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Stodden, Robert A.; Browder, Phyllis Meighen – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1986
Success in competitive employment placement of a demonstration project serving 53 persons with developmental disabilities is associated with three factors: (1) training approach and methodology; (2) program management; and (3) trainee characteristics. (CL)
Descriptors: Adults, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Employment
Download full textOffice of Inspector General (DHHS), Washington, DC. – 1984
Discussions were held with 252 respondents (state and local officials, service providers, educators, parents) in 28 states concerning the problems in transition from school to adult services for developmentally disabled young adults. Transition issues were seen to include questions of where to live, what to do, and how to obtain support. The…
Descriptors: Adults, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Disabilities
PDF pending restorationRacino, Julie Ann – 1985
The site visit report describes the private, non-profit Community Work Services program located in Madison, Wisconsin, which provides community-based vocational services to adults (currently 33) with a wide range of developmental disabilities. The program philosophy is that all persons should have the option of working in individually arranged and…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Community Services, Demonstration Programs
PDF pending restorationBogdan, Robert – 1986
The paper describes the residential services provided by Washington County (Vermont) to people with developmental disabilities, especially "professional foster homes" and supervised apartments. The professional foster homes serve 40 clients with severe disabilities who live with families in the community. There are three support staff;…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Disabilities
Martin, William B. – 1989
The Individualized Resource Program/Community-Based Vocational Training Program of the Iowa Valley Community College District provides assessment, vocational and functional academics training, and job placement services for adults with developmental disabilities and moderate mental retardation. Participants complete a non-credit community college…
Descriptors: Adults, College Programs, Community Colleges, Demonstration Programs
Walker, Bonnie L. – 1989
This report describes Phase II of a project which developed a system for delivering fire safety training to board and care providers who serve adults with developmental disabilities. Phase II focused on developing and pilot testing a "train the trainers" workshop for instructors and field testing the provider's workshop. Evaluation of…
Descriptors: Adults, Attendants, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Disabilities
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1985
The text presents a compilation of three recently reauthorized Federal laws providing services to persons with disabilities: the Education of the Handicapped Act (amended by the 98th Congress through Public Law 98-199); the Rehabiliation Act of 1973 (amended by the 98th Congress through Public Law 98-221), and the Developmental Disabilities Act of…
Descriptors: Adults, Civil Rights, Demonstration Programs, Developmental Disabilities
