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Kleinert, Harold; Towles-Reeves, Elizabeth; Quenemoen, Rachel; Thurlow, Martha; Fluegge, Lauren; Weseman, Laura; Kerbel, Allison – Exceptional Children, 2015
Surveying 15 states and 39,837 students, this study examined the extent to which students who took an alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards in the 2010--2011 school year had access to regular education settings and the extent to which that access correlated with expressive communication, use of an augmentative or…
Descriptors: Severe Mental Retardation, Student Placement, Curriculum, General Education
Fagan, Carol Anne; Gurry, Susan – 1981
A home-based respite care program for children and young adults with severe and multiple disabilities was conceived and developed by a group of parents and community members. A needs assessment revealed the scarcity of respite care in the Cambridge, Massachusetts area. A pilot program was begun to test the model on a limited basis. Evaluation of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Home Programs, Multiple Disabilities, Parents
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Klein, Corinne – American Annals of the Deaf, 1978
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Developmental Programs, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Funderburg, Ruth Seth; Forney, Paula – 1988
The Georgia Parent Infant Network for Educational Services (PINES) is a home intervention program currently serving over 300 hearing impaired, visually impaired, and multihandicapped sensory impaired (MHSI) preschoolers. The infant-toddler evaluation component is described, with sections on screening and diagnosis, parent education concerning…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Evaluation Methods, Hearing Impairments, Home Programs
Morse, Joan – Rehabilitation Literature, 1979
Presents a model for the care of multiply handicapped children (from infancy to about age eight). TEMPO (Training, Evaluation, Home Management, and Parent Orientation) is a program designed to increase understanding of the multiply handicapped child and to develop a combined family-community support system to ensure the child a quality life. (PHR)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Family (Sociological Unit), Home Management, Home Programs
Batson, Nancy F.; Quick, Jennifer; Bennett, Theresa – 1998
This final report discusses the activities of the Mississippi Early Education Program for Children with Multiple Disabilities, a program designed to train Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part H service coordinators and service providers to use family centered strategies. Two levels of training activities were implemented. The first…
Descriptors: Children, Early Intervention, Family Involvement, Family Programs
Hollingshead, Lorie; Harris, Kristy – 1998
This training module on family centeredness is from the Mississippi Early Education Program for Children with Multiple Disabilities, a program designed to train Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part H service coordinators and service providers to use family centered strategies. The first part of the module, "Trainer…
Descriptors: Children, Definitions, Early Intervention, Environmental Influences
Stremel, Kathleen – 1998
This training module on integrating communication skills into functional routines and activities is from the Mississippi Early Education Program for Children with Multiple Disabilities, a program designed to train Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part H service coordinators and service providers to use family centered strategies. The…
Descriptors: Children, Communication Skills, Early Intervention, Environmental Influences
Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN. Dept. of Special Education. – 1987
The Preschool Orientation and Mobility Project had four major goals as part of its model development activities: (1) develop an Orientation and Mobility (O&M) curriculum for visually impaired and visually impaired/multiply handicapped infants and children, aged 0-5; (2) develop two O&M screening instruments; (3) develop an O&M…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Child Development, Classroom Environment, Computer Uses in Education
Utah State Univ., Logan. Dept. of Communicative Disorders. – 1996
This final report presents the outcomes of Project INSITE, a family-centered home intervention model designed to provide training to early intervention/childhood professionals working with infants and young children with multidisability sensory impairments and their families. In the INSITE model, an early intervention professional visits the home…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Programs, Deaf Blind, Delivery Systems
Hollingshead, Lorie; Harris, Kristy; Stremel, Kathleen – 1998
This training module on embedding intervention targets into caregiving routines and other activities of the families' choice is from the Mississippi Early Education Program for Children with Multiple Disabilities, a program designed to train Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part H service coordinators and service providers to use family…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Context, Early Intervention