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Download full textThomas, Bill – Practical Pointers, 1979
The use of trampoline activities with multiple handicapped students is discussed. Management considerations in safety are noted, and developmental trampoline skills are listed beginning with bouncing for stimulation. Progression to limited independence and finally independent jumping is described. The position statement of the American Alliance…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Motor Development, Multiple Disabilities
Merbler, John B.; Wood, Thomas A. – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1984
The relationship between chronological age, social age, motor, sensory and concept skills, and the orientation and mobility skills of 37 mentally retarded visually impaired children was examined. Results revealed a strong relationship between developmental level in the areas of motor, sensory, and concept skills, and mobility proficiency.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Mental Retardation, Motor Development
Johnson, Janis L. – AAESPH Review, 1978
Available from: American Association for the Education of the Severely/Profoundly Handicapped, 1600 West Armory Way, Seattle, Washington 98119 The article presents classroom activities and techniques for facilitating the acquisition of basic motor responses by profoundly retarded and multiply handicapped students. (CL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Motor Development, Motor Reactions
Grosse, Susan J. – Practical Pointers, 1981
Intended for teachers of students with severe multiple impairments, the booklet examines the role of physical activities in the education of this population and suggests approaches to exhancing their motor development. Suggestions are offered for stimulating movement in preschool, elementary, and secondary immobile children, including tactile…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Games, Motor Development
Netick, Anne – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1977
Presented is a design for teaching daily living, socialization, motor, academic, and language skills to deaf blind children in a residential setting. (SBH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Curriculum Design, Daily Living Skills, Deaf Blind
Johnston, Robert B. – Learning Disabilities: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 1982
Basic neurological facts pertinent to learning disabilities are reviewed, and the nature, significance, and limitations of the neurological assessment presently utilized in clinical practice are addressed. A brief review is presented of some of the classification attempts that highlight difficulties arising from the heterogeneity of learning…
Descriptors: Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Diagnostic Tests, Disability Identification
Southwestern Region Deaf-Blind Center, Sacramento, CA. – 1979
The document contains 11 papers presented at a workshop sponsored by the Southwestern Region Deaf-Blind Center on the identification, assessment, and training of the deaf blind and multiply handicapped child. Entries include the following titles and authors: "Auditory Assessment of the Multihandicapped Deaf-Blind Child" (auditory evaluation of…
Descriptors: Auditory Evaluation, Communication Skills, Conference Reports, Deaf Blind
Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. Div. of Special Education. – 1983
To help Louisiana school systems meet state competency based education mandates, the manual presents lists of skills for those moderately, severely, and profoundly handicapped students who are receiving an alternative to a regular placement instructional program and are addressing separate minimum standards. The sequential lists are provided in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Communication Skills, Competency Based Education, Daily Living Skills
Somerton-Fair, Ellen; Turner, Keith D. – 1979
The guide provides information on four sequences in the instruction of severely and profoundly handicapped students. The Curriculum Assessment Guide produces an overview of the student's skill development in input modes (tactile, auditory, and visual development); output modes (gross motor and fine motor); activities of daily living…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Communication Skills, Daily Living Skills, Diagnostic Teaching
Scheffler, Joye A.; And Others – 1976
The document contains 16 papers from the Institute for Deaf Blind Studies, a program to bring together many disciplines and to place emphasis on every aspect of the learning and teaching activity involved in the development of deaf-blind children. The following titles and authors are included: "Current Status of the Rubella Problem" (P. Ziring);…
Descriptors: Auditory Evaluation, Behavior Modification, Child Development, Cognitive Development
Burton, Rosemarie A.; And Others – 1976
Intended for teacher use, the manual provides for the assessment and training of severely multiply handicapped deaf-blind students with sections on self help, motor development, and sensory stimulation training. Included for each skill are an individual rating scale for periodic assessments, a task analysis, and an actual teaching procedure. Found…
Descriptors: Auditory Training, Check Lists, Clothing, Daily Living Skills
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. Div. of Special Education. – 1989
The training guide begins with a rationale for the use of special education paraprofessionals working with deaf-blind and multihandicapped children in Oklahoma schools. It presents a schedule for training paraprofessional staff in 10 sessions. Resource materials are then presented as background information for the training sessions. This…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum, Daily Living Skills
Stuckey, Kenneth A., Comp. – 1977
The bibliography contains approximately 1500 citations (1954-1976) regarding deaf blind children. Entries are arranged alphabetically by author within the following 13 categories: the population; parents, family, and the adult community (including parent education and infant intervention); professionals/paraprofessionals; medical/neurological…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cognitive Development, Communication Skills, Conference Reports
Inservice Training Program for Teachers and Aides of Deaf-Blind Children, Summer, 1975. Proceedings.
Franklin, Barbara – 1976
Presented are notes taken from a 6-week inservice training program for 30 teachers and 30 paraprofessionals who work with deaf-blind children. Entries are divided into two sections--lectures and minicourses--and include the following titles: "Piaget" (V. Robinson), "Dichotic Listening--Research and Applications" (B. Franklin), "Curriculum Ideas…
Descriptors: Auditory Evaluation, Child Development, Counseling, Curriculum
Baum, Douglas L. – 1979
The paper describes components of the Cooperative Student Care public school program in which five Texas school districts have joined together to provide educational services in functional academics, vocational training, social skills training, life skills training, and related services for severely/profoundly handicapped students. Four facilities…
Descriptors: Autism, Contingency Management, Educational Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
