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Schles, Rachel Anne – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2021
Introduction: The purpose of this study was to determine how many young children and students (birth to 22 years old) were identified with visual impairments and receiving special education services in the United States. Professionals estimate at least 50% of students with visual impairments have additional disabilities and are not identified as…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Children, Adolescents, Young Adults
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van der Putten, Annette; Vlaskamp, Carla – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2011
One of the recent ideas to emerge in the Netherlands for improving the quality of activities provided for people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities is to organize these activities thematically. Among the expected effects was that more activities with a greater variety would be provided and more attention would be offered to each…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Multiple Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation
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Raue, Kimberley; Lewis, Laurie – National Center for Education Statistics, 2011
Growing enrollments of students with disabilities in postsecondary education along with recent key legislation such as the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 and the 2008 Higher Education Opportunity Act, have generated considerable interest in research on accessibility of higher education for students with disabilities. This…
Descriptors: Higher Education, National Surveys, Institutional Characteristics, College Students
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Zijlstra, H. P.; Vlaskamp, C. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2005
Background: The aim of this study was to analyse the impact of medical conditions of children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities on the professional support they receive in centres for special education. Method: The medical files, the daily records and daily communication records between parents and professionals were reviewed…
Descriptors: Multiple Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Therapy, Special Education
Parsons, Marsha B.; Reid, Dennis H.; Green, Carolyn W. – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 2001
A study evaluated the use of a situational assessment for identifying work task preferences among three individuals with multiple severe disabilities. The assessment involved systematically observing indices of happiness and unhappiness while participants worked on different tasks. Work engagement was most frequent when workers worked on their…
Descriptors: Adults, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Happiness
Mudford, Oliver C.; Hogg, James; Roberts, Jessica – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1997
Continuous observational recording over 57 hours evaluated behavior states of three adults with profound and multiple disabilities. Two independent observers also recorded for 22 hours. Although overall percentage agreement was satisfactory (above 80%), agreement on occurrence was unsatisfactory (mean of 65%). Agreement data were superimposed on…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Interrater Reliability
Abt Associates, Inc., Cambridge, MA. – 1976
This volume is one of several which describe the characteristics, quality, and costs of services to severely handicapped children and youth in 100 providers across the nation. This volume includes the development of data collection instruments and a mail survey of potential providers of services to severely handicapped children and youth. The…
Descriptors: Costs, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Day Care