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Awareness among Family Members Having Children with Mental Retardation on Relevant Legislations in India
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Kuppusamy, Balabaskar; Narayan, Jayanthi; Nair, Deepa – Educational Research and Reviews, 2012
In India, Acts and legislations are in place for persons with mental retardation. Three major Acts namely Rehabilitation Council of India Act (1992), Persons with Disabilities (Equal opportunities, protection of rights and full participation) Act (1995) and National Trust for welfare of persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental retardation and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nonprint Media, Caregivers, Cerebral Palsy
Sensory Multihandicapped Program Planning Project. Final Report.
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Planning and Research Branch. – 1979
The document presents the final report of the Sensory Multihandicapped Project, which planned a comprehensive program for the education of children who were sensory multihandicapped (deaf blind, deaf with other handicaps, or blind with other handicaps) in Alberta, Canada. Project activities included reviewing the literature, visiting sites serving…
Descriptors: Blindness, Deaf Blind, Deafness, Foreign Countries
Carisbrooke People Can: A Positive Structured Approach to the Development of Adults with Profound and Multiple Impairments.
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Hastings, Karmanie A. – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 1988
Carisbrooke Day Centre was established in Scotland to provide full-time day care for 12 adults with profound and multiple impairments. This paper describes staff selection, admission criteria, student assessment, and the Carisbrooke Wheel, which outlines a coordinated strategy for the delivery of services. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adult Day Care, Adults, Delivery Systems, Foreign Countries
Including a Student with Multiple Disabilities and Visual Impairment in Her Neighborhood School.
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Bowden, J.; Thorburn, J. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1993
This article discusses mainstreaming of a student (age five) with physical, intellectual, visual, and suspected auditory impairments in her neighborhood school in Auckland, New Zealand. Comments of the people involved in the program, including the principal, teachers, teacher's aide, family members, and fellow pupils are reported; and the success…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Mainstreaming, Multiple Disabilities
Wessex Studies in Special Education, Vol. 3.
Jackson, Robin, Ed. – Wessex Studies in Special Education, 1983
The journal includes nine papers on special education topics in Great Britain as well as reviews of seven books dealing with handicapped individuals. Titles and authors of the papers are as follows: "The Role of the Paediatric Occupational Therapist in Helping Children with Special Needs" (J. Jenkinson and D. Swinney); "The Pathway…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment
Videocourses for Training Staff in Developing Countries: An Example with Severely Retarded and Multiply Handicapped Children.
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McConkey, Roy; Templer, Sally – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1987
The paper describes the development, content, and evaluation of an indigeniously produced video training package in the developing country of Zimbabwe which is designed for local personnel (nurses, nurses' aides, trainee nurses, and teachers) working with severely retarded and multiply handicapped children and young adults. (DB)
Descriptors: Children, Developing Nations, Educational Media, Foreign Countries
Two Exercise Programs for People with Diabetes and Visual Impairment.
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Dods, J. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1993
This article describes two programs, one in Australia and one in the United States, that teach people with diabetes and visual impairment to incorporate proper diets and exercise into their daily lives and thus to gain better control of their blood glucose levels. It also presents a basic model of an exercise regimen that clients can perform at…
Descriptors: Chronic Illness, Diabetes, Dietetics, Disease Control
Report on Small Schools Pilot Projects, 1982-1983.
Manitoba Dept. of Education, Winnipeg. – 1983
A series of pilot projects for small schools was developed by the Manitoba Department of Education to test new concepts that, if successful, could be replicated by other small schools. This report contains a summary of projects involving: (1) computer managed physics instruction; (2) training teachers to use computers effectively; (3) providing…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Career Education, Computer Managed Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education