guidelines for empowering…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Everson, Jane M.; And Others – 1992
This monograph is a compilation of the knowledge gained by the Technical Assistance Center (TAC) of the Helen Keller National Center, from training and technical assistance activities conducted with state interagency teams serving youth and young adults with deaf-blindness. The book views interagency collaboration as essential in achieving…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Deaf Blind, Education Work Relationship, Educational Opportunities
Glang, Ann; Cooley, Elizabeth; Todis, Bonnie; Stevens, Tuck; Voss, Judith – 1995
This final report describes activities and accomplishments of the Building Friendships project, which developed, implemented, evaluated, and disseminated an intervention to improve the social integration of students with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The project used an ongoing, informal team approach to bring together and mobilize key people in a…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Friendship, Head Injuries, Inclusive Schools
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Goldstein, Howard; And Others – Preventing School Failure, 1995
A peer intervention program to improve communicative interaction and social integration of preschoolers with moderate developmental disabilities is described. Children without disabilities are taught facilitative strategies which are not particularly intrusive and do not obligate responses by the disabled child. The facilitative strategies…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Communication Skills, Developmental Disabilities, Inclusive Schools